Original version

BBC Radio 4 LW

Saturday Review Podcast bigger text

Saturday Review

Magazines & Reviews

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

Sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events, with Tom Sutcliffe and guests

Presenter Tom Sutcliffe and guests offer sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events

BBC Radio 4 FM

Tom Sutcliffe

Tom Holland

Sarah Crompton

Louise Jury

Oliver Jones

Saturday Review: RSC's Tempest, Indignation, Divines, Zadie Smith, Design Museum

RSC's Tempest, Indignation, Divines, Zadie Smith, Design Museum

19/11/2016

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Review, RSC's Tempest, Indignation, Divines, Zadie Smith, Design MuseumSearch BBC

RSC's Tempest, Indignation, Divines, Zadie Smith's Swing Time, Design Museum reopens.

The RSC's Tempest features a holographic Ariel, plus the film of Philip Roth's novel Indignation, Zadie Smith's novel Swing Time, Netflix's Divines, and the Design Museum reopens.

The RSC's production latest Tempest features Simon Russell Beale as Prospero and has a holographic Ariel. Does cutting edge technology sit comfortably inside Shakespeare's play which is so full of magic?
Philip Roth's novel Indignation, set in 1950's America is now a film. Dealing with social mores, the desire to rebel and how it affects the rebel
Zadie Smith's latest novel Swing Time is a story of the long and complicated friendship between two girls whose lives diverge. 
Divines is a Cannes Award winning French film set in the banlieue where crime seems the only way out of the social structure
The Design Museum has reopened at a new site in Kensington in London - formerly The Commonwealth Institute, it has cost £38m to adapt - does it impress?

Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Tom Holland, Sarah Crompton and Louise Jury. The producer is Oliver Jones.

BBC Radio 4

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Saturday Review

RSC's Tempest, Indignation, Divines, Zadie Smith, Design Museum

Contributors

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC Radio 4 LW

About BBC Radio 4