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The Bigger Picture: Schools reopening, Sunak & tax rises, the US election and PMQs

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The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture: Schools reopening, Sunak & tax rises, the US election and PMQs
Political commentator Mike Indian looks at the government's attempts to reopen schools and encourage people back into offices and how confused its messaging is. He discusses the appointment of Simon Case as Cabinet Secretary, the Chancellor's attempts to reassure Tory MPs about possible tax rises, takes a look across the Atlantic at the rival Conventions and assesses Boris Johnson's performance at the first PMQs since the summer recess.
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The Business of Film: Hope Gap, Walkabout at 50 and Coup 53

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The Business Of Film

The Business of Film: Hope Gap, Walkabout at 50 and Coup 53
James Cameron-Wilson celebrates a 5-fold increase in UK box office as the Vue cinema chain opens more widely and Tenet soars past the £5m mark. He reviews the William Nicholson drama Hope Gap with Bill Nighy and Annette Bening, praises the 50th anniversary Blu-Ray release of Nicolas Roeg's Walkabout with Jenny Agutter and urges everyone to watch the documentary Coup 53 about the UK/US coup in Iran in 1953.
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James Cameron-Wilson

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Gadgets & Gizmos: Float-in cinemas and lobster titbits

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Gadgets and Gizmos

Gadgets & Gizmos: Float-in cinemas and lobster titbits
Technology editor Steve Caplin gives us the latest news from the world of tech. There's a new float-in cinema in London, a bigger folding screen phone from Samsung, an economical plane shaped like a bullet, a fitbit for lobsters, a watch with no hands and a device to turn any monitor into a touch screen. As well as that, Alexa is being encouraged to cope with all manner of British accents and dialects while the Scottish version of Wikipedia has been suspended because the majority of entries were written by an American teen who doesn't speak Scots!
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Steve Caplin

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The Bigger Picture: Tension in the eastern Med, Putin's options in Belarus & what we can learn from Qatar

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The Bigger Picture: Tension in the eastern Med, Putin's options in Belarus & what we can learn from Qatar
With French warships sent to the eastern Mediterranean, Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University discusses why Turkey's actions are exacerbating tensions in the region and why Erdogan is so concerned about his legacy. He looks at the options available to President Putin as he watches the unrest in Belarus. And he takes a look at Qatar, a tiny kingdom in the Middle East punching well above its weight and with a well-conceived plan for the future which Britain could do well to study and learn from.
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Professor Tim Evans

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The Business of Film: Tenet, Only and Artemis Fowl

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The Business Of Film

The Business of Film: Tenet, Only and Artemis Fowl
James Cameron-Wilson discusses the joy of watching a blockbuster in the cinema again, reviewing Christopher Nolan's latest time-shifting movie, the $225m Tenet. He discusses the UK box office, which continues to show improvement week on week. He casts a critical eye over yet another virus movie, the Netflix film Only. And he critiques the Kenneth Branagh film Artemis Fowl which never made it to cinemas, premiering on Disney+.
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James Cameron-Wilson

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Gadgets & Gizmos: The fragrance of outer space

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Gadgets & Gizmos: The fragrance of outer space
Share Radio's technology editor Steve Caplin explains what outer space smells like, now available as a new fragrance. He finds the most expensive items on Amazon, admires a new internet speed record, explains why Japan is running out of credit card numbers, warns how keys can be made from recordings of locks being turned, tells a cautionary tale of a very pricy mistaken purchase on eBay, admires taps that can wash without water and raises an eyebrow at Amazon's patent for a drone to replace ski lifts.
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Steve Caplin

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The Week That Was And The Week Ahead: Economic data, Tesco, BT, Aveva & Rolls-Royce

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The Week That Was and The Week Ahead

The Week That Was And The Week Ahead: Economic data, Tesco, BT, Aveva & Rolls-Royce
Ian Forrest of The Share Centre discusses the recent spate of economic data. He looks at widely-differing news in the past few days from Tesco, BT, Aveva and Rolls-Royce. And he looks ahead, suggesting what we might expect when we hear from two housebuilders soon, Berkeley Group and Barratt Developments.
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Ian Forrest

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The Bigger Picture: The exam debacle, scrapping Public Health England & Kamala Harris

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The Bigger Picture: The exam debacle, scrapping Public Health England & Kamala Harris
Political commentator Mike Indian looks at the English exam debacle, asking why the government stuck to using the algorithm, despite being told it would not work. He gives his own marks to Education Minister Gavin Williamson. He looks at the scrapping of Public Health England and wonders if it is a wise move. And he looks across the Atlantic to Joe Biden's pick of Kamala Harris as his running mate.
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Mike Indian

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The Business of Film: Box office revival, Project Power & Five Graves to Cairo

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The Business of Film: Box office revival, Project Power & Five Graves to Cairo
James Cameron-Wilson looks at a revival in the UK box office, where three films have managed to take six figure sums over the weekend. With Tenet due imminently to give cinemas a boost, he reviews the new Netflix blockbuster, Project Power, starring Jamie Foxx. He also looks back to a wartime classic, the early Billy Wilder film Five Graves to Cairo, out in a 4K Blu-Ray restoration that probably looks better than it did originally.
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James Cameron-Wilson

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Gadgets & Gizmos: Emission-free aircraft and hands-free driving on motorways

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Gadgets and Gizmos

Gadgets & Gizmos: Emission-free aircraft and hands-free driving on motorways
Steve Caplin looks at Apple's soaring market cap, problems for Hauwei phone users, autonomous driving on UK motorways from next year, emission-free aircraft, a French cargo sailing galleon, biogas from cow dung, a laser-powered satellite to clear up space junk, a smartphone camera to detect type-2 diabetes, wireless power delivery, a liquid-filled guitar and a revival of the ZX Spectrum.
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Steve Caplin

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