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The Culture Show

2012/2013

Episode 19

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Andrew Graham-Dixon meets Tom Wolfe in the US to discuss the release of his first book in eight years, Back to Blood. Also including features on John Bellany and Rambo. Show more

Front Row

Composer Nico Muhly, Greek drama, Four Corners

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news, including classical composer Nico Muhly, the lasting appeal of Greek drama and a review of South African film Four Corners. With Kirsty Lang. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Nico Muhly
Interviewed Guest:
Rupert Goold
Interviewed Guest:
Blanche McIntyre
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Cartledge
Interviewed Guest:
Lindsay Johns
Interviewed Guest:
Kevin LeGendre

Front Row

Simple Minds, Phantom Thread, Napoleon Disrobed, Alex La Guma

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news, interviews and reviews. Scottish rock band Simple Minds discuss their 40-year career and perform live in the studio. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Jim Kerr
Interviewed Guest:
Catherine Bray
Interviewed Guest:
Katherine Hunter
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Hunter
Interviewed Guest:
Lindsay Johns
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for years

In this visual essay, writer and broadcaster Lindsay Johns reframes the history of the Caribbean through the lives of four inspirational revolutionary leaders. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Lindsay Johns
Narrator:
Lindsay Johns
Interviewed Guest:
Gerald Marie-Nelly
Interviewed Guest:
Houria Niati
Interviewed Guest:
Sandra Agard
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Macien-Clarke
Interviewed Guest:
Lana Bewry
Executive Producer:
Jaimie D'Cruz

Night Waves

The Amen Corner, Conspiracies and Democracy, John Gallagher, Rachel Kushner

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

With Matthew Sweet. Including a review of the play The Amen Corner, a debate on conspiracy theories, novelist Rachel Kushner and John Gallagher on 16th-century disguise. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Susannah Clapp
Interviewed Guest:
Lindsay Johns
Interviewed Guest:
Sir Richard Evans
Interviewed Guest:
David Aaronovitch
Interviewed Guest:
Eliane Glaser
Interviewed Guest:
Rachel Kushner
Performer:
John Gallagher

The Culture Show

2012/2013

Episode 14

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Gus Casely-Hayford presents a look at independent fantasy film Beasts of the Southern Wild, Rashid Johnson's new exhibition, and Blackta, a play about making it as a black actor. Show more

Free Thinking

Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey, Class in Britain, An Eton Education

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Presented by Philip Dodd. With a review of Shelagh Delaney's play A Taste of Honey at the National Theatre, plus a debate on class in Britain and Eton headteacher Anthony Little. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Selina Todd
Presenter:
Philip Dodd
Interviewed Guest:
Anthony Little
Interviewed Guest:
Douglas Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Selina Todd
Interviewed Guest:
Lindsay Johns

Free Thinking

Fighting Art, Othello at the RSC, Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

With Anne McElvoy. Includes a review of the new RSC production of Othello, poet Hans Magnus Enzensberger and a discussion about a new Tate Britain history painting exhibition. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Lindsay Johns
Interviewed Guest:
Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Interviewed Guest:
Danielle Thom
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Stanley
Presenter:
Anne McElvoy