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Saturday Review

Grand Budapest Hotel; Ruins; Young Skins

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Tom Sutcliffe chairs critical discussion of the week's cultural events. Tom is joined by Naomi Alderman, Amanda Craig and Michael Goldfarb. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Alderman
Interviewed Guest:
Amanda Craig
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Goldfarb

Saturday Review

Love/Hate in 2013

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Love/Hate: David Schneider, Kamila Shamsie and Naomi Alderman on opinion-dividers in 2013, from Only God Forgives with Ryan Gosling to Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
David Schneider
Interviewed Guest:
Kamila Shamsie
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Alderman
Producer:
Sarah Johnson

The Film Programme

Richard Ayoade; Mark Gatiss; Audrey Tautou and Romain Duris

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Richard Ayoade on The Double, Mark Gatiss reveals the identity of a favourite screen detective, Audrey Tautou and Romain Duris discuss the perils of mechanical effects. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Gatiss
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Ayoade
Interviewed Guest:
Audrey Tautou
Interviewed Guest:
Romain Duris
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Alderman
Interviewed Guest:
Adam Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Helen McCarthy
Interviewed Guest:
Antonia Quirke

Saturday Review

Art at London's Old Vic, Scorsese's Silence, VR gaming, Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing, Alan Bennett

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

A revival of Yasmina Reza's Art at London's Old Vic, Martin Scorsese's newest film Silence, VR gaming, Yaa Gyasi's novel Homegoing, Alan Bennett Diaries on BBC2. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Alderman
Interviewed Guest:
Sathnam Sanghera
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Woolf
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Saturday Review

Ghostbusters, Unreachable, Kei Miller, Liverpool Biennial, Secret Agent

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

The remaking of Ghostbusters has four women taking the leading roles and it has caused consternation among devotees of the original film. Plus Matt Smith in new play Unreachable. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sarah Crompton
Producer:
Oliver Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Alderman
Interviewed Guest:
Kathryn Hughes
Interviewed Guest:
Giles Fraser

Woman's Hour

Woman's Hour Takeover

Episode 3: Naomi Alderman

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Guest editor Naomi Alderman celebrates some of the game-changing women in science and technology. Jane Garvey presents. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Alderman
Interviewed Guest:
Lis Howell
Interviewed Guest:
Rachel Caldecott
Interviewed Guest:
Reni Eddo-Lodge
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Hughes
Interviewed Guest:
Paris Lees
Interviewed Guest:
Finn Mackay
Interviewed Guest:
Rivka Isaacson
Producer:
Karen Dalziel
Producer:
Ruth Watts

Woman's Hour

Judith Weir; Testament of Youth; #gamergate

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Jane Garvey with Judith Weir, the first woman to be Master of the Queen's Music. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Judith Weir
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Alderman
Interviewed Guest:
Milo Yiannopoulos
Interviewed Guest:
Oby Ezekwesili

Woman's Hour

Late Night Woman's Hour: Reclaiming the Nerdiverse

Duration: 57 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Late-night live conversation with Lauren Laverne, with discussion on women and fandom, fan fiction, science fiction and cosplay. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Lauren Laverne
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Alderman
Interviewed Guest:
Linda Woodhead
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Lewis
Interviewed Guest:
Zen Cho
Interviewed Guest:
Lucy Saxon
Producer:
Luke Mulhall

Front Row

Harper Lee remembered, The Night Manager, Simon Armitage, Zelda

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news with Kirsty Lang. Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman, is remembered by Elaine Showalter and Christopher Bigsby. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Elaine Showalter
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Bigsby
Interviewed Guest:
Susanne Bier
Interviewed Guest:
David Farr
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Hunter
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Armitage
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Alderman
Producer:
Angie Nehring

Free Thinking

Suicide; black British actors; Roma; audio games

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Jennifer Michael Hecht talks to Matthew Sweet about the way society talks about suicide. Plus sound designer Nick Ryan on his approach to creating audio-only video games. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Jennifer Hecht
Interviewed Guest:
Nick Ryan
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Alderman
Interviewed Guest:
Adam Gopnik
Interviewed Guest:
Louise Doughty
Interviewed Guest:
Adjoa Andoh
Producer:
Natalie Steed

Free Thinking

Art Spiegelman, Marina Abramovic, American Pastoral

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Graphic novelist Art Spiegelman and jazz composer Phillip Johnston talk to Naomi Alderman about the show Wordless!. Plus artist Marina Abramovic and a review of American Pastoral. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Art Spiegelman
Interviewed Guest:
Phillip Johnston
Presenter:
Naomi Alderman
Interviewed Guest:
Marina Abramovic
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Churchwell
Producer:
Zahid Warley

Free Thinking

Sound Frontiers: Margaret Atwood and Naomi Alderman

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Authors Margaret Atwood and Naomi Alderman are in conversation with Philip Dodd as part of a week of broadcasts marking the 2016 London Literature Festival at Southbank Centre. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Margaret Atwood
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Alderman
Presenter:
Philip Dodd
Producer:
Fiona McLean

Free Thinking

Anders Lustgarten, Saki Stories, Riad Sattouf, Guy Longworth

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Playwright Anders Lustgarten talks to Rana Mitter about depicting Chinese history. Plus a discussion about the satirical stories of Hector Hugh Munro, otherwise known as Saki. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Rana Mitter
Interviewed Guest:
Anders Lustgarten
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Alderman
Interviewed Guest:
Nick Freeman
Interviewed Guest:
Riad Sattouf
Interviewed Guest:
Guy Longworth
Producer:
Luke Mulhall

Free Thinking

Originality

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Geoff Mulgan of Nesta, author Naomi Alderman and copyright lawyer Lionel Bently join Philip Dodd to talk about the notion originality. Plus playwright Simon Stephens on fame. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Geoff Mulgan
Interviewed Guest:
Lionel Bently
Presenter:
Philip Dodd
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Alderman
Interviewed Guest:
Nicholas Penny
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Stephens

Free Thinking

2014 Festival

Fear or Wonder: Everything Under the Moon

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Matthew Sweet and guests ask whether science fiction and space travel have changed perceptions of the world. With Roger Luckhurst, Naomi Alderman and Alessandro Vincentelli. Show more

Free Thinking

2014 Festival

You Must See This

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Matthew Sweet is joined by David Hepworth, Naomi Alderman, Kei Miller and Serena Kutchinsky to debate technology's impact on cultural taste. Are we now bolder or more risk-averse? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Alderman
Interviewed Guest:
David Hepworth
Interviewed Guest:
Kei Miller
Interviewed Guest:
Serena Kutchinsky
Producer:
Fiona McLean