Front Row: Archive 2011 - In Time review; David Bowie in the 70s

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With John Wilson.

Justin Timberlake stars in the sci-fi thriller In Time, set in a world where you die after your 25th birthday unless you can afford to buy more time. Timberlake teams up with a young heiress, played by Amanda Seyfried, to try to destroy the system. Natalie Haynes reviews.

David Bowie's influence in the 1970s, his most productive decade, is the focus of a new book by Peter Doggett. He charts how the music developed through the decade, and reflects on why Bowie's difficult background, including the shadow of a 'family curse' of madness, led to pioneering and experimental personas.

Singer Adele has had to cancel her tour, after the discovery of a haemorrhage on her vocal cords. It's also the time of year when singers live in terror of getting a cold and being forced to cancel performances. Consultant laryngologist John Rubin, voice coach Mary King and soprano Elizabeth Watts discuss the problems singers face, and how they can avoid them.

Two British sit-coms are back for second series. BBC Three's Him and Her, the channel's most successful ever sitcom, returns with unemployed couple Becky (Sarah Solemani) and Steve (Russell Tovey) together in a bedsit. Also returning is E4's PhoneShop, where the staff are determined to beat the downturn. Rebecca Nicholson gives her verdict.

Producer Claire Bartleet.

Published on Tuesday, 1st November 2011.

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