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The Film Programme

Nick Cave; Jonathan Coe; The Riot Club

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Cinema releases, DVD and film news with Francine Stock. Nick Cave discusses his documentary 20,000 Days on Earth, plus Jonathan Coe on Midnight and Lone Scherfig on The Riot Club. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest:
Nick Cave
Interviewed Guest:
Iain Forsyth
Interviewed Guest:
Jane Pollard
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Coe
Interviewed Guest:
Lone Scherfig

Saturday Review

Arden of Faversham; The Thrill of It All; Frank; Sheezus; The Story of Women and Art

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss Arden of Faversham at the Swan Theatre, Joseph O'Connor's latest novel The Thrill of It All, plus new works from Michael Fassbender and Lily Allen. Show more

Saturday Review

Spotlight, Youth, My Name is Shylock, Wit and Electronic Superhighway

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Paolo Sorrentino's film Youth with Harvey Keitel and Michael Caine, Spotlight, Howard Jacobson's My Name is Shylock, Pulitzer prize-winning play Wit, and Electronic Superhighway. Show more

Saturday Review

Comics at the British Library; Sunny Afternoon; the Kinks musical; Edward St Aubyn's latest novel; Tom Hollander as Dylan Thomas

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss comics at the British Library, Kinks musical Sunny Afternoon, indie film Blue Ruin, Edward St Aubyn's new novel and Tom Hollander as Dylan Thomas. Show more

Saturday Review

John Simm in Prey; Privacy at the Donmar; Simon Armitage's Troy; Exhibition; Chris Marker

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Tom Sutcliffe discusses Privacy, a play about surveillance at the Donmar, Simon Armitage's Last Days of Troy, John Simm in police drama Prey, and Chris Marker at the Whitechapel. Show more

The Film Programme

Richard Linklater on Boyhood

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Presented by Francine Stock. Director Richard Linklater discusses Boyhood, his ground-breaking new movie, which was filmed over 12 years of a boy's life, from six to eighteen. Show more

Last Word

A sculptor, a comedian, a social worker and Yugoslavia's First Lady

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Obituary series. Matthew Bannister remembers sculptor Sir Anthony Caro, Yugoslavia's First Lady Jovanka Broz, comedian Felix Dexter and social work academic Olive Stevenson. Show more

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Last Word

A Ghanaian poet, an addiction counsellor, a beat writers' muse and a special branch officer

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister remembers Ghanaian poet and diplomat Kofi Awoonor, addiction counsellor Peter Kay, beat writers' muse Carolyn Cassady and special branch officer Ferguson Smith. Show more

Contributors

Last Word

A country singer, a Labour Party General Secretary, a film star, a cellist and a co-housing campaigner

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister on country star George Jones, Labour Party general secretary Jim Mortimer, film star Deanna Durbin, cellist Janos Starker and co-housing campaigner Sarah Berger. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Hank Wangford

Last Word

A former Prime Minister, an IVF pioneer, a Corgi toy designer and a Muppets co-creator

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Obituary series. Matthew Bannister remembers Baroness Thatcher, IVF pioneer Sir Robert Edwards, Corgi toy designer Marcel Van Cleemput and Muppets co-creator Jane Henson. Show more

Contributors

Last Word

An archaeologist, a psychoanalyst, a former Lord Advocate, a writer and an aboriginal singer

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Obituaries. Matthew Bannister remembers archaeologist Mick Aston, psychoanalyst Betty Joseph, Lord Fraser of Carmyllie, writer Michael Baigent, and aboriginal singer Mr Yunupingu. Show more

Contributors

Last Word

A White House journalist, a comedian, an artist, a technology guru, and a blues musician

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister remembers renowned White House correspondent Helen Thomas, painter William Turner, comedian Mel Smith, futurologist Dr James Martin and blues singer T-Model Ford. Show more

Contributors

Last Word

A Falklands War admiral, a writer and rock musician, an engineer who developed fracking, a French actress, a folk singer

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister on Falklands War admiral Sir Sandy Woodward, writer and rock singer Mick Farren, French new wave actress Bernadette Lafont, and fracking pioneer George Mitchell. Show more

Front Row

Antonio Pappano; playwright Anne Washburn; Banksy retrospective

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Matthew d'Ancona speaks to conductor Antonio Pappano, reviews Devil's Knot, interviews Anne Washburn about her futuristic play Mr Burns and discusses a large Banksy retrospective. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Antonio Pappano
Interviewed Guest:
Anne Washburn
Interviewed Guest:
Adrian Searle

Front Row

Milos Karadaglic, Jamaica Inn; Rachel Kushner

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang reviews Jamaica Inn, talks to classical guitarist Milos Karadaglic, offers the verdict on The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and speaks to Rachel Kushner about Telex From Cuba. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Dunant
Interviewed Guest:
Milos Karadaglic
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Dittmer
Interviewed Guest:
Rachel Kushner

Front Row

Kingsman: The Secret Service; Puppeteer Basil Twist; Album Auctions

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news. Samira Ahmed talks to director Matthew Vaughn and Kick Ass writer Mark Millar about the film Kingsman: The Secret Service. Plus an interview with puppeteer Basil Twist. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Matthew Vaughn
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Millar
Interviewed Guest:
Basil Twist
Interviewed Guest:
Davy Henderson
Interviewed Guest:
Zack O'Malley Greenburg

Front Row

Chadwick Boseman on James Brown; Allen Jones

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 Chadwick Boseman, who plays soul singer James Brown in the Hollywood biopic Get On Up. Plus sculptor Allen Jones on his retrospective at the Royal Academy. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Chadwick Boseman
Interviewed Guest:
Allen Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Yeo
Interviewed Guest:
Hannah Price

Front Row

Revolution at the V&A, Ben Hur, Anthropoid, Maggi Hambling

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Reviews the V&A exhibition You Say You Want A Revolution and the remake of Ben Hur. Plus, film director Sean Ellis on Anthropoid and Maggi Hambling's sketches at the British Museum. Show more

Front Row

The Rolling Stones Exhibitionism, Hans Rosenfeldt, Alex Turner, Ian McKellen

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Exhibitionism: The Rolling Stones, Hans Rosenfeldt, Alex Turner, Ian McKellen. Show more