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The Strand is a daily 18 minute programme highlighting the best of what's going in the arts. Wide-ranging and with eclectic interests, The Strand reflects the artistic response to the BBC's news agenda. Presented by Harriett Gilbert and friends, it features discussions, reviews, big-name interviews and location reports as well as live studio performances and Hollywood, Bollywood gossip.

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The Strand Archive: 31/12/2011

31/12/2011

BBC World Service - The Strand Archive, 31/12/2011

Critic David D'Arcy reviews two new cinematic adaptations of plays.

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War Horse and Carnage 
Critic David D'Arcy reviews two new cinematic adaptations of plays, Steven Spielberg's World War I drama and Roman Polanski's dark comedy. Picture shows Kate Winslett and Christoph Waltz in Carnage.

The Puppini Sisters
Recreating the close-harmony stylings of  1940s girl groups like The Andrews Sisters, their new album is an assortment of tunes from the golden age of Hollywood.

Olga Kravets 
The Russian photographer discusses her award-winning work documenting the evolution of Grozny in Chechnya.

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