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Saturday Review

Love's Labour's Lost, Cold War, Black Earth Rising, Pat Barker, Surreal Science

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Globe Theatre's Love's Labour's Lost, award-winning Polish film Cold War, BBC/Netflix's Black Earth Rising, Pat Barker's The Silence Of The Girls, Surreal Science exhibition. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Lewis
Interviewed Guest:
Susan Jeffreys
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Saturday Review

Nightcrawler, Tis Pity She's a Whore, Richard Ford, Science Museum, Passing Bells

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Tom Sutcliffe chairs critical discussion of the week's cultural events, including Nightcrawler, Tis Pity She's a Whore, Richard Ford, the Science Museum and The Passing Bells. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Linda Grant
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Woolf
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Saturday Review

Once in a Lifetime, Birth of a Nation, Alice in Space, Mathematics at Science Museum, Walt Disney on BBC2

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Once in a Lifetime, Birth of a Nation, Alice In Space, Mathematics at Science Museum, and BBC TV series Walt Disney. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Meg Rosoff
Interviewed Guest:
Jacqueline Springer
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Saturday Review

La La Land, Manchester By The Sea, Michael Chabon, Wish List at The Royal Court, Charles Avery

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Two films touted for Oscars glory: La La Land and Manchester By The Sea. Michael Chabon's Moonglow. Katherine Soper's Wish List at London's Royal Court, Charles Avery's Island. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Williams
Interviewed Guest:
Maria Delgado
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Front Row

A War, Maigret, Guys and Dolls, Frances Hardinge, The missing Hong Kong booksellers

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Tim Collins reviews Danish film A War, Guys and Dolls reviewed, crime writer Natasha Cooper on the return of Maigret and Costa Children's Book Award winner Frances Hardinge. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Collins
Interviewed Guest:
John Simenon
Interviewed Guest:
Natasha Cooper
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Interviewed Guest:
Gregory Lee
Interviewed Guest:
Frances Hardinge
Producer:
Angie Nehring

Front Row

Sondheim's Assassins, Albums of the year, Jeremy Deller, Royal Photographic Society

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

A Christmas wishlist of the year's best albums, Jeremy Deller, photographs from the Royal Photographic Society collection, and Assassins reviewed. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Sarah Johnson
Interviewed Guest:
Suzy Klein
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Mossman
Interviewed Guest:
Greg James
Interviewed Guest:
Jeremy Deller
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Interviewed Guest:
Colin Harding

Saturday Review

Van Gogh, Mondrian, Nicholson Baker, Hotel, The Dirties

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Tate Liverpool's Mondrian and His Studios, walk around Van Gogh's London, Nicholson Baker's novel Travelling Sprinkler, Polly Stenham's play Hotel, Canadian indie film The Dirties. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Gillian Slovo
Interviewed Guest:
John Mullan
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Saturday Review

Adrian Lester as Othello, and The Look of Love with Steve Coogan

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Tom Sutcliffe on Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear in Othello, The Look of Love with Steve Coogan, and Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi and Frances de la Tour in new sitcom Vicious. Show more

Saturday Review

Deep Blue Sea, Fire At Sea, Edmund White, Winifred Knights, Outcast/Preacher

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Rattigan's Deep Blue Sea, prize-winning documentary Fire At Sea, Edmund White's novel Our Young Man, Winifred Knights at Dulwich Picture Gallery, Outcast and Preacher on TV. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Bidisha
Interviewed Guest:
Shahidha Bari
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Last Word

Barbara Cook, Sister Ruth Pfau, Richard Gordon, Prof UR Rao

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kate Silverton on singer Barbara Cook; Blanche Blackwell, Ian Fleming's muse; Sister Ruth Pfau, the 'Mother Teresa' of Pakistan; Richard Gordon, Doctor In The House author. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Interviewed Guest:
Mervyn Lobo
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Talbot
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Hohnen
Interviewed Guest:
Spoorty Rahman
Presenter:
Kate Silverton

Saturday Review

Eleanor Catton's The Luminaries and A Midsummer Night's Dream

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Eleanor Catton's Booker-shortlisted The Luminaries, Australia at the Royal Academy, and Sheridan Smith and David Walliams in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Kit Davis
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Interviewed Guest:
Louise Doughty
Producer:
Sarah Johnson

