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George RR Martin; Alison Jackson; The Congress

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang talks to Game of Thrones creator George RR Martin, plus a review of The Congress, photographer Alison Jackson on her first opera, and Terry Gilliam on Robin Williams. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
George RR Martin
Interviewed Guest:
Alison Jackson
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
Terry Gilliam
Producer:
Ellie Bury

Saturday Review

Dark River, The B*easts, BBC TV's Civilisations, Fire Sermon, Pop! Art in Chichester

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Ruth Wilson in Dark River, The B*easts at London's Bush Theatre, BBC TV's new series Civilisations, Fire Sermon by Jamie Quatro, Pop! Art in a Changing Britain in Chichester. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Maltby
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
Kevin Jackson
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Saturday Review

Salome, Frantz, Anything's Possible, Giacometti, 3 Girls

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Yaël Farber's Salome at NT, Francois Ozon's film Frantz, Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout , Giacometti at Tate Modern, BBC TV dramatises the Rochdale abuse case. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Blake Morrison
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
Barb Jungr
Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Saturday Review

Lionel Shriver, Everybody Wants Some!!, Green Room, The Complete Deaths, Gillian Wearing

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Lionel Shriver's The Mandibles, Richard Linklater's Everybody Wants Some!!, horror film Green Room, Spy Monkey's The Complete Deaths, and Gillian Wearing's A Room With Your Views. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Damian Barr
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
Rebecca Stott
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Saturday Review

Nymphomaniac; True Detective; A Taste of Honey

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Will Gompertz and guests review Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac, a new National Theatre production of A Taste of Honey, and Beautiful Science at the British Library. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Will Gompertz
Interviewed Guest:
Ekow Eshun
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
Gillian Slovo
Producer:
Ruth Watts

Front Row Late

Series 1

Episode 1: Nihal Arthanayake, Viv Groskop and Wolf Alice

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Giles Coren is joined by radio DJ Nihal Arthanayake and writer and comedian Viv Groskop to cherry-pick the best of the cultural week. Wolf Alice perform live in the studio. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Giles Coren
Interviewed Guest:
Nihal Arthanayake
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Performer:
Wolf Alice
Series Producer:
Martina Hall
Executive Producer:
Tanya Hudson

Saturday Review

22/04/2017

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Gemma Arterton and Bill Nighy in Their Finest. Christopher Hampton's The Philanthropist, Lisa McInerny's new novel The Blood Miracles, Ashley Bickerton, The Hours on Radio 4. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Jane Unsworth
Interviewed Guest:
Ryan Gilbey
Interviewed Guest:
Ekow Eshun
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Saturday Live

Viv Groskop and Paul Sinton-Hewitt

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Viv Groskop and Paul Sinton-Hewitt join Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein. Nick Hornby on his Inheritance Tracks. And how keeping chickens makes life worth living for a group of pensioners. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Aasmah Mir
Presenter:
Suzy Klein
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Sinton-Hewitt
Interviewed Guest:
Jill Stidever
Interviewed Guest:
Nelly Ben Hayoun
Interviewed Guest:
JP Devlin
Interviewed Guest:
Nick Hornby
Producer:
Maire Devine

Open Book

Jessie Burton and Summer Reads

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Jessie Burton takes Mariella Frostrup back to Golden Age Amsterdam with The Miniaturist, plus Viv Groskop and Matt Haig on this summer's best beach reads and Deborah Levy at home. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Jessie Burton
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
Matt Haig
Interviewed Guest:
Deborah Levy

Saturday Review

Trackers of Oxyrhynchus, Endless Poetry, Taboo, History of Wolves, On Kosovo Field.

