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

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

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

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

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

Carleen Anderson, Elif Shafak, the commuter in film

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 17^th Jan 2018, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 17^th Jan 2018, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Carleen Anderson discusses her album and stage show Cage Street Memorial, Turkish writer Elif Shafak on her controversial novel The Bastard of Istanbul and the commuter on film. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:: Carleen Anderson
Interviewed Guest:: Elif Shafak
Interviewed Guest:: Mark Eccleston
Performer:: Carleen Anderson
Producer:: Jerome Weatherald

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Formats

Magazines & Reviews

Brand

Front Row

Neruda, Casting on screen, Magnus Mills

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 4^th Apr 2017, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 4^th Apr 2017, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Author Elif Shafak reviews a new film about the poet Neruda, Batman to Broadchurch - the challenge of casting on screen, Magnus Mills on his new novel The Forensic Records Society. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:: Elif Shafak
Interviewed Guest:: Magnus Mills
Interviewed Guest:: Lucinda Syson
Interviewed Guest:: Victor Jenkins
Producer:: Dymphna Flynn

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Formats

Magazines & Reviews

Brand

Saturday Review

Rose Tremain; The Imitation Game; Wildefire; Allen Jones; Remember Me

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Rose Tremain's The American Lover; Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing in The Imitation Game; Roy Williams' Wildefire; Allen Jones exhibition at RSA; Remember Me on BBC1. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Razia Iqbal
Interviewed Guest:: Elif Shafak
Interviewed Guest:: Patrick Gale
Interviewed Guest:: Miranda Carter
Producer:: Oliver Jones

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Formats

Magazines & Reviews

Brand

Saturday Review

Bookclub

Elif Shafak - The Forty Rules of Love

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 7^th Apr 2013, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 11^th Apr 2013, 15:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Turkey's leading female novelist Elif Shafak discusses her novel The Forty Rules of Love with James Naughtie and a group of readers. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: James Naughtie
Producer:: Dymphna Flynn
Interviewed Guest:: Elif Shafak

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Brand

Bookclub

HARDtalk

Elif Shafak

BBC World News

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 15^th May 2017, 04:30 on BBC News EuropeLatest broadcast: Sat 20^th May 2017, 08:30 on BBC News North America

HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks to Elif Shafak, the Turkish novelist and writer - asking does the West get anywhere close to understanding Turkey's complex culture and politics? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest:: Elif Shafak

Genres

Factual

Formats

Discussion & Talk

Brand

HARDtalk

Woman's Hour

Elif Shafak on Turkey; Music industry; Tory candidate selections; Accents over the years

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 9^th Jan 2014, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 9^th Jan 2014, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year