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Saturday Review

Dunkirk, Much Ado at London's Globe, Sarah Winman, Rose Finn-Kelcey at Modern Art Oxford, Against The Law

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Christopher Nolan's film Dunkirk, Much Ado at London's Globe Theatre, Sarah Winman's novel Tin Man, Rose Finn-Kelcey at Modern Art Oxford, Against The Law on BBC TV. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Lisa Appignanesi
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Morley
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Front Row

Jessica Jones, Women's Prize for Fiction nominees, The Cherry Orchard, Redressing the gender balance in the music industry

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Jessica Jones reviewed by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Alex Clark looks at the nominees for the Women's Prize for Fiction, The Cherry Orchard and redressing the gender balance in music. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Rory Mullarkey
Interviewed Guest:
Jude Owusu
Interviewed Guest:
Marion Leonard
Interviewed Guest:
Melvin Benn
Producer:
Harry Parker

Saturday Review

Frankenstein in Manchester, Palme d'Or winner The Square, The Immortalists, Tacita Dean, Annihilation

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Frankenstein at The Manchester Royal Exchange, Palme d'Or winner The Square, The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin, two Tacita Dean exhibitions and Annihilation on Netflix. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Susannah Clapp
Interviewed Guest:
Ryan Gilbey
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Saturday Review

Consent, A Quiet Passion, Jon McGregor, Tate St Ives, Car Share and Bucket

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Nina Raine's Consent at the National Theatre, the life of Emily Dickinson in A Quiet Passion, Jon McGregor: Reservoir 13, the reopening of Tate St Ives, Car Share and Bucket on TV. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Katie Puckrik
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Kevin Jackson
Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Saturday Review

Free State of Jones, Abstract Expressionism, Transit, Crisis in Six Scenes, Villette

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Free State of Jones starring Matthew McConaughey, Woody Allen's first TV series Crisis in Six Scenes, Rachel Cusk's novel Transit, Abstract Expressionism and Villette. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Katie Puckrik
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Francis Spufford
Producer:
Hilary Dunn

Saturday Review

Heart of a Dog, Don DeLillo, Blue/Orange, Going Forward, Seeing Round Corners

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Laurie Anderson film Heart of a Dog, Don DeLillo's novel Zero K, Blue/Orange revival at Young Vic, Jo Brand in Going Forward, Seeing Round Corners at Turner Contemporary Margate. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Crompton
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Hanks
Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Front Row

Adrian Lester on Othello, Baileys Shortlist, Conceptual Art, Nicolas Kent

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Samira Ahmed reveals the shortlist for 2016's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, and as part of our Shakespeare's People series, Adrian Lester chooses Othello. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Elif Shafak
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Adrian Lester
Interviewed Guest:
Andrea Rose

Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Pearl Mackie, Kids and gambling, and the Menopause in literature

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Pearl Mackie on being a Doctor Who sidekick and her new role in Pinter's The Birthday Party, protecting young children from gambling, and the menopause in literature. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Pearl Mackie
Interviewed Guest:
Barbara Dickson
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Neate
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Heather Wardle
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Rosie Ferguson
Interviewed Guest:
Sacha Corcoran
Interviewed Guest:
Ayse Inal
Interviewed Guest:
Emmy Abrahamson
Interviewed Guest:
Zoe Folbigg

Woman's Hour

Amy Schumer, Eating disorders at university, Beryl Bainbridge

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

The award-winning comedian Amy Schumer. Supporting young people with eating disorders as they start university. The real Beryl Bainbridge. Bionic athlete Claire Lomas. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Producer:
Jane Thurlow
Interviewed Guest:
Amy Schumer
Interviewed Guest:
Abigail Davies
Interviewed Guest:
Rachel Piper
Interviewed Guest:
Danielle Glennon
Interviewed Guest:
Brendan King
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Claire Lomas

Woman's Hour

Women in Publishing

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Author Kate Mosse interviews WH power-lister Ursula Mackenzie on her role as chief executive of Little Brown Book Group. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kate Mosse
Interviewed Guest:
Ursula Mackenzie
Interviewed Guest:
Lennie Goodings
Interviewed Guest:
Clare Alexander
Interviewed Guest:
Anne Sebba
Interviewed Guest:
Philip Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Stothard
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark

Woman's Hour

Kanya King, Claire Foy, Angel Olsen

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kanya King on 21 years of the Mobo Awards. Claire Foy on her role in the Crown playing the young Queen Elizabeth ll. The power of lipstick. Angel Olsen on her new album My Woman. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Kanya King
Interviewed Guest:
Josie Bevan
Interviewed Guest:
Julia Raeside
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Jude Kelly
Interviewed Guest:
Anton Emmanuel
Interviewed Guest:
Angel Olsen
Interviewed Guest:
Claire Foy

Front Row

Engelbert Humperdinck on 50 years in music

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Singer Engelbert Humperdinck on his long career, Dutch animator Michael Dudok de Wit on The Red Turtle, new Welsh opera Y Twr (The Tower), and literary festivals with F-ratings. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Engelbert Humperdinck
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Dudok de Wit
Interviewed Guest:
Guto Puw
Interviewed Guest:
Gwyneth Glyn
Interviewed Guest:
Caryl Hughes
Interviewed Guest:
Gwion Thomas
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark

Woman's Hour

Marks and Spencer; Radio 3 World Routes Academy Fidan Hajiyeva

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Musician Fidan Hajiyeva; Is writing about books a matter of jobs for the boys? The power of female friendships; Just what should you really store in your fridge? With Jane Garvey. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Hannah Pool
Interviewed Guest:
Jane Cunningham
Interviewed Guest:
Lisa Warner
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Hingley
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Stothard
Interviewed Guest:
Dr Nathan Mayura
Interviewed Guest:
Jill De Nardo
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Graham
Interviewed Guest:
Colette McBeth
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Hayward
Interviewed Guest:
Fidan Hajiyeva
Producer:
Rebecca Wood

Free Thinking

Live at Southbank Centre: EM Forster

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

From London's Southbank Centre, South African novelist Damon Galgut joins presenter Rana Mitter with guests Tariq Ali and Alex Clark to explore the work of EM Forster. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Damon Galgut
Presenter:
Rana Mitter
Interviewed Guest:
Tariq Ali
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Producer:
Zahid Warley

Free Thinking

Richard Hakluyt, Man Booker Prize, Chickens in the Anthropocene, Shirley Jackson

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Matthew Sweet explores the legacy of traveller Richard Hakluyt as well as the significance of chickens in the anthropocene era. Plus the 2016 Man Booker Prize winner announced. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Nandini Das
Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Producer:
Luke Mulhall

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