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Finborough Theatre's Trackers of Oxyrhynchus, Jodorowsky's Endless Poetry, BBC TV Taboo, Emily Fridlund's History of Wolves, On Kosovo Field a radio drama with music by PJ Harvey. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Producer:
Oliver Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
Ekow Eshun
Interviewed Guest:
Louise Doughty

Front Row

Downton Abbey, Karl Jenkins, The armoury at the RSC

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang with a review of the final series of Downton Abbey, musician Karl Jenkins, armour on stage at the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Short Story Awards. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
Karl Jenkins
Interviewed Guest:
Alan Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Hassell
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Buckley

Front Row

Harry Price: Ghost Hunter, Poets as novelists, Rosie Hood, The Haunting of Hill House

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Including a review of ITV's Harry Price: Ghost Hunter, a look at 20th-century novelists' poetry, singer Rosie Hood, and The Haunting of Hill House is adapted for stage. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
Rosie Hood
Interviewed Guest:
MJ Hyland

Front Row

Ricky Wilson; Muppets Most Wanted; Sebastian Barry; Cush Jumbo

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Ricky Wilson on his new album and The Voice; the new Muppets movie reviewed; Sebastian Barry on his latest novel set in 20th-century Ireland; Cush Jumbo on playing Mark Antony. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Ricky Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
Sebastian Barry
Interviewed Guest:
Cush Jumbo

Front Row

Sakari Oramo, MO Walsh, Witnesses, The creative process as art

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang talks to Sakari Oramo about conducting the first night of the Proms and to Louisianan novelist MO Walsh, and reviews Witnesses, a French thriller set in north France. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Sakari Oramo
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
MO Walsh

Front Row

Botticelli, Gillian Slovo, Tony Warren remembered, Dr Thorne

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

This edition looks at Ten Days, Gillian Slovo's new novel and Botticelli Reimagined at the V&A. Plus Tony Warren remembered and Dr Thorne reviewed. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Gillian Slovo
Interviewed Guest:
Ana Debenedetti
Interviewed Guest:
Tony Warren
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Worth
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop

Front Row

George the Poet, RIBA Gold Medallists, Review of Still Life

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Spoken word artist George the Poet on his first book, the winners of the RIBA Gold Medal Award, new British film Still Life and the bronze statues attributed to Michelangelo. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
George Mpanga
Interviewed Guest:
Sheila O'Donnell
Interviewed Guest:
John Tuomey
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Gayford
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn

Front Row

Hofesh Shechter at the Brighton Festival; Michael Jackson's Xscape; South African theatre; Advanced Style

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

A report from the Brighton Festival where Hofesh Shechter is guest artistic director, Michael Jackson's posthumous album Xscape, South African plays and a review of Advanced Style. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Hofesh Shechter
Interviewed Guest:
Susannah Waters
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Stark
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Comben
Interviewed Guest:
Julia Crouch
Interviewed Guest:
Emlyn Rees
Interviewed Guest:
Rosie Swash
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
Amy Jeptha
Interviewed Guest:
Napo Masheane
Producer:
Ellie Bury

Front Row

Barry Manilow; Diana Souhami; War photography; Jewish comedy

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Barry Manilow on his album of duets with artists no longer alive, a new exhibition of war photography at Tate Modern, and Jewish comedy with David Baddiel and David Schneider. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Producer:
Sarah Johnson
Interviewed Guest:
Barry Manilow
Interviewed Guest:
Diana Souhami
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
David Baddiel
Interviewed Guest:
David Schneider
Interviewed Guest:
Colin Ford

Front Row

Woody Allen's Irrational Man, Richard Hawley, Mike Bartlett, The Chineke Orchestra

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Arts news with John Wilson, including a review of Woody Allen's Irrational Man, Richard Hawley on his new album Hollow Meadows and Mike Bartlett on his drama series Doctor Foster. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
Mike Bartlett
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Hawley

Front Row

Talent spotters, Karine Polwart, Political theatre

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. Two talent spotters reveal what they look for when they come to Edinburgh. Plus Scottish singer Karine Polwart. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Karine Polwart
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Marczyk
Interviewed Guest:
Marichka Marczyk
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop