Tricks of the trade from
Barry Cunningham , the publisher who discovered JK Rowling.
From Shepperton to Shanghai, Bookmark looks at the scenes of JG Ballard's childhood and adult life which inspired his novels Empire of the Sun and The Kindness of Women. The film of the former is at 9.30pm. First shown on BBC2
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The rise of Communism and the fall of the Berlin Wall are recounted. How did these events bookend the political ideology that arguably played a major role in defining world events in the 20th century?
Steven Spielberg 's Second World War drama from 1987, based on JG Ballard's novel. John Malkovich and Christian Bale star in the tale of a boy separated from his parents when Japan's army marches into Shanghai.
Pride and Prejudice v Bridget Jones's Diary. Proponents John Walsh and Ian McMillan are refereed by Sandi Toksvig.
