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There's another chance to enjoy the Oscar-winning animation The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, tonight at 6pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Before that, discover what inspired its creator Charlie Mackesy, at 4.15pm on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. https://t.co/5yH2YkZimG https://t.co/5PD5RVNz2F

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James Joyce kept a huge book - the Ulysses Notesheets - full of “mad, obsessive” facts & citations that would power his famous masterpiece. “With Joyce, you can be pretty sure he has thought everything through”. Arena: James Joyce's Ulysses @BBCiPlayer | https://t.co/mSbJPMFTEi https://t.co/rATEC3kYkH

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Actor @RichardEGrant rereads Lewis Carroll's Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland every year. He joins @DeborahMeaden, @Sukhojla, and Stephen Bailey (@stephencomedy) on Between the Covers with @sarajcox at 7:30pm tonight on @BBCTwo and @BBCiPlayer. https://t.co/QarUXw9hQ8

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Settle in for another day of Agatha Christie magic. 🔎 @Lucy_Worsley continues her investigations into the Mystery Queen at 1.30pm on BBC Two. That's followed by two movie classics in a row, Witness For The Prosecution and Murder on the Orient Express. https://t.co/45dPIQ9lYD https://t.co/bgwgSEU7Yh

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Settle in for another day of Agatha Christie magic. 🔎 @Lucy_Worsley continues her investigations into the Mystery Queen at 1.30pm on BBC Two. That's followed by two movie classics in a row, Witness For The Prosecution and Murder on the Orient Express. https://t.co/45dPIQ9lYD https://t.co/bgwgSEU7Yh

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Reading George Orwell’s 1984 at a young age gave @MargaretAtwood a lifelong interest in authoritarian regimes & dictatorships: how they get going, and how they fall apart. Atwood's #ThisCulturalLife interview with @JohnWilson14 is on @bbciplayer & BBC Four, Monday 10pm. https://t.co/IEHXe4WWKN

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Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding was a literary sensation but was dismissed by some as an example of 'chick lit'. Discover more about women writers and readers in Novels That Shaped Our World: A Woman's Place on @BBCiPlayer now: https://t.co/uPkC550pVm https://t.co/KE9HOopzC8

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“Don’t you think it has helped the perverts?” @jackiejcollins and Barbara Cartland had a heated debate about morality on Wogan 35 years ago today. For more on the groundbreaking author watch Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story on @bbciplayer now: https://t.co/kWhrsdTLGd https://t.co/qzPoCfs9Hy

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This section of the Engima Variations by Elgar was inspired by the sound of a bulldog falling into water. Watch @SinfoniaOfLondn conducted by John Wilson as they play this and other works by great British composers at #BBCProms on @BBCiPlayer now: https://t.co/HUVMlkpjg1 https://t.co/cSvFcSiJB9

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Attention @FernBrady (and all other Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit fans). The classic BBC adaptation of the 1985 novel is on BBC Four & @BBCiPlayer tonight along with two Jeanette Winterson (@Wintersonworld) interviews from the archive: https://t.co/VtrS3EautF https://t.co/BDl4go9DNo

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