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Harriett Gilbert and friends present global arts, culture and entertainment.

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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: 16/07/2012

16/07/2012

BBC World Service - The Strand Archive, 16/07/2012

We review the new Hollywood blockbuster, The Dark Knight Rises.

We review the new Hollywood blockbuster, The Dark Knight Rises, directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Christian Bale and Morgan Freeman.

The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day. Presented by Simon Pitts.

On today's programme: The Dark Knight Rises, Art in the Olympic Park and Austin Ratner.

Christian Bale as Batman in The Dark Knight Rises, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. TM and © DC Comics. Photo by Ron Phillips.

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