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4 Free podcast: The Bernstein Project at Southbank Centre
5 Last Night's Television - Collision, ITV1; The Execution of Gary Glitter, Channel 4
6 'Deluded' Jedward getting worse, says Cowell
7 The Scarpetta Factor, By Patricia Cornwell
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