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This morning's edition of Radio 4's Broadcasting House chose to mark the death of Charlton Heston with a montage of scenes from his three most iconic films: The Ten Commandments (1956), Ben-Hur (1959) and Planet Of The Apes (1967). These were huge films in every sense, made during the golden age of Hollywood and Charlton Heston was a monolithic presence at their centre -- competing in chariot races, or parting the Red Sea, or cursing humanity in front of what's left of the Statue of Liberty.

Excuse me for hijacking my own film blog to write about TV, but the first episode of Series 4 of the rebooted Doctor Who, "Partners In Crime", has just aired on BBC1.

At last! Scorsese's stunning live concert film of The Rolling Stones

Manic Street Preachers also on bill for Scottish music event

Neu!'s drummer dies aged 61

Rage Against The Machine, QOTSA and Manics all to play 3 day rock fest

'Crazy' duo’s kaleidoscopic, funkadelic second + Q&A with Danger Mouse

The Raconteurs album is playing for the second time this morning, and I’ve just got round to reading the paperwork which arrived in my inbox with the download just before 9am. “Consolers Of The Lonely”, it notes, is “loud, bombastic and littered with changes of tempo.” Can’t argue with any of that.

Uncut's track-by-track guide to the Hollywood star's debut LP

That first day at high school is still a bummer, starring Owen Wilson