The gulf between young and old has never seemed wider. But have we seen this before? Historian Rhys Jones explores how generational conflict has unfolded through the ages. Show more
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The saxophonist Jess Gillam meets the bass guitarist Gail Ann Dorsey. Show more
Kerry Hudson, author of Lowborn, has learned to code switch with the literary elite, but how can people stuck in poverty or middle class bubbles make meaningful connections? Show more
Saturday Review
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire, Women Beware Women, Christos Tsiolkas, Leon Spilliaert, Noughts and Crosses
49 minutes
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Portrait Of A Lady On Fire, Women Beware Women at The Globe Theatre, Christos Tsiolkas - Damascus, Leon Spilliaert at Royal Academy, Malorie Blackman's Noughts and Crosses on TV Show more
Emma Clarke plays the voice of the lift in this cultural history of the elevator. The lift comes to life and tells the story of how the elevator changed the way we live. Show more
The Film Programme
Justin Kurzel on Ned Kelly and Wake In Fright
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James Nokise, a comedian and stage performer from New Zealand, explores the role of Pacific wordsmiths, from song writers to poets, who have protested against nuclear testing. Show more
Opening Night
Aberdeen
30 minutes
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Janice Forsyth presents Opening Night in Aberdeen and hears from 10ft Tall, who are creating exciting experiential theatre, and Fleeman, whose work preserves local dialect.
An Alternative History of Art
Eileen Agar
15 minutes
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Iwona Blazwick, Whitechapel Gallery director, profiles overlooked Surrealist Eileen Agar, asking why she hasn't received the same lasting celebration as her male contemporaries. Show more
Musician Ayanna-Witter Johnson talks about her creative life and the challenges of being a young songwriter, cellist and singer. Show more
An Alternative History of Art
Elizabeth Catlett
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Naomi Beckwith, curator at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art, examines the overlooked African-American printmaker and sculptor Elizabeth Catlett. Show more
An Alternative History of Art
Karl-Heinz Adler
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Hans Ulrich Obrist, creative director of Serpentine Galleries, profiles the overlooked abstract artist and architect Karl-Heinz Adler, whose work defied the GDR. Show more
Iwona Blazwick, director of Whitechapel Gallery, investigates the art of Syrian painter Marwan, whose post-surrealist portraits draw on both Arabic and western influences. Show more
The Film Programme
Paddington 2, Lynne Ramsay
28 minutes
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Paul King and Simon Farnaby discuss Paddington 2, Lynne Ramsay on You Were Never Really Here and Alexandra Dean talks about her documentary Bombshell. Presented by Francine Stock. Show more
An Alternative History of Art
Jim Nutt
15 minutes
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Naomi Beckwith, curator at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art, explores the work of Chicago imagist and central figure in the Hairy Who movement, Jim Nutt. Show more
Saturday Review
A Wrinkle In Time, The Great Wave, Philip Hensher, Come Home (BBC1), America's Cool Modernism
45 minutes
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A review of the week's cultural highlights, including Oprah Winfrey's role in A Wrinkle In Time, The Great Wave at The Dorfman Theatre and Philip Hensher's novel The Friendly Ones. Show more
The Film Programme
Paul Verhoeven
28 minutes
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Cinema magazine programme. Francine Stock talks to the controversial director of Basic Instinct and Robocop, Paul Verhoeven. Show more
Saturday Review
Lion, Raising Martha, Laszlo Krasznahorkai, material/rearranged/to/be - Siobhan Davies, Apple Tree Yard
45 minutes
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A review of the week's cultural highlights, including the Oscar-touted film Lion, Raising Martha at London's Park Theatre and Laszlo Krasznahorkai's novel The Last Wolf. Show more
Saturday Review
30/09/2017
45 minutes
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British film Daphne, The National Theatre's touring production of Jane Eyre, Ken Burns's Vietnam on BBC4, Nicola Lagioia's novel Ferocity, and Jasper Johns at The Royal Academy. Show more
All in a Chord
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
15 minutes
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Ivan Hewett examines Wagner's Tristan Chord to test the idea that harmony is a reflection of history. From 2017. Show more