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Richard Bacon: 01/10/2013

01/10/2013

BBC Radio 5 Live - Richard Bacon, 01/10/2013

Colin Paterson presents. With Sarah Millican, Michael Morpurgo and TV reviews.

Colin Paterson presents. With comic Sarah Millican, former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo and TV reviews.

The former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo has sold countless books and seen his work including War Horse adapted for the stage and screen. He chats about his adaptation of children's classic Pinocchio, turning seventy, and why he believes testing in schools is no substitute for inspirational teaching 

Plus comedienne Sarah Millican on live stand-up, television and how she remembers her jokes; Ed Miliband speaks out against the Daily Mail; and is drugs policy failing in the international war against illegal drugs? 
 
And Ben Lawrence & Boyd Hilton join Colin to review some of the week's TV highlights, including Strictly, the X Factor, Atlantis, Women Behind Bars and Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

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