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Fri 9th Oct at 00:55, Mon 12th Oct at 21:15 (England, Northern Ireland & Wales), & Wed 14th at 00:20 (Scotland only). Product designer, Philippe Starck, invites hopefuls to a school of design in Paris
Tue 13th Oct at 22:30. Malcolm McLaren visits the people and places central to Serge Gainsbourg's story
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