26/07/2012
Pussy Riot, Herman Hoch, Martin Creed.
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On today's programme: The latest on Russian girl group Pussy Riot who have been imprisoned and charged with 'hooliganism on the grounds of religious hatred'. Dutch author Herman Koch discusses the dilemma at the heart of his novel βThe Dinnerβ. Artist Martin Creed tells us about the explosion of bell-ringing which he will lead to mark the opening of the 2012 Olympics.
Image: Members of the all-girl punk band 'Pussy Riot' Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (L), Maria Alyokhina (R) and Yekaterina Samutsevich (C), sit behind bars during a court hearing in Moscow on July 23, 2012.
Photo credit: ANDREY SMIRNOV/AFP/GettyImages
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Pussy Riot
The latest on Russian girl group Pussy Riot who have been imprisoned and charged with 'hooliganism on the grounds of religious hatred' after staging a performance inside a Moscow cathedral.
Duration: 07:00
Herman Koch
The Dutch author of the darkly comic novel βThe Dinnerβ talks about the dilemma at the heart of the story β how far would you go to protect your child, even if theyβve committed a serious crime?
Duration: 08:02
Martin Creed
Simon Pitts meets the Turner-Prize winning artist Martin Creed who is leading bell-ringing across the UK to mark the opening of the 2012 Olympic games.
Duration: 04:46
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- Thu 26 Jul 2012 14:32GMTΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
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