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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

Saturday Drama

Statement of Regret

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

By Kwame Kwei-Armah. The Year of Obama should be a time for Kwaku's black policy think-tank to flourish, but his latest misjudged proposal is about to explode. Show more

Front Row Late

Lockdown Culture with Mary Beard

Episode 6

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Mary Beard hosts interviews from her studio at home. Mary and guests discuss the long-term effects of Covid-19 on our culture. Featuring appearances from Emma Thompson and Greg Wise. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mary Beard
Interviewed Guest:
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Participant:
Emma Thompson
Participant:
Greg Wise
Executive Producer:
Tanya Hudson
Series Producer:
Mark Crossan

Front Row

The Future of Culture

Duration: 26 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC News North AmericaLatest broadcast: on BBC News Latin America

Mary Beard and her guests discuss the long-term effects of Covid-19 on the future of performance, and ask what culture might mean to us all as the world eases out of lockdown. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mary Beard
Interviewed Guest:
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Participant:
Emma Thompson
Participant:
Greg Wise
Executive Producer:
Tanya Hudson
Series Producer:
Mark Crossan

Series

Front Row

This Cultural Life

Kwame Kwei-Armah

Duration: 29 minutes

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

Playwright and artistic director of London's Young Vic theatre Kwame Kwei-Armah shares some of the influences that have had a significant impact on his work. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Editor:
Robin Keam
Series Editor:
Timothy Prosser
Producer:
Edwina Pitman
Director:
Mark Ward

Free Thinking

Lorraine Hansberry

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Philip Dodd explores the writing of Lorraine Hansberry and its continuing resonance with directors Yael Farber, Kwame Kwei-Armah and Dawn Walton. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Philip Dodd
Interviewed Guest:
Yael Farber
Interviewed Guest:
Dawn Walton
Interviewed Guest:
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Interviewed Guest:
Althea Legal-Miller
Interviewed Guest:
Kit Davis
Producer:
Zahid Warley

Duration: 1 hour

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

Drama inspired by the life of Walter Tull, who became the first black professional footballer and then the first black commissioned officer to lead British troops during WWI. Show more

Contributors

Walter Tull:
OT Fagbenle
Edward Tull:
Michael Wildman
Connie MacPherson:
Samara MacLaren
Sergeant Fuller:
Ewan Stewart
Daniel Tull:
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Producer:
Ruth Caleb

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

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

Available for years

Drama that chronicles the trials of a Hackney cafe owner trying to prevent his son from getting involved in London's gun culture. Show more

With Great Pleasure

Kwame Kwei-Armah

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah, with readers Don Warrington and Jaye Griffiths, presents his favourite pieces of writing and song lyrics to an audience at the BBC Radio Theatre. Show more

Front Row

Miranda Hart, Martin Amis, Kwame Kwei-Armah's Cultural Exchange

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news with Mark Lawson. Miranda Hart on her career, Martin Amis on his novel Lionel Asbo: State of England, and Kwame Kwei-Armah selects a landmark play for Cultural Exchange. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest:
Miranda Hart
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Amis
Interviewed Guest:
Kwame Kwei-Armah

Front Row

Armando Iannucci on the Death of Stalin, Kwame Kwei-Armah directs Ibsen's Lady from the Sea

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Armando Iannucci's new film The Death of Stalin, Kwame Kwei-Armah and Elinor Cook on Ibsen's The Lady From the Sea, controversial form 696 for venues and Sean Hughes remembered. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Armando Iannucci
Interviewed Guest:
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Interviewed Guest:
Mykaell Riley
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Family adventure about a pride of lions, mixing wildlife footage with an all star cast of actors' voices and special effects. The story of lion cub growing up in the Serengeti.

Front Row

Kwame Kwei-Armah

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

British writer and actor Kwame Kwei-Armah is now artistic director of the Center Stage theatre, Baltimore. He discusses the differences between UK and US theatre with Mark Lawson. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest:
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Producer:
Penny Murphy

Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle

Series 1

Michaela 2019

Duration: 13 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for years

Teenager Michaela Williams has always considered herself black but looks white. Now, the Windrush scandal has brought the question of her heritage and belonging into sharp relief. Show more

Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle

Series 1

Samantha 1993

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for years

As the only white person in her husband’s large family, Samantha Williams has had to counter racial assumptions from both his family and her own. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for years

It’s 1968, and while the world is exploding around him, racially and politically, 17-year-old Kev keeps a low profile as a mechanic, the only black man in a white-owned garage. Show more