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Start the Week

Eliza Carthy and Nicholas Hytner: Art for All

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Cultural discussion programme. Kirsty Wark discusses the value of art with Nicholas Hytner, Eliza Carthy, Jennifer Harris and Jules Evans. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Wark
Interviewed Guest:
Nicholas Hytner
Interviewed Guest:
Jennifer Harris
Interviewed Guest:
Eliza Carthy
Interviewed Guest:
Jules Evans
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Cultural discussion programme. Kirsty Wark with historians Tom Devine and Chris Whatley, poet Kathleen Jamie and artist Angus Farquhar. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Wark
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Devine
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Whatley
Interviewed Guest:
Kathleen Jamie
Interviewed Guest:
Angus Farquhar
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Start the Week

Existentialism and Ways of Seeing

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Wark discusses freedom and authenticity with Sarah Bakewell, Frances Borzello, Sunil Khilnani and Stuart Franklin. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Wark
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Bakewell
Interviewed Guest:
Sunil Khilnani
Interviewed Guest:
Frances Borzello
Interviewed Guest:
Stuart Franklin
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Start the Week

Crossing the Boundaries of Gender, Race and Class

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Cultural discussion programme. Kirsty Wark explores the boundaries between gender, race and class with Thomas Page McBee, Gary Owen, Kayo Chingonyi and Penny Woolcock. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Wark
Interviewed Guest:
Thomas Page McBee
Interviewed Guest:
Gary Owen
Interviewed Guest:
Kayo Chingonyi
Interviewed Guest:
Penny Woolcock
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Start the Week

Mohsin Hamid on leaving home

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Wark discusses migration and expanding borders with novelist Mohsin Hamid, lawyer Carol Bohmer, theatre director Robert Hastie and former Portuguese minister Bruno Macaes. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Wark
Interviewed Guest:
Mohsin Hamid
Interviewed Guest:
Carol Bohmer
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Hastie
Interviewed Guest:
Bruno Macaes
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Start the Week

Free Thinking Festival at Sage Gateshead

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Cultural discussion programme. Kirsty Wark with author Lionel Shriver, economist Linda Yueh, sociologist Bev Skeggs and poet Sean O'Brien. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Wark
Interviewed Guest:
Lionel Shriver
Interviewed Guest:
Linda Yueh
Interviewed Guest:
Bev Skeggs
Interviewed Guest:
Sean O'Brien
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Start the Week

Popular Protest and Patriotism

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Wark discusses the history of protest with John Rees, Josie Rourke, Rachel Reeves and James Frayne. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Wark
Interviewed Guest:
John Rees
Interviewed Guest:
Josie Rourke
Interviewed Guest:
Rachel Reeves
Interviewed Guest:
James Frayne
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Start the Week

Altered Minds

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Cultural discussion programme. Kirsty Wark with Michael Pollan, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Tammy Burmeister and Andrew Motion. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Wark
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Pollan
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Godfrey-Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Tammy Burmeister
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Motion
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

With exclusive behind-the-scenes access, seldom-seen footage from the archives and a rare interview with Kirsty Wark, this is the story of a true visionary of British art. Show more

Contributors

Featured Artist:
Bridget Riley
Presenter:
Kirsty Wark
Production Manager:
Mandy Weller
Executive Producer:
Tanya Hudson

Saturday Live

Irma Kurtz

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir with agony aunt Irma Kurtz, the inheritance tracks of Jack Whitehall and 10-year-old Harry Hamer on his grandparents flying the nest. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Coles
Presenter:
Aasmah Mir
Interviewed Guest:
Irma Kurtz
Interviewed Guest:
Harry Hamer
Interviewed Guest:
Jean Singfield
Interviewed Guest:
JP Devlin
Interviewed Guest:
Kirsty Wark
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Armstrong
Interviewed Guest:
Jack Whitehall
Interviewed Guest:
Darren Swift
Producer:
Maire Devine

Front Row

Andrew Lloyd Webber; playing yourself in TV dramas; Will Self's Cultural Exchange

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Andrew Lloyd Webber on refurbishing the Theatre Royal, plus Richard Bacon, Kirsty Wark and Ken Bruce on the art of playing yourself in TV dramas, and Will Self's Cultural Exchange. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest:
Will Self
Producer:
Penny Murphy
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Interviewed Guest:
Ken Bruce
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Bacon
Interviewed Guest:
Kirsty Wark

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Available for 1 month

Kirsty Wark looks back at the extraordinary lives of some of the legendary singers, sporting greats, political trailblazers and household names who passed away in 2023. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Wark
Executive Producer:
Matthew Shaw

Have I Got News for You

Series 65

Episode 6

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One NightlightLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Available for 7 months

Mel Giedroyc is guest host, with panellists comedian Chris McCausland and broadcaster Kirsty Wark joining team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mel Giedroyc
Panellist:
Ian Hislop
Panellist:
Paul Merton
Panellist:
Kirsty Wark
Series Producer:
Jo Bunting
Producer:
Jack Harris

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 2 months

Kirsty Wark celebrates the life and work of Scottish writer Dame Muriel Spark, one of the 20th century's most enigmatic cultural figures, on the 100th anniversary of her birth. Show more

Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Kirsty Wark on misogyny; Mindfulness

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Wark on misogyny, blurred lines and confused messages for teenage boys. Plus the politics of childcare, mindfulness, The Testament of Mary and recorder quartet I Flautisti. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Sudha Bhuchar
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Eisenstadt
Interviewed Guest:
Samantha Callan
Interviewed Guest:
Kirsty Wark
Interviewed Guest:
Rebecca Rayner
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Culshaw
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Gibb
Interviewed Guest:
Deborah Warner
Interviewed Guest:
Tracey Crouch
Interviewed Guest:
Lisa Stephenson

Woman's Hour

Kirsty Wark on misogyny; Nazneen Rahman; Mindfulness

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Jane Garvey discusses whether misogyny is on the rise with Kirsty Wark and talks to game-changer Nazneen Rahman about her pioneering work in clinical genetics. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Kirsty Wark
Interviewed Guest:
Nazneen Rahman
Interviewed Guest:
Tracey Crouch
Interviewed Guest:
Lisa Stevenson
Interviewed Guest:
Rebecca Crane
Interviewed Guest:
Sudha Bhuchar
Producer:
Ruth Watts