Front Row

Will Smith, Caryl Churchill's new play, Iran tourism, Ringo Starr's birthplace

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Will Smith talks to John Wilson about his new film Concussion, Caryl Churchill's lastest play Escaped Alone, Iran as the next tourist hotspot and Ringo Starr on his birthplace. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Will Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Susannah Clapp
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Interviewed Guest:
Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis
Interviewed Guest:
Ringo Starr
Producer:
Dixi Stewart

Front Row

Fiddler on the Roof lyricist, how musicals have evolved since 'Fiddler', Olafur Eliasson

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Fiddler On The Roof lyricist, Sheldon Harnick, on his new musical, a look at how musicals have evolved over the last 50 years and Danish artist Olafur Eliasson on Scandinavian art. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Nikki Bedi
Interviewed Guest:
Sheldon Harnick
Interviewed Guest:
Millie Taylor
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Interviewed Guest:
Olafur Eliasson

Front Row

Horror on film; Crime writer Kathy Reichs; Actors who become artistic directors; LGBT youtuber Ben Hunte's Queer Icon

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Horror in film, crime writer Kathy Reichs introduces her new protagonist, the tradition of actors becoming artistic directors and LGBT YouTuber Ben Hunte's queer icon. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Producer:
Marilyn Rust
Interviewed Guest:
Kim Newman
Interviewed Guest:
Isabel Stevens
Interviewed Guest:
Kathy Reichs
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Hastie
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Hunte

Front Row

The launch of Queer Icons; Maggi Hambling; Nitin Sawhney; Museum of the Year finalist

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Maggi Hambling launches Front Row's Queer Icons series; musician Nitin Sawhney; Sir John Soane's Museum, finalist for the Art Fund Museum of the Year 2017. John Wilson presents. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Interviewed Guest:
Peggy Reynolds
Interviewed Guest:
Maggi Hambling
Interviewed Guest:
Nitin Sawhney
Interviewed Guest:
Marc Quinn
Interviewed Guest:
Bruce Boucher

Woman's Hour

Craig Revel Horwood as Miss Hannigan in the Musical Annie

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Craig Revel Horwood reflects on his role as Miss Hannigan in the musical Annie. The rising cost of childcare. And Dynasty's back on TV our screens. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Craig Revel Horwood
Interviewed Guest:
Josephine Kulea
Interviewed Guest:
Megan Jarvie
Interviewed Guest:
Lydia Higginson
Interviewed Guest:
Julia Raeside
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict

Saturday Review

Hamilton musical, Irish film Sanctuary, Louise Erdrich novel, BBC TV Christmas specials

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Hamilton opens in London. Sanctuary, an Irish film with a cast made up of actors with learning difficulties. Plus a new novel by Louise Erdrich and TV Christmas specials. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Churchwell
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Woman's Hour

Jessica Hynes; Ute Lemper; Women in The Apprentice

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Jessica Hynes on new comedy Up the Women, Facebook agree to tackle gender based hate speech, women on The Apprentice, Barking Blondes, Ute Lemper and the allure of Rita Hayworth. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Bates
Interviewed Guest:
Fran Brown
Interviewed Guest:
Saira Khan
Interviewed Guest:
Lorraine Heggessey
Interviewed Guest:
Sharon Mavin
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Jessica Hynes
Interviewed Guest:
Jo Good
Interviewed Guest:
Anne Webb
Interviewed Guest:
Ute Lemper
Producer:
Shoku Amirani

Front Row

Sir Neville Marriner; The Inbetweeners 2; My Night With Reg

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news. Kirsty Lang talks to 90-year-old acclaimed conductor Sir Neville Marriner about his long and varied career, and reviews a new production of My Night With Reg. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Neville Marriner
Interviewed Guest:
Damon Beesley
Interviewed Guest:
Iain Morris
Interviewed Guest:
Deborah Clarke
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict

Front Row

David Gilmour, An Inspector Calls, La Famille Bélier, Future Conditional

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang meets up with Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and his wife, novelist Polly Samson. Plus the latest adpatation of An Inspector Calls and the French movie La Famille Bélier. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Dave Gilmour
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Samson
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Interviewed Guest:
William Mager
Interviewed Guest:
Matthew Warchus
Interviewed Guest:
Tamsin Oglesby