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Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

In a special edition recorded at the London Film Festival, Francine Stock talks to Ian McEwan about his screen work. Show more

Last Word

Sir George Christie, Leslie Thomas, Elena Baltacha, Sir William Benyon and Deborah Rogers

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Obituary. Matthew Bannister remembers Glyndebourne owner Sir George Christie, Virgin Soldiers author Leslie Thomas, literary agent Deborah Rogers and tennis player Elena Baltacha. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Cook
Interviewed Guest:
Frederick Forsyth
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Rice
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Mansfield
Interviewed Guest:
Jo Durie
Interviewed Guest:
Russell Fuller
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Benyon
Interviewed Guest:
Ian McEwan
Interviewed Guest:
Gail Rebuck
Producer:
Neil George

Open Book

Ian McEwan and Amy Bloom

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Books news. Ahead of a September publishing bonanza, Mariella Frostrup is joined by acclaimed writers Ian McEwan and Amy Bloom, as well as Guardian books editor Claire Armitstead. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Ian McEwan
Interviewed Guest:
Amy Bloom
Interviewed Guest:
Claire Armitstead

Front Row

The Art of Book Cover Design

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

John Wilson explores the art of book cover design with Suzanne Dean whose work has graced the jackets of Booker winners including Richard Flanagan, Julian Barnes and Ian McEwan. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Ellie Bury
Interviewed Guest:
Suzanne Dean
Interviewed Guest:
Ian McEwan
Interviewed Guest:
Tom McCarthy
Interviewed Guest:
Audrey Niffenegger
Interviewed Guest:
Gaby Wood
Interviewed Guest:
Matt Young
Interviewed Guest:
Brett Wolstencroft

Front Row

On Chesil Beach with Ian McEwan, Older people and the arts, Drew McOnie

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Novelist Ian McEwan on adapting On Chesil Beach for the cinema, older people and the arts and Strictly Ballroom's director and choreographer, Drew McOnie. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Stig Abell
Interviewed Guest:
Ian McEwan
Interviewed Guest:
Drew McOnie
Interviewed Guest:
David Cutler
Interviewed Guest:
David Slater
Interviewed Guest:
Gordon Emerson
Interviewed Guest:
Christine Connor

Front Row

Novelist Philip Roth remembered

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

American novelist Philip Roth, author of American Pastoral and Portnoy's Complaint, is remembered by his biographer Claudia Pierpont, American novelist Amy Bloom and Ian McEwan. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Ian McEwan
Interviewed Guest:
Claudia Pierpont
Interviewed Guest:
Amy Bloom
Producer:
Hilary Dunn

Front Row

The art and craft of translating fiction

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Novelist Naomi Alderman reports on the art of translating fiction, with writers Ian McEwan, AS Byatt, Ali Smith and David Baddiel, and joins three translators tackling Jules Verne. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Naomi Alderman
Interviewed Guest:
Ian McEwan
Interviewed Guest:
AS Byatt
Interviewed Guest:
Ali Smith
Interviewed Guest:
David Baddiel
Producer:
Nicki Paxman

Front Row

Ian McEwan, Gene Wilder, Things to Come, The Television Workshop

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Ian McEwan explains why his new novel is told from the point of view of a foetus, Gene Wilder in his own words, Briony Hanson reviews Things to Come, and The Television Workshop. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Producer:
Angie Nehring
Interviewed Guest:
Ian McEwan
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Joe Dempsie
Interviewed Guest:
Jack O'Connell
Interviewed Guest:
Shane Meadows
Interviewed Guest:
Gene Wilder