Actor Lesley prides herself on her professionalism, even if it’s for a walk-on role. She is thrilled to land the role of Travis, who spends the film bikini-clad on a yacht.
Start the Week
Josie Rourke on strategy and Coriolanus
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Tom Sutcliffe discusses the art of strategy with the theatre director Josie Rourke, academics Lawrence Freedman and David Runciman, and chess enthusiast Dominic Lawson. Show more
Start the Week
Popular Protest and Patriotism
43 minutes
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Kirsty Wark discusses the history of protest with John Rees, Josie Rourke, Rachel Reeves and James Frayne. Show more
Front Row
Josie Rourke, Nathan Filer, Julie Hesmondhalgh
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Julie Hesmondhalgh on leaving Coronation Street for the stage, Nathan Filer on his debut novel and Josie Rourke on directing Conor McPherson's award-winning play The Weir. Show more
Front Row
Roddy Doyle; Josie Rourke; Liola reviewed; Why modern Westerns don't work
30 minutes
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Roddy Doyle on the return of his character Jimmy Rabbitte in his new novel The Guts, Liola at the National Theatre reviewed, and director Josie Rourke shares her Cultural Exchange. Show more
Front Row
Alain de Botton, Son of Saul, Josie Rourke and Nick Payne, Jazz biopics
30 minutes
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Alain de Botton on The Course of Love, a review of Holocaust film Son of Saul, playwright Nick Payne and director Josie Rourke on Elegy, and Kevin Le Gendre on the jazz biopic. Show more
Front Row
The Eagles, Diana Athill's Cultural Exchange, pubs on stage
30 minutes
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Don Henley and Glenn Frey of The Eagles discuss a new documentary about the band, writer Diana Athill is the latest contributor to the Cultural Exchange project, and pubs on stage. Show more
Magazine arts show. Josie Rourke curates this celebrity-packed edition of Artsnight, looking at the changing idea of the hero in contemporary culture. Show more
Front Row
Star Wars, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Edith Piaf celebrated
30 minutes
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Star Wars director JJ Abrams on The Force Awakens, Christopher Hampton discusses his new stage adaptation of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and the enduring appeal of Edith Piaf. Show more
The Andrew Marr Show
16/12/2018
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Parliament
Andrew Marr talks with international trade secretary Dr Liam Fox MP. Actors Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie and director Josie Rourke are also among his guests. Show more
Front Row
Transcendence Review; James Graham and Josie Rourke on Privacy; Michael Nyman at 70
30 minutes
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Michael Nyman reveals for the first time what inspired his 19 new symphonies; James Graham and Josie Rourke on the alarming research behind new play Privacy; Transcendence review. Show more
Front Row
Election play The Vote, Anthony Doerr, WWII drama Home Fires, Samba reviewed
30 minutes
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A review of World War II drama Home Fires, playwright James Graham and director Josie Rourke on their election night drama, French film Samba reviewed and author Anthony Doerr. Show more
Front Row
Manchester International Festival
30 minutes
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Mark Lawson reports on the opening of the Manchester International Festival, including interviews with film-maker Adam Curtis and artist Nikhil Chopra, whose show began at 4am. Show more
Free Thinking
Voices in Our Ears: Colin Grant, Josie Rourke, Charles Fernyhough, Clare Walker Gore
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Colin Grant, author of a book about his brother's epilepsy, joins Matthew Sweet, New Generation Thinker Clare Walker Gore and Charles Fernyhough. Plus a new Joan of Arc on stage. Show more
The Andrew Marr Show
06/01/2019
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Parliament
Andrew is joined by prime minister Theresa May MP, shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth MP, actor Saoirse Ronan, actor Margot Robbie and director Josie Rourke. Show more
Newsnight looks back at the key moments of 2015, with a panel made up of Germaine Greer, Josie Rourke, Gary Younge and Lord Finkelstein.
1561. Young Catholic widow Mary Stuart returns to Scotland from France, determined to rule. But intolerant nobles seek to control her, and her older cousin Queen Elizabeth’s sympathies are torn.