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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: 03/09/2012

03/09/2012

BBC World Service - The Strand Archive, 03/09/2012

As the US presidential campaign heats up, we review the documentary 2016: Obama's America.

2016: Obama's America, The Last Supper, and Baloji.

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

Presented by Mark Coles.

On today's programme: As the US presidential campaign heats up, we review a new anti-Obama documentary - 2016: Obama's America - and ask how Americans on both sides of the political spectrum are reacting to it. 

We hear the story behind Leonardo Da Vinci's The Last Supper, now considered to be one of the top five most important pieces of art in the world. 

And we catch up with Baloji, the Congolese musician who is currently touring the UK on board the Africa Express, and about to appear at The BBC Proms.

(Image: Barack Obama. Credit: Getty Images)

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