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Afternoon Edition: 16/12/2014

16/12/2014

BBC Radio 5 Live - Afternoon Edition, 16/12/2014

Harry Hill, Owen Wilson, Walter Kirn, TV reviews and Peshawar attack.

Harry Hill on his Christmas TV role, Owen Wilson on Night at the Museum and Walter Kirn on a serial imposter. Plus TV Reviews and reaction to the Peshawar Taliban attack.

Comprehensive reaction to the terror attack on the school in Peshawar in northwest Pakistan, including eye-witness accounts & the testimony of a British man who lost two relatives in the attack.

Inflation falls to a 12 year low, social work experts warn of compassion fatigue among foster carers, MPs debate the issue of equal pay, and why yoga can help protect against the onset of heart disease.

Comedian Harry Hill explains his Christmas TV role as an eccentric inventor, and tells us why he's got his heart set on writing another stage musical after I Can't Sing! The X Factor Musical closed after just six weeks.. 

American novelist Walter Kirn explains how he was taken in by a charming stranger who turned out to be a psychopathic killer and serial imposter, in a remarkable true life story

And Benji Wilson & Rebecca Nicholson review the pick of the week's TV highlights, including Black Mirror: White Christmas, Olive Kitteridge, Steph & Dom meet Nigel Farage, and The Fall.

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