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The Film Programme

The Grand Budapest Hotel; Wake in Fright; Oscars for stunt artists?

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Francine Stock talks to Tilda Swinton about The Grand Budapest Hotel. Director Ted Kotcheff on lost Oz thriller Wake in Fright. And why no awards for stunt artists? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest:
Tilda Swinton
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Muir
Interviewed Guest:
Ted Kotcheff

The Film Programme

Pacific Rim with Del Toro; Wikileaks; Mark Gatiss on small-screen spin-offs; silent film Blancanieves

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Director Guillermo del Toro talks to Matthew Sweet about summer blockbuster Pacific Rim, Mark Gatiss checks out big-screen spin-offs of '70s TV, plus the Wikileaks documentary. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Guillermo del Toro
Interviewed Guest:
Roger Graef
Interviewed Guest:
Pablo Berger
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Gatiss
Producer:
Elaine Lester
Producer:
Fiona Couper

Last Word

Sir Philip Carter, Andrew Lesnie, Margaret Harrison, Tom McCabe MSP, Claire Gordon

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister talks about Everton FC chairman Philip Carter, cinematographer Andrew Lesnie, anti-nuclear campaigner Margaret Harrison, MSP Tom McCabe and actress Claire Gordon. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Mike Hughes
Interviewed Guest:
Graeme Sharp
Interviewed Guest:
Howard Kendall
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Interviewed Guest:
Anne McArthur
Interviewed Guest:
Eric McArthur
Interviewed Guest:
Bruce Kent
Interviewed Guest:
Brian Taylor
Interviewed Guest:
Terence Blacker

Last Word

Brian Friel, General Mario Menendez, Tessa Ransford, John Guillermin, Ben Cauley

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister talks about playwright Brian Friel, General Mario Menendez, poet Tessa Ransford and director John Guillermin. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Niamh Cusack
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Higgins
Interviewed Guest:
Max Seitz
Interviewed Guest:
Graham Bound
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Hubbard
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Producer:
Neil George

Last Word

Brendan Duddy, Nina Lowry, Roger Ailes, Osmund Reynolds, Roger Moore

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Andrea Catherwood on peace-broker Brendan Duddy, neo-natal specialist Osmund Reynolds, judge Nina Lowry, TV mogul Roger Ailes and actor Sir Roger Moore. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Peter Taylor
Interviewed Guest:
Denis Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Kennedy
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Goldfarb
Interviewed Guest:
Neena Modi
Interviewed Guest:
David Puttnam
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Producer:
Neil George

Last Word

Alison Jolly, Alice Herz-Sommer, Valery Kubasov, Mavis Gallant, Harold Ramis

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Obituary series. Aasmah Mir remembers primatologist Alison Jolly, concert pianist Alice Herz-Sommer, cosmonaut Valeri Kubasov, writer Mavis Gallant and director Harold Ramis. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Aasmah Mir
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Nupen
Interviewed Guest:
Vance Brand
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie

Front Row

Freeheld review, Anna Hope, Jack Garratt, Unexpected Eisenstein

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news with Samira Ahmed, including Julianne Moore and Ellen Page in Freeheld, novelist Anna Hope on her new book, and singer and multi-instrumentalist Jack Garratt. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Stella Duffy
Interviewed Guest:
Anna Hope
Interviewed Guest:
Jack Garratt
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Producer:
Jack Soper

Front Row

Mike Leigh, Omar Sharif, Yves Saint Laurent, Online Orchestra

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Mike Leigh and Clive Judd on Little Malcolm and his Struggle Against the Eunuchs; Yves Saint Laurent retrospective at Bowes Museum; Omar Sharif remembered; and the Online Orchestra. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Mike Leigh
Interviewed Guest:
Clive Judd
Interviewed Guest:
Shahidha Bari
Interviewed Guest:
Rita Tushingham
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Producer:
Sarah Johnson

Front Row

Downsizing, filming sex scenes and a satire on ceramics

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Matt Damon's new film Downsizing reviewed, choreographing sex scenes in the #MeToo era. Plus a history of political and satirical prints transferred onto British ceramics. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Ita O'Brien
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Carey
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Rowson
Interviewed Guest:
Patricia Ferguson
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn

