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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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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

Front Row

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

Front Row

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

Front Row

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

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

Front Row

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

Front Row

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

Front Row

400 years of Shakespeare with Rufus Wainwright, Kim Cattrall, Dominic Cooke and William Leahy

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Shakespeare died 400 years ago this week. John Wilson marks the anniversary with director Dominic Cooke, musician Rufus Wainwright, actor Kim Cattrall and Professor William Leahy. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Dominic Cooke
Interviewed Guest:
Kim Cattrall
Interviewed Guest:
Rufus Wainwright
Interviewed Guest:
William Leahy
Interviewed Guest:
Ladi Emeruwa
Producer:
Angie Nehring

Front Row

Blur's New Album, Empire Review, Jim Cartwright, Trollope's Bicentenary

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon discuss the new Blur album, plus a review of US TV show Empire, Little Voice writer Jim Cartwright, and Michael Symmons Roberts on Trollope. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Ellie Bury
Interviewed Guest:
Jim Cartwright
Interviewed Guest:
Damon Albarn
Interviewed Guest:
Graham Coxon
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Symmons Roberts

Front Row

Ray Davies; Guerrilla; The Odyssey; Damien Hirst's exhibition

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

From the Kinks to Americana, Ray Davies on his new album; Dreda Say Mitchell on Guerrilla; Daljit Nagra reads his response to The Odyssey; Matthew Collings on the Hirst exhibition. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Ray Davies
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Daljit Nagra
Interviewed Guest:
Matthew Collings
Presenter:
John Wilson

Front Row

Kiri, Golden Globes, Gail Honeyman, Contemporary portraiture

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

We review Channel 4 drama Kiri starring Sarah Lancashire and discuss the events of last night's Golden Globes. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Gail Honeyman
Interviewed Guest:
Anna Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Gary Oldman
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Frances Borzello
Producer:
Hannah Robins

Front Row

Ricky Tomlinson; The Driver; Francesca Rhydderch; Anselm Kiefer

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Ricky Tomlinson and playwright Neil Gore talk to John Wilson about United We Stand, BBC1's The Driver is reviewed, and writer Francesca Rhydderch on her short story award entry. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Ricky Tomlinson
Interviewed Guest:
Neil Gore
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Francesca Rhydderch
Interviewed Guest:
Kathleen Soriano

Front Row

Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey; Barkhad Abdi; Salamander

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 Roger Daltrey and Wilko Johnson about their joint project, and hears from Oscar-nominated actor Barkhad Abdi on playing a Somali pirate in Captain Phillips. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Wilko Johnson
Interviewed Guest:
Roger Daltrey
Interviewed Guest:
Barkhad Abdi
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Hans Haacke
Interviewed Guest:
David Shrigley

Front Row

David Haig; Ziggy Marley; Prey

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

David Haig on writing and starring in a play about the weatherman who postponed D-Day; Ziggy Marley on the importance of reggae in his music; Prey, starring John Simm, reviewed. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Crawford
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
David Haig
Interviewed Guest:
Ziggy Marley

Front Row

The Young Popstars of 2013

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news. John Wilson talks to leading young performers about the commercial and creative pressures of starting out in the industry. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
James Blake
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Marling
Interviewed Guest:
Jake Bugg
Producer:
John Wilson

Front Row

Emeli Sande, BBC National Short Story Award, Abstract Expressionism

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Emeli Sande, BBC National Short Story Award, Abstract Expressionism. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Emeli Sande
Interviewed Guest:
David Anfam
Interviewed Guest:
Edith Devaney
Interviewed Guest:
Tahmima Anam
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn

Front Row

Paula Rego, Danny Huston, Ghetto Film School

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Nick Willing's documentary about his mother, Paula Rego; Danny Huston on his stage debut at the Royal Court; the Ghetto film school comes to the UK. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Nick Willing
Interviewed Guest:
Danny Huston
Interviewed Guest:
Joe Hall
Interviewed Guest:
Hannah Barry
Presenter:
John Wilson

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Journalist John Wilson follows a tip-off that the world's biggest art theft from a Boston museum, valued at one billion dollars, could resurface - not in America but in Dublin. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Executive Producer:
Ross Wilson
Director:
Matthew Hill