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Wes Anderson on Asteroid City, Bob Stanley on his biography of the Bee Gees

Duration: 42 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Wes Anderson discusses Asteroid City, his foray into 1950s sci-fi, music journalist Bob Stanley maintains the Bee Gees are underrated as songwriters, Naples Museum of Archaeology. Show more

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Harry Hill on I Can't Sing; George Michael's Symphonica album; A Long Way Down

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

John Wilson talks to Harry Hill and Sean Foley about I Can't Sing, reviews George Michael's Symphonica album, and discusses the adaptation of Nick Hornby's novel A Long Way Down. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Harry Hill
Interviewed Guest:
Sean Foley
Interviewed Guest:
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
Interviewed Guest:
Neil Hannon

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Whales vs dinosaurs in art; A.Dot; Nick Laird; Igor Levit

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

We debate whether dinosaurs or whales have inspired the best art as a blue whale replaces Dippy the Dinosaur at the Natural History Museum. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Holland
Interviewed Guest:
undefined A.Dot
Interviewed Guest:
Igor Levit
Interviewed Guest:
Nick Laird
Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Producer:
Hannah Robins

Front Row

Modern fairytales with Joanne Harris and Jonathan Coe; Call Me by Your Name; Catalonian culture

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Writers Joanne Harris and Jonathan Coe discuss their latest work and film director Luca Guadagnino talks about Call Me by Your Name. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Joanne Harris
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Coe
Interviewed Guest:
Luca Guadagnino
Interviewed Guest:
Maria Delgado
Interviewed Guest:
Monserrat Roig de Puig
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

Front Row

A War, Maigret, Guys and Dolls, Frances Hardinge, The missing Hong Kong booksellers

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Tim Collins reviews Danish film A War, Guys and Dolls reviewed, crime writer Natasha Cooper on the return of Maigret and Costa Children's Book Award winner Frances Hardinge. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Collins
Interviewed Guest:
John Simenon
Interviewed Guest:
Natasha Cooper
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Interviewed Guest:
Gregory Lee
Interviewed Guest:
Frances Hardinge
Producer:
Angie Nehring

Front Row

George RR Martin; Alison Jackson; The Congress

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang talks to Game of Thrones creator George RR Martin, plus a review of The Congress, photographer Alison Jackson on her first opera, and Terry Gilliam on Robin Williams. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
George RR Martin
Interviewed Guest:
Alison Jackson
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
Terry Gilliam
Producer:
Ellie Bury

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Rufus Wainwright, The Leftovers, Anthony Caro, Kinshasa Symphony Orchestra

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Singer and composer Rufus Wainwright on his Late Night Prom, TV review of The Leftovers, Anthony Caro's last work, and the Kinshasa Symphony Orchestra. With Samira Ahmed. Show more

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Joyce Carol Oates; Special effects on screen; The Musketeers

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news. Joyce Carol Oates on a half-century of writing; the enduring appeal of The Three Musketeers; Gravity's special effects; and photography by Warhol, Burroughs and Lynch. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Joyce Carol Oates
Interviewed Guest:
Charlotte Mullins
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Armstrong
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Webber
Producer:
Ellie Bury

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Andrew Sachs; Martin Carthy; Awards speeches

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. John Wilson talks to Andrew Sachs about his new autobiography, and to Martin Carthy on a lifetime of folk music. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Sachs
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Carthy
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Armstrong

Front Row

Jim Broadbent; Young Adult Fiction; Tena Stivicic; Comedy DVDs

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Jim Broadbent on playing Father Christmas in Get Santa, plus young adult fiction, the Elgin Marbles, Croatian playwright Tena Stivicic, and Stephen Armstrong's pick of comedy DVDs. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Jim Broadbent
Interviewed Guest:
Matt Haig
Interviewed Guest:
Katherine Woodfine
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Aspden
Interviewed Guest:
Tena Stivicic
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Armstrong

Front Row

Music of Sherlock Holmes, Simon Pegg in Absolutely Anything, Paul Neagu, Edinburgh Comedy

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Presented by Samira Ahmed. The music of Sherlock Holmes; Simon Pegg and Kate Beckinsale in Absolutely Anything; sculptor Paul Neagu's work; and a round-up of Edinburgh Comedy. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
David Arnold
Interviewed Guest:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
Interviewed Guest:
Roger Clarke
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Armstrong
Producer:
Jack Soper

Front Row

Grandma, Val Wood, Theatrical wigs, Best stand-up comedy DVDs

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including a review of new comedy Grandma, Val Wood on her fascination with her home city of Hull and a pick of the best stand-up comedy DVDs of 2015. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Catherine Bray
Interviewed Guest:
Val Wood
Interviewed Guest:
Giuseppe Cannas
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Armstrong
Producer:
Angie Nehring