Front Row

Derek Walcott, Costume Designer Jenny Beavan, Playlists

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang discusses the work of the Nobel Prize-winning poet Derek Walcott, and costume designer Jenny Beavan discusses the art of creating an iconic costume. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Jenny Beavan
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Interviewed Guest:
David Darcy
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Snapes

Front Row

Taika Waititi on Thor, Art in the Age of Terror, David Adjaye, Eisenstein's October

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Taika Waititi goes from the independent film sector to direct the Marvel blockbuster, Thor: Ragnarok. Plus David Adjaye on his plans for the UK's National Holocaust Memorial. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Taika Waititi
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Interviewed Guest:
John Keane
Interviewed Guest:
Sanna Moore
Interviewed Guest:
David Adjaye

Front Row

Emily Mortimer and Dolly Wells; Stalingrad; David Grossman

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news with Tom Sutcliffe, including Emily Mortimer and Dolly Wells on their new sitcom and a review of new Russian film Stalingrad 3D. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest:
Emily Mortimer
Interviewed Guest:
Dolly Wells
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Interviewed Guest:
David Grossman

Front Row

One Night in Miami, Kate Tempest, Glam Rock, Remembering Andrzej Wajda

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Director Kwame Kwei-Armah discusses the play One Night in Miami, poet and rapper Kate Tempest on writing Let Them Eat Chaos, and Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and Its Legacy. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Interviewed Guest:
Kemp Powers
Interviewed Guest:
Kae Tempest
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Reynolds
Producer:
Angie Nehring

Front Row

Saoirse Ronan; Thatcher meets the Queen; Erotic art from Japan

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Mark Lawson meets actress Saoirse Ronan; Moira Buffini's play about Margaret Thatcher's meetings with the Queen; the exhibition Shunga: Sex and Humour in Japanese Art. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest:
Saoirse Ronan
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Interviewed Guest:
David Hepworth
Interviewed Guest:
Cathy Rentzenbrink
Producer:
Nicki Paxman

Night Waves

Zaha Hadid, French Cinema Music, Cynicism

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Presented by Rana Mitter. With architect Zaha Hadid on her new Serpentine Gallery structure, discussing French film music and a debate on cynicism and why it may be good for us. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Rana Mitter
Interviewed Guest:
Zaha Hadid
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Interviewed Guest:
Muriel Zagha
Interviewed Guest:
Julian Baggini
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Seaford

Front Row

Claire Foy, Bryan Hymel, Film Heritage

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Claire Foy on the line between fact and fiction as she plays the Queen. Top C tenor Bryan Hymel sings. And how we can pass our film heritage on to a generation bemused by choice. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Claire Foy
Interviewed Guest:
Bryan Hymel
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Interviewed Guest:
Rosie Fletcher
Performer:
Bryan Hymel
Producer:
Julian May

Free Thinking

Oscar Nominations, Steve McQueen, Slavery Narratives

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Matthew Sweet is joined by film director Steve McQueen, critic Ian Christie, poet Fred D'Aguiar, anthropologist Kit Davis and historian Madge Dresser to discuss slave narratives. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Steve McQueen
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Interviewed Guest:
Fred D'Aguiar
Interviewed Guest:
Kit Davis
Interviewed Guest:
Madge Dresser

Free Thinking

Landmark - Man with a Movie Camera

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Michael Nyman, Ian Christie, Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, Alexei Popogrebsky and Matthew Sweet on the impact of 'the greatest documentary of all time', Dziga Vertov's 1929 masterpiece. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Nyman
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Interviewed Guest:
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
Interviewed Guest:
Salman Rushdie
Producer:
Zahid Warley

Free Thinking

2015 Oscar Nominations, Russell T Davies

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Matthew Sweet explores the 2015 Oscar nominations with critics Ian Christie and Karen Krizanovich. Plus TV dramatist Russell T Davies on his new projects Cucumber, Banana and Tofu. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Interviewed Guest:
Karen Krizanovich
Interviewed Guest:
Phillip Bergson
Interviewed Guest:
Russell T Davies
Interviewed Guest:
Barnabas Calder

Free Thinking

Landmark: Seven Samurai

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Professor Ian Christie, critic Larushka Ivan-Zadeh and authors SF Said and Alexander Jacoby join Matthew Sweet to discuss Kurosawa's film Seven Samurai. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Interviewed Guest:
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
Interviewed Guest:
SF Said
Interviewed Guest:
Alexander Jacoby
Producer:
Zahid Warley