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19/02/2010

Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Kyle MacLachlan on 20 years since Twin Peaks, Hot Chip on their new album One Life Stand, and a TV drama on the MPs' expenses scandal.

On Expenses is a TV drama about American journalist Heather Brooke's fight for the disclosure of MPs' expenses under the Freedom of Information Act, and the resulting political scandal. On Expenses, starring Anna Maxwell Martin as Brooke and Brian Cox as Speaker Michael Martin, is reviewed by Edwina Currie and Andrew Rawnsley.

Twenty years after he played an FBI agent in David Lynch's cult TV series Twin Peaks, the actor Kyle MacLachlan reflects on working with Lynch and his varied acting career, including Desperate Housewives.

Joe Goddard and Al Doyle of Grammy-nominated electropop group Hot Chip talk about their new album One Life Stand.

As nominations open for a successor to Sir Christopher Ricks as the new Oxford University Professor of Poetry, and following controversy surrounding the post with Ruth Padel and Derek Walcott, Mark Lawson considers potential candidates.

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Fri 19 Feb 2010 19:15

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  • ON EXPENSES

    TV drama on the political scandal surrounding MPs' expenses, reviewed by Edwina Currie and Andrew Rawnsley.

    Duration: 06:54

  • Oxford University PROFESSOR OF POETRY Nominations

    Dr Seamus Perry, organiser of the election, on potential candidates and the controversy surrounding the post last year.

    Duration: 03:34

  • KYLE MACLACHLAN

    Twenty years after Twin Peaks, the actor Kyle MacLachlan reflects on working with David Lynch and his varied acting career, including Desperate Housewives.

    Duration: 09:16

  • HOT CHIP

    Joe Goddard and Al Doyle of Grammy-nominated electropop group Hot Chip talk about their new album One Life Stand.

    Duration: 08:32

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  • Fri 19 Feb 2010 19:15

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