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Saturday Review

Heather at the Bush Theatre; 78/52 film; Ali Smith's novel, Winter; Monochrome at the National Gallery; Babylon Berlin

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Heather at London's Bush Theatre, 78/52, film about the shower scene in Hitchcock's Psycho, Ali Smith's new seasonal novel - Winter, Monochrome at National Gallery, Babylon Berlin. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Gillian Slovo
Interviewed Guest:
Damian Barr
Interviewed Guest:
Gaylene Gould
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Shelf Isolation

Series 1

Kirsty Wark

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland HD

From books to box sets and music to movies, Damian Barr talks to Kirsty Wark to get her recommendations on what to read, watch and listen to in lockdown. Show more

Midweek

Jimmy Connors, Damian Barr, Jonathan Miller and Natalie Coleman

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Libby Purves meets Jimmy Connors, Damian Barr, Jonathan Miller and Natalie Coleman. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Libby Purves
Interviewed Guest:
Jimmy Connors
Interviewed Guest:
Damian Barr
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Miller
Interviewed Guest:
Natalie Coleman

Brand

Midweek

Front Row

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

Saturday Live

From the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Your extraordinary stories from across the Commonwealth. Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are in Glasgow with the Queen's baton bearer Mark Beaumont to celebrate the Commonwealth Games. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Aasmah Mir
Presenter:
Richard Coles
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Beaumont
Interviewed Guest:
Professor Geoff Palmer
Interviewed Guest:
Louise Martin
Interviewed Guest:
David Watson
Interviewed Guest:
Hamish Khayat
Interviewed Guest:
Damian Barr
Producer:
Alex Lewis

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland

Available for 6 months

Damian Barr speaks to Armistead Maupin, Josie Long and Andrew Cotter, and the Edinburgh Gay Men’s Book Group rate Scottish classic Trainspotting. Show more

Saturday Review

Bridge of Spies, Carol, Little Eyolf, Michael Craig-Martin, Kenzaburo Oe

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

The week's cultural highlights, including Spielberg's Bridge of Spies, Todd Haynes's Carol, Little Eyolf at the Almeida Theatre and Michael Craig-Martin at the Serpentine Gallery. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Joe Dunthorne
Interviewed Guest:
Damian Barr
Interviewed Guest:
Susannah Clapp
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Saturday Review

RSC's Seven Acts of Mercy, Spike Lee's Chi-raq, Robert Rauschenberg, Poets Ben Lerner and Rachael Boast, This Is Us

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

The RSC's Seven Acts of Mercy, Spike Lee retells Lysistrata in Chi-raq, Robert Rauschenberg retrospective, Poets Ben Lerner and Rachael Boast and This Is Us on Channel 4. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Tiffany Jenkins
Interviewed Guest:
Damian Barr
Interviewed Guest:
Frances Stonor Saunders
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Shelf Isolation

Series 2

Episode 3

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland HD

Available for years

Damian Barr chats to award-winning comedian Iain Stirling about his cultural recommendations. Show more

Saturday Review

Lionel Shriver, Everybody Wants Some!!, Green Room, The Complete Deaths, Gillian Wearing

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Lionel Shriver's The Mandibles, Richard Linklater's Everybody Wants Some!!, horror film Green Room, Spy Monkey's The Complete Deaths, and Gillian Wearing's A Room With Your Views. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Damian Barr
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
Rebecca Stott
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland HD

Damian Barr talks crime, murder and mayhem with writers Alan Johnson, Ian Rankin and Alan Parks. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Damian Barr
Interviewed Guest:
Alan Johnson
Interviewed Guest:
Alan Parks
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Rankin
Interviewed Guest:
Nasim Rebecca Asl
Series Producer:
Carlin Wallace
Executive Producer:
Pauline Law

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland HD

Damian Barr chats to guests Charlie Higson, Ian Rankin and Bethan Roberts, and crime fans at the Bloody Scotland festival give their thoughts on Scottish classic Laidlaw. Show more

Contributors

Interviewer:
Damian Barr
Interviewed Guest:
Charlie Higson
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Rankin
Interviewed Guest:
Bethan Roberts
Executive Producer:
Pauline Law
Series Producer:
Carlin Wallace

Shelf Isolation

Series 2

Episode 4

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland

From classics to recent finds, crime writer Ian Rankin talks to Damian Barr about the books, films and music he has been enjoying. Show more

Open Book

Literary Scene in London

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Mariella Frostrup discusses the rise of live literary events with writers Damian Barr, Evie Wyld and Joe Dunthorne, before a live audience in London. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Damian Barr
Interviewed Guest:
Evie Wyld
Interviewed Guest:
Joe Dunthorne

Open Book

Open Book: Why We Read

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss why people read and the pleasure that this strange and solitary activity has given millions. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
John Mullan
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Alderman
Interviewed Guest:
Damian Barr
Interviewed Guest:
Joe Devlin
Interviewed Guest:
Clive James
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Dillon

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland

Available for years

To mark the 250th anniversary of Sir Walter Scott's birth, author Damian Barr goes in search of the legacy of one of Scotland’s great historical figures, novelists and poets. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Damian Barr
Director:
Lisa Fairbank
Executive Producer:
Julie Heathcote