Programme Index

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 2^nd Oct 2015, 09:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 3^rd Oct 2015, 00:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Elif Shafak visits a bookstore in Istanbul to understand whether modern Turkey can be experienced through its shelves. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Elif Shafak
Producer:: Sarah Bowen

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Formats

Documentaries

Series

Reading Europe

Front Row

Adrian Lester on Othello, Baileys Shortlist, Conceptual Art, Nicolas Kent

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 11^th Apr 2016, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 11^th Apr 2016, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Samira Ahmed reveals the shortlist for 2016's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, and as part of our Shakespeare's People series, Adrian Lester chooses Othello. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:: Elif Shafak
Interviewed Guest:: Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:: Adrian Lester
Interviewed Guest:: Andrea Rose

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Formats

Magazines & Reviews

Brand

Front Row

Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Resolutions; Rape Crisis; Caring for an ex

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 11^th Jan 2014, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 11^th Jan 2014, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Jenny Eclair and Viv Groskop on New Year resolutions. Visiting a Rape Crisis centre. Caring for an ex-partner in ill health. Everlasting menopause. Judith Tebbutt. Elif Shafak. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:: Mandy Parnell
Interviewed Guest:: Jo Charrington
Interviewed Guest:: Amy Morgan
Interviewed Guest:: Diane Gaines
Interviewed Guest:: Jane Woyka
Interviewed Guest:: Jenny Eclair
Interviewed Guest:: Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:: Emily Holzhausen
Interviewed Guest:: Judith Tebbutt
Interviewed Guest:: Elif Shafak
Interviewed Guest:: Alev Scott
Producer:: Catrina Lear
Editor:: Jane Thurlow

Genres

Factual

Formats

Magazines & Reviews

Brand

Woman's Hour

Woman's Hour

Megan Mullally, Being Jane, The impact of TV show Girls

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 22^nd Apr 2017, 16:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 22^nd Apr 2017, 16:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Megan Mullally talks about playing Karen in the return of Will and Grace, and her musical collaboration Nancy and Beth. Four Janes discuss names, and what impact has Girls had? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jane Garvey
Producer:: Rabeka Nurmahomed
Editor:: Jane Thurlow
Interviewed Guest:: Megan Mullally
Interviewed Guest:: Jane Pilcher
Interviewed Guest:: Jane Brodie
Interviewed Guest:: Jane Asher
Interviewed Guest:: Juliet Tizzard
Interviewed Guest:: Emma Sinclair Webb
Interviewed Guest:: Elif Shafak
Interviewed Guest:: Pandora Sykes
Interviewed Guest:: Simran Hans
Interviewed Guest:: Claire Robinson
Scenario:: Brian Dolan

Genres

Factual

Formats

Magazines & Reviews

Brand

Woman's Hour

Free Thinking

A Brexit reading list

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 13^th Dec 2016, 22:00 on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Matthew Sweet is joined by Edith Hall, Chris Kissane, Elif Shafak and Alan Mendoza to consider what might be on a reading list to prepare for a post-Brexit world. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:: Edith Hall
Interviewed Guest:: Christopher Kissane
Interviewed Guest:: Elif Shafak
Interviewed Guest:: Alan Mendoza
Presenter:: Matthew Sweet
Producer:: Luke Mulhall

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Formats

Discussion & Talk

Brand

Free Thinking

Global anger and family conflict with Pankaj Mishra and Elif Shafak.

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 1^st Feb 2017, 22:00 on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Presented by Philip Dodd. With Indian writer Pankaj Mishra discussing anger and Elif Shafak talking about her latest novel, plus Douglas Murray and Julius Krein. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Philip Dodd
Interviewed Guest:: Pankaj Mishra
Interviewed Guest:: Elif Shafak
Interviewed Guest:: Douglas Murray
Interviewed Guest:: Julius Krein
Producer:: Craig Templeton Smith

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Formats

Discussion & Talk

Brand

Free Thinking

Elif Shafak, Juan Gabriel Vásquez and Javier Cercas

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 29^th May 2018, 22:00 on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

The lure of conspiracy theories, writing history as fiction and the public role of writer are debated at Hay by Elif Shafak, Javier Cercas, Juan Gabriel Vásquez and Shahidha Bari. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Shahidha Bari
Interviewed Guest:: Juan Vasquez
Interviewed Guest:: Javier Cercas
Interviewed Guest:: Elif Shafak
Producer:: Fiona McLean

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Formats

Discussion & Talk

Brand

Free Thinking

Jerry Brotton on Elizabethan England and the Islamic World

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 30^th Mar 2016, 22:00 on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Rana Mitter explores links between Elizabethan England and the Islamic world with Jerry Brotton and Elif Shafak. Plus John Breuilly on nationalism, and author Gillian Slovo. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:: Jerry Brotton
Presenter:: Rana Mitter
Interviewed Guest:: Elif Shafak
Interviewed Guest:: John Breuilly
Interviewed Guest:: Gillian Slovo
Producer:: Ruth Watts

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Formats

Discussion & Talk

Brand

HARDtalk

Elif Shafak

BBC World News

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 11^th Jun 2013, 21:30 on BBC WORLD NEWS AfricaLatest broadcast: Wed 12^th Jun 2013, 15:30 on BBC WORLD NEWS Europe

Mass protests in Turkey have prompted a harsh police response. HARDtalk speaks to leading writer and political activist Elif Shafak - what is Turkey's spasm of unrest really about? Show more

Contributors

Interviewer:: Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest:: Elif Shafak

Genres

Factual

Formats

Discussion & Talk

Brand

HARDtalk

Start the Week

Turkey: Past and Present

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 30^th Jan 2017, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 30^th Jan 2017, 21:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Amol Rajan discusses Turkey with Elif Shafak, Kaya Genç, Fadi Hakura and Bettany Hughes. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Amol Rajan
Interviewed Guest:: Elif Shafak
Interviewed Guest:: Kaya Genc
Interviewed Guest:: Bettany Hughes
Interviewed Guest:: Fadi Hakura
Producer:: Katy Hickman

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Formats

Discussion & Talk

Brand

Start the Week

Open Book

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 8^th Jun 2014, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 12^th Jun 2014, 15:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

News and features from the world of books, presented by Mariella Frostrup. Authors Salman Rushdie and Elif Shafak pay tribute to writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Mariella Frostrup
Interviewed Guest:: Salman Rushdie
Interviewed Guest:: Elif Shafak
Interviewed Guest:: Nick Caistor

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Brand

Open Book

Open Book

SJ Watson on his new novel Second Life

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 8^th Feb 2015, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 12^th Feb 2015, 15:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

News and features from the world of books, presented by Mariella Frostrup. SJ Watson, best-selling author of Before I Go to Sleep, discusses his new novel Second Life. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Mariella Frostrup
Interviewed Guest:: SJ Watson
Interviewed Guest:: Ann Morgan
Interviewed Guest:: Elif Shafak
Interviewed Guest:: Rebecca Stott

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Brand

Open Book

Saturday Review

Upstart Crow, Midsummer Night's Dream, Knight of Cups, Louise Erdrich, Mona Hatoum

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 7^th May 2016, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 7^th May 2016, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Shakespeare meets Blackadder in Upstart Crow, Midsummer Night's Dream at the Globe Theatre, Terrence Malick's Knight of Cups, Louise Erdrich's novel LaRose, and artist Mona Hatoum. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:: Elif Shafak
Interviewed Guest:: Denise Mina
Interviewed Guest:: Boyd Tonkin
Producer:: Oliver Jones

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Formats

Magazines & Reviews

Brand

Saturday Review

Elif Shafak - The Bastard of Istanbul

Episode 1: 1. The Visitor

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sun 21^st Jan 2018, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 7^th Sep 2022, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

Elif Shafak - The Bastard of Istanbul

A tale of two families bound by a shared past. A visitor disrupts the Kanzanci household. Stars Lara Sawalha and Raad Rawi. Show more

Contributors

Mr Bitter:: Raad Rawi
Mrs Sweet:: Laurel Lefkow
Asya:: Lara Sawalha
Zeliha:: Nathalie Armin
Banu:: Mia Soteriou
Armanoush:: Gillian Saker
Rose:: Laurel Lefkow
Mustafa:: Philip Arditti
Gulsum:: Anna Savva
Feride:: Baris Celiloglu
Cook:: Jonas Khan
Actor:: Murat Erkek
Actor:: Catriona Stirling
Author:: Elif Shafak
Adaptor:: Hattie Naylor
Director:: Nicolas Jackson
Producer:: Nicolas Jackson

Genres

Drama

Series

Saturday Review

The Simpsons as American folklore; Belle; British folk art at Tate Britain; In the Light of What We Know

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 14^th Jun 2014, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 14^th Jun 2014, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Mr Burns at The Almeida, Tate Britain's Folk Art, British film Belle explores racial attitudes in 18th-century aristocracy, Zia Haider Rahman's novel In the Light of What we Know. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:: Elif Shafak
Interviewed Guest:: Charlotte Mendelson
Interviewed Guest:: Barb Jungr
Producer:: Oliver Jones

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Formats

Magazines & Reviews

Brand

Saturday Review

A Good Read

Eliza Manningham-Buller and Elif Shafak

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 4^th Nov 2014, 16:30 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 23^rd Aug 2022, 00:30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for over a year

Former MI5 boss, Eliza Manningham-Buller and author Elif Shafak discuss their book choices with Harriett Gilbert. From 2014. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Harriett Gilbert
Interviewed Guest:: Eliza Manningham-Buller
Interviewed Guest:: Elif Shafak

Genres

Brand

A Good Read

Elif Shafak - The Bastard of Istanbul

2. The Return

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sun 28^th Jan 2018, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 8^th Sep 2022, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

Elif Shafak - The Bastard of Istanbul

The long-awaited return of Mustafa brings the Kanzaci household to breaking point. Stars Lara Sawalha and Philip Arditti. Show more

Contributors

Mr Bitter:: Raad Rawi
Mrs Sweet:: Laurel Lefkow
Asya:: Lara Sawalha
Zeliha:: Nathalie Armin
Banu:: Mia Soteriou
Armanoush:: Gillian Saker
Rose:: Laurel Lefkow
Mustafa:: Philip Arditti
Gulsum:: Anna Savva
Feride:: Baris Celiloglu
Hahvannes:: Jonas Khan
Cartoonist:: Murat Erkek
Poet:: Catriona Stirling
Author:: Elif Shafak
Adaptor:: Hattie Naylor
Director:: Nicolas Jackson
Producer:: Nicolas Jackson

Genres

Drama

Series

Front Row

Made In Dagenham; Elif Shafak; Gold at Buckingham Palace

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 6^th Nov 2014, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: Thu 6^th Nov 2014, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Made In Dagenham, the stage-musical starring Gemma Arterton, reviewed; Elif Shafak on her new novel; Gold, at Buckingham Palace; can comic books be both mainstream and subversive? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:: Susannah Clapp
Interviewed Guest:: Elif Shafak
Interviewed Guest:: Kathryn Jones
Interviewed Guest:: Lisa Wood
Interviewed Guest:: Kieron Gillen
Producer:: Rebecca Nicholson

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Formats

Magazines & Reviews

Brand

Front Row

Front Row

Grimsby, Dominic Dromgoole, Poems that Make Grown Women Cry

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 24^th Feb 2016, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 24^th Feb 2016, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including Sacha Baron Cohen's new film Grimsby reviewed and Shakespeare's Globe's outgoing artistic director Dominic Dromgoole. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:: Quentin Cooper
Interviewed Guest:: Dominic Dromgoole
Interviewed Guest:: Anthony Holden
Interviewed Guest:: Joan Bakewell
Interviewed Guest:: Elif Shafak
Interviewed Guest:: Mick Herron
Producer:: Jerome Weatherald

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Formats

Magazines & Reviews

Brand

Front Row