While shopping, Zoe finds a mysterious child in her trolley, leading to a discomforting night of self-discovery. Show more
Woman's Hour
Dame Julie Moore; Lynne Segal; Ali Smith on Antigone
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Dame Julie Moore, Lynne Segal on The Perils and Pleasures of Ageing, and Ali Smith on rewriting Antigone for children. Jenni Murray presents the female perspective. Show more
Open Book
Ali Smith on How to Be Both
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Mariella Frostrup talks to Ali Smith, who has been shortlisted for the Man Booker prize for the third time for How to Be Both. Plus Stella Duffy, Kamila Shamsie and an insider tip. Show more
Front Row
Jessica Chastain, Ali Smith, Bob Copper at 100, the Art of the Self-Portrait
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Oscar-nominated actress Jessica Chastain on A Most Violent Year, a review of self-portraiture, Costa Novel Award-winner Ali Smith, and a remembrance of folk legend Bob Copper. Show more
Front Row
Ali Smith, Osmo Vänskä, the Nicholas Brothers, Islamic Art & the Supernatural, A Martian Sends a Postcard Home
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Ali Smith discusses her new Brexit-era novel, Osmo Vanska undertakes all the symphonies of Sibelius, Islamic art that is figurative, and the brothers who danced Stormy Weather. Show more
Front Row
Pirates of Penzance, Brighton Festival, Francois Ozon, New Culture Secretary
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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A review of the English National Opera's production of The Pirates of Penzance, a report from 2015's Brighton Festival and film director Francois Ozon. With Samira Ahmed. Show more
Front Row
Joel Meyerowitz, The Girl on the Train on stage, the Famous Women Dinner Service
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Veteran photographer Joel Meyerowitz, The Girl on the Train at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant's Famous Women Dinner Service, and Hugh Grant's career. Show more
Front Row
The art and craft of translating fiction
30 minutes
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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
Desert Island Discs
Ali Smith
35 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Ali Smith, writer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. Show more
Free Thinking
Thomas Ostermeier, Joseph O'Neill, Ali Smith
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
With Anne McElvoy. Writers Ali Smith and Joseph O'Neill discuss depicting Renaissance art and Dubai, and Thomas Ostermeier talks about directing Ibsen's An Enemy of the People. Show more