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Duration: 1 hour, 41 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Detective Mike Hoolihan is called in to investigate the death of a leading astrophysicist. As her investigation proceeds, Hoolihan begins to question her own place in the universe. Show more

Contributors

Detective Mike Hoolihan:
Patricia Clarkson
Col Tom Rockwell:
James Caan
Jennifer Rockwell:
Mamie Gummer
Prof Ian Strammi:
Toby Jones
Miriam Rockwell:
Jacki Weaver
Tony Silvero:
Aaron Tveit
Laurel Ann:
Alyshia Ochse
Mr Toby:
Gary Grubbs
Director:
Carol Morley

HARDtalk

Martin Amis

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS AfricaLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS Europe

HARDtalk speaks to Martin Amis, the 'enfant terrible' of British literature. His books are filled with greed, lust, addiction and ignorance. So, what exactly are they celebrating? Show more

Contributors

Interviewer:
Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Amis

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

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

The story of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin over the 245 days that brought them to power. As the history unfolds, writers and historians debate the meaning of the Russian Revolution. Show more

Contributors

Trotsky:
Milo Twomey
Interviewed Guest:
Tariq Ali
Interviewed Guest:
Orlando Figes
Interviewed Guest:
Bridget Kendall
Interviewed Guest:
China Mieville
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Sebag Montefiore
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Amis
Interviewed Guest:
Victor Sebestyen
Composer:
John Hardy
Executive Producer:
Nicolas Kent
Executive Producer:
Susan Jones
Production Company:
Oxford Film and Television
Production Manager:
Floury Crum
Production Manager:
Penny Davis
Director of photography:
James Swift
Focus Puller:
Mitchell Thomas
Sound Recordist:
David Runciman
Camera Operator:
Sam Hardy
Camera Operator:
Kelly Beaton
Make-up Designer:
Jutta Russell
Makeup Artist:
Sara Fagan
Makeup Artist:
Madlen Mierzwiak
Costume designer:
Heidi Miller
Production Designer:
Erik Rehl
Prop Buyer:
Kitty Walker
Production Coordinator:
Emily Rimmer
Assistant Producer:
Kathryn Ellinger

Book of the Week

The Rub of Time

Episode 3: Iris Murdoch: Age Will Win

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Martin Amis muses on the life and work of novelist Iris Murdoch, describing her portrayal on celluloid, her eccentric domesticity and her later descent as Alzheimer's takes hold. Show more

Book of the Week

The Rub of Time

Episode 1: You Ask the Questions

Duration: 15 minutes

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

In You Ask the Questions, from his collection of non-fiction (1986-2016), Martin Amis answers questions about Kingsley, his early film acting, smoking roll-ups and other things. Show more

Book of the Week

The Rub of Time

Episode 2: On the Road

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Martin Amis recalls a publicity tour of the US, where he is 'OJ'ed' and becomes a 'hireling' of his 'own novel'. Show more

Book of the Week

The Rub of Time

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

In two pieces about the late novelist JG Ballard, his friend Martin Amis describes a kindly, genial man, originator of some of the most unnerving science fiction of modern times. Show more

Book of the Week

The Rub of Time

Episode 5: Tennis

Duration: 15 minutes

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

From his new collection of non-fiction (1986-2016), Martin Amis recalls some great hitters during his tennis playing days, and why eventually he gave up the beautiful game. Show more

The Culture Show

2012/2013

Episode 1

Duration: 30 minutes

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

The Culture Show is back and will be featuring many of the highlights from the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. In this episode, Mark Kermode meets film director David Cronenberg. Show more

Contributors

Series Editor:
Janet Lee
Reporter:
Mark Kermode
Reporter:
James Runcie
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Amis
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Landy
Interviewed Guest:
Yoko Ono

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for 4 months

Mark Lawson talks to notorious literary bad boy Martin Amis, who speaks candidly about his relationship with his father Kingsley and the death of his sister Sally. Show more

Timeshift

Series 9

Episode 5: How to Win at Chess

Duration: 1 hour

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

In a programme showing how to play better chess, British grandmasters Dan King and Ray Keene go through a demonstration game from opening gambit to checkmate. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Martin Amis
Producer:
George Chan
Director:
George Chan
Producer:
John Das
Executive Producer:
Michael Poole

Faulks on Fiction

Episode 1: The Hero

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Series on the brilliance of the British novel. Sebastian Faulks looks at how the ideas of heroism have evolved over the last 300 years, from Daniel Defoe to Martin Amis. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Ruth Rendell
Participant:
Ruth Rendell
Participant:
Simon Armitage
Participant:
Simon Armitage
Participant:
Martin Amis
Participant:
Martin Amis
Participant:
Boris Johnson
Participant:
Boris Johnson
Participant:
Robert Harris
Participant:
Robert Harris
Director:
Phil Cairney
Director:
Phil Cairney
Series Producer:
Mary Sackville-West
Series Producer:
Mary Sackville-West
Executive Producer:
Basil Comely
Executive Producer:
Basil Comely
Producer:
Phil Cairney
Producer:
Phil Cairney
Director:
David Vincent
Director:
David Vincent

Duration: 1 hour, 22 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Futuristic adventure in which a couple of space-station dwellers are menaced by a scientist and his android. Starring Kirk Douglas and Harvey Keitel. Show more

Free Thinking

Landmark: Saul Bellow's Herzog

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Martin Amis, Zachary Leader and Sarah Churchwell join Matthew Sweet to discuss Saul Bellow and his celebrated novel Herzog with readings by Kerry Shale. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Martin Amis
Interviewed Guest:
Zachary Leader
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Churchwell
Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Producer:
Zahid Warley

Free Thinking

Martin Amis in Conversation at the BBC Proms

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

In a discussion held at the Royal College of Music in London as part of the 2014 Proms Plus Literary series, author Martin Amis discusses his writing with Philip Dodd. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Martin Amis
Presenter:
Philip Dodd
Producer:
Fiona McLean