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Jess Glynne, Don Paterson, Danny and the Human Zoo, Cradle to Grave

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news, interviews and reviews with John Wilson, including singer Jess Glynne, poet Don Paterson and reviews of Danny and the Human Zoo, and Cradle to Grave. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Julia Raeside
Interviewed Guest:
Don Paterson
Interviewed Guest:
Jess Glynne
Interviewed Guest:
Charlotte Eagar
Producer:
Jack Soper

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Kenneth Branagh in King Lear, Andrew Motion on Elegies

Duration: 42 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Reviews of Kenneth Branagh's King Lear production and new film How to Have Sex, Andrew Motion on Elegies, and new Beatles song, Now and Then, 45 years in the making, assessed. Show more

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Olympus Has Fallen; Granta Best of Young British Novelists

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Mark Lawson reveals the Best of Young British Novelists, as selected by Granta. Plus the White House movie Olympus Has Fallen reviewed, and a report from Derry-Londonderry. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Producer:
Nicki Paxman
Interviewed Guest:
AL Kennedy

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Jessica Jones, Women's Prize for Fiction nominees, The Cherry Orchard, Redressing the gender balance in the music industry

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Jessica Jones reviewed by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Alex Clark looks at the nominees for the Women's Prize for Fiction, The Cherry Orchard and redressing the gender balance in music. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Rory Mullarkey
Interviewed Guest:
Jude Owusu
Interviewed Guest:
Marion Leonard
Interviewed Guest:
Melvin Benn
Producer:
Harry Parker

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Rebecca Lucy Taylor aka Self Esteem, Judi Jackson, the rise of the Ghanaian art scene

Duration: 42 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Rebecca Lucy Taylor aka Self Esteem on her stage debut; the new Arts Access Scheme; Ghana's art scene and live music from jazz vocalist Judi Jackson. Show more

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Todd Haynes, Trevor Horn, new galleries at the Imperial War Museum

Duration: 42 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Todd Haynes on directing Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore in his latest film May December and super producer Trevor Horn on re-imagining 1980s classic tracks. Show more

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The Barber of Seville in Yorkshire dialect, Art as experience, Turner Prize nominee Jesse Darling, Northern Creative Corridor

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Ian McMillan on translating The Barber of Seville into Yorkshire dialect, art as experience discussed, Turner Prize nominee Jesse Darling, Northern Creative Corridor. Show more

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Emergency services on screen; plus Sally Hawkins, Josette Bushell-Mingo, and Damian Barr

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

How fly-on-the-wall programme makers document the work of the emergency services; plus actress Sally Hawkins, singer Josette Bushell-Mingo, and Damian Barr's Queen Icons choice. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Simon Dickson
Interviewed Guest:
Edmund Coulthard
Interviewed Guest:
Damian Barr
Interviewed Guest:
Sally Hawkins
Interviewed Guest:
Josette Bushell-Mingo
Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Jack Soper

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Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker; Lesley Sharp; Only Lovers Left Alive

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Lesley Sharp on her stage role in Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey, and Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker on unveiling a tribute to filmmakers Powell and Pressburger. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Scorsese
Interviewed Guest:
Thelma Schoonmaker
Interviewed Guest:
Kieran Evans
Interviewed Guest:
Lesley Sharp
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hansen

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One Night in Miami, Kate Tempest, Glam Rock, Remembering Andrzej Wajda

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Director Kwame Kwei-Armah discusses the play One Night in Miami, poet and rapper Kate Tempest on writing Let Them Eat Chaos, and Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and Its Legacy. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Interviewed Guest:
Kemp Powers
Interviewed Guest:
Kae Tempest
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Reynolds
Producer:
Angie Nehring

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New BBC drama Press, Kate Tempest, John Wilson learns the art of watercolouring

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Mike Bartlett and Charlotte Riley discuss Press, a new TV drama about the world of print journalism, Kate Tempest performs from her new collection, and John Wilson learns to paint. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Mike Bartlett
Interviewed Guest:
Charlotte Riley
Interviewed Guest:
Kae Tempest

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Michael Palin, War and Peace, Diversity in film, Katie Puckrik's alternative Christmas

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Michael Palin discusses his TV documentary about Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi, Andrew Davies on his TV adaptation of Tolstoy's War and Peace, plus diversity in film. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Palin
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Davies
Interviewed Guest:
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
Interviewed Guest:
Katie Puckrik
Producer:
Angie Nehring

Front Row

Johnny Vegas, Alan Howard remembered, novelist Javier Marías, Julianne Moore looks ahead to the Oscars

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Including Johnny Vegas on going from potter to comic, former RSC artistic director Terry Hands remembers Alan Howard, novelist Javier Marias, and Julianne Moore talks about Oscars. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Ellie Bury
Interviewed Guest:
Johnny Vegas
Interviewed Guest:
Ken MacLeod
Interviewed Guest:
Javier Marias
Interviewed Guest:
Julianne Moore
Interviewed Guest:
Mat Kirkby
Interviewed Guest:
Terry Hands

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Julianne Moore; Ed Miliband on the arts; Pinter premieres

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news with John Wilson, including 2015 Oscar-winner Julianne Moore, Ed Miliband on Labour's plans for the arts, and two Pinter screenplays being performed for the first time. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Julianne Moore
Interviewed Guest:
Ed Miliband
Interviewed Guest:
Laurence Bowen
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn