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Matthew Bourne on The Red Shoes, Satirising Trump, Marius de Vries

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Matthew Bourne on his stage version of The Red Shoes, musician and producer Marius de Vries discusses working on La La Land, the challenge of satirising Donald Trump. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Matthew Bourne
Interviewed Guest:
Andy Zaltzman
Interviewed Guest:
Alison Jackson
Interviewed Guest:
Elise Czajkowski
Presenter:
John Wilson

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Nancy Meyers, Jenny Erpenbeck, Literary modern classics, Turner Prize show

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Romcom director and writer Nancy Meyers; Jenny Erpenbeck on her new novel Go, Went, Gone; what makes a literary modern classic; the 2017 Turner Prize exhibition in Hull. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Nancy Meyers
Interviewed Guest:
Alison Hennessey
Interviewed Guest:
Suzi Feay
Interviewed Guest:
Jenny Erpenbeck
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Jones
Presenter:
Kirsty Lang

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Annie Lennox; James Franco; Philippe Sands; How to Win an Oscar

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Annie Lennox talks to Kirsty Lang about her new album Nostalgia, James Franco discusses his Fat Squirrel art venture, Philippe Sands on Nuremberg and Bach, and how to win an Oscar. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Annie Lennox
Interviewed Guest:
James Franco
Interviewed Guest:
Philippe Sands
Key talent:
Tim Robey

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Richard Gere in Time Out of Mind, Tanita Tikaram, Look Back in Anger

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news with Samira Ahmed, including a review of Richard Gere's new film Time Out of Mind, Tanita Tikaram on her new album Closer to the People and the play Look Back in Anger. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Brigham
Interviewed Guest:
Benedict Nightingale
Interviewed Guest:
Tanita Tikaram
Interviewed Guest:
Charlotte Mullins

Front Row

Annette Bening, Music managers, Drama podcast review

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Annette Bening on Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool; the changing role of the music manager; and John Naughton with his pick of the best drama and readings podcasts. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Annette Bening
Interviewed Guest:
Stuart Camp
Interviewed Guest:
Regine Moylett
Interviewed Guest:
Niamh Byrne
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Napier-Bell
Interviewed Guest:
Emeli Sande
Interviewed Guest:
Paul McCartney
Interviewed Guest:
Pete Naughton

The Film Programme

John Lasseter

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Radio 4's weekly look at the world of film. Francine Stock talks to American animator and film-maker John Lasseter about his career and his latest movie Zootropolis. Show more

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Bradley Cooper, The Art of Forgery, Cannes report, Folio Prize news

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Bradley Cooper on playing Joseph Merrick in The Elephant Man on stage, and Noah Charney on his book The Art of Forgery, plus a Cannes Film Festival report. John Wilson presents. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Bradley Cooper
Interviewed Guest:
Noah Charney
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Kidd

Front Row

Kristin Scott Thomas, The Enfield Haunting and The C Word, Greens' Caroline Lucas

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Kristin Scott Thomas on playing the Queen in The Audience on stage, dramas The Enfield Haunting and The C Word reviewed, and the Green Party's Caroline Lucas on their arts policy. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Kristin Scott Thomas
Interviewed Guest:
Julia Raeside
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Hemming
Interviewed Guest:
Caroline Lucas

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The Drop; Jan Garbarek; Quentin Blake; Assaf Gavron

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

James Gandolfini's last film The Drop reviewed, saxophonist Jan Garbarek, Quentin Blake on Paula Rego and Honoré Daumier, and Israeli novelist Assaf Gavron. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Jenny McCartney
Interviewed Guest:
Jan Garbarek
Interviewed Guest:
David James
Interviewed Guest:
Quentin Blake
Interviewed Guest:
Charlotte Mullins
Interviewed Guest:
Assaf Gavron

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Hidden Figures, Dirty Dancing writer, Muslim Othello, Simon Armitage

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Hidden Figures reviewed, Eleanor Bergstein on 30 years of Dirty Dancing, Simon Armitage on Branwell Bronte, Muslim Othello. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Sue Nelson
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Armitage
Interviewed Guest:
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
Interviewed Guest:
Jerry Brotton
Presenter:
Samira Ahmed

Front Row

Cat Stevens, Northern Soul, William Morris, Ken Burns

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Samira Ahmed talks to Yusuf Islam, aka Cat Stevens, about his new album, Miranda Sawyer reviews Northern Soul, and Fiona MacCarthy on William Morris the National Portrait Gallery. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Yusuf Islam
Interviewed Guest:
Miranda Sawyer
Interviewed Guest:
Fiona MacCarthy
Interviewed Guest:
Ken Burns

Front Row

V&A Exhibition Road Quarter, Assange documentary Risk, Anthony Cartwright's Brexit novel

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Architect Amanda Levete and V&A director Tristram Hunt on the museum's £48m new project; director Laura Poitras on her Julian Assange documentary; Anthony Cartwright and Brexit. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Amanda Levete
Interviewed Guest:
Tristram Hunt
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Poitras
Interviewed Guest:
Meike Ziervogel
Interviewed Guest:
Anthony Cartwright

Front Row

A Most Wanted Man, Eliasson and Turner at Tate, Breeders

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

A review of Philip Seymour Hoffman's final film A Most Wanted Man, Olafur Eliasson and Late Turner at Tate Britain, and Tamzin Outhwaite and Ben Ockrent on their play Breeders. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Eccleston
Interviewed Guest:
Olafur Eliasson
Interviewed Guest:
Charlotte Mullins
Interviewed Guest:
Tamzin Outhwaite
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Ockrent

Front Row

Giorgio Moroder, site-specific art, Tim Firth, Cultural Exchange

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Record producer Giorgio Moroder, artist Richard Wilson on site-specific art when it changes site, Calendar Girls writer Tim Firth, and Francine Stock's Cultural Exchange. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Giorgio Moroder
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Rachel Campbell-Johnston
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Firth
Interviewed Guest:
Daniel Evans
Interviewed Guest:
Francine Stock

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Edinburgh Special

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Featuring comedian Al Murray, The Killing actress Sofie Gråbøl, James Plays director Laurie Sansom, Hollywood actress Anne Archer and piano double act Worbey and Farrell. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Sofie Grabol
Interviewed Guest:
Al Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Laurie Sansom
Interviewed Guest:
Anne Archer
Interviewed Guest:
undefined Worbey & Farrell

Front Row

Tom Jones and Jennifer Hudson on The Voice, Art galleries on screen

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Tom Jones and Jennifer Hudson on The Voice, modern art galleries in film and words from TV and film that are now commonly used in everyday language. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Jennifer Hudson
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Jacky Klein
Interviewed Guest:
Susie Dent

Front Row

Christos Tsiolkas, Tim's Vermeer, Maxim Vengerov, new US TV cop dramas

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Christos Tsiolkas, author of the Man Booker-longlisted The Slap, discusses his new novel Barracuda; new film Tim's Vermeer; violinist Maxim Vengerov; and two new US TV cop shows. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest:
Christos Tsiolkas
Interviewed Guest:
Maxim Vengerov
Interviewed Guest:
Tracy Chevalier
Interviewed Guest:
Jeff Park

Front Row

Hilary Mantel; Spike Lee's Oldboy; Liberty and Bergdorf's

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Hilary Mantel on the new RSC stage adaptations of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. Plus a review of Spike Lee's new film Oldboy, and two new department store documentaries. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest:
Hilary Mantel
Interviewed Guest:
Mike Poulton
Participant:
Catherine Bray
Participant:
Adam Smith
Participant:
Lucy Kellaway

Front Row

Lenny Henry on Nelson Mandela; Lesley Manville; Beauty and the Beast

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. Lenny Henry pays tribute to Nelson Mandela; Lesley Manville on Mike Leigh; Mat Fraser discusses Beauty and the Beast; Fill the Void reviewed. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Lenny Henry
Interviewed Guest:
Mat Fraser
Interviewed Guest:
Julie Muz
Interviewed Guest:
Lesley Manville

Front Row

Marc Chagall, Laura Marling, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Colm Tóibín

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

The art of Marc Chagall at Tate Liverpool, singer-songwriter Laura Marling, writer Frank Cottrell Boyce on his new show for Derry-Londonderry, and Colm Tóibín's Cultural Exchange. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Marling
Interviewed Guest:
Colm Toibin