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Neil LaBute on new play with Billie Piper; Ian Rankin on undercover TV

Writer and film director Neil LaBute discusses his new play Reasons to Be Pretty; Ian Rankin reviews new TV shows with undercover operators; the new Nicolas Cage film Justice.

With Mark Lawson.

Playwright and film director Neil LaBute discusses his new play Reasons to be Pretty, starring Billie Piper, which asks if conventional beauty can be a curse.

Writer Ian Rankin reviews two new TV shows which focus on undercover operators: Confessions of an Undercover Cop, and Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story.

In his new film Justice, Nicolas Cage plays a man who enlists the services of a vigilante group to settle the score after his wife is assaulted. Dreda Say Mitchell reviews.

Although the sales of vinyl records are rising again, the days when every high street boasted a shop filled with LPs and singles are long gone. David Hepworth recalls the vanishing pleasures offered by record shops.

Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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30 minutes

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Mon 14 Nov 2011 19:15

Chapters

  • Reviews by Ian Rankin

    Ian reviews Confessions of an Undercover Cop & Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story.

    Duration: 07:44

  • Reasons To Be Pretty

    Mark Lawson discusses with Neil LaBute his new play, Reasons To Be Pretty.

    Duration: 11:22

  • Justice

    Dreda Say Mitchell reviews the film Justice.

    Duration: 04:29

  • Record Shops

    David Hepworth recalls the vanishing pleasures offered by record shops.

    Duration: 04:19

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  • Mon 14 Nov 2011 19:15

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