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Wagner and a family history

How controversy has dogged the Bayreuth festival, which celebrates the work of Wagner

How controversy has dogged the Bayreuth festival, which celebrates the work of Wagner. The surviving family of the composer Richard Wagner are facing criticism over potential Nazi sympathies. Also in the programme, a debate over restoration in Uffizi Gallery in Florence; Harrison Ford in Air Force One and how cinema has portrayed the President over the years and The Artist Formerly Known As Prince has decided to distribute directly over the internet, will this become the norm?

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27 minutes

成人快手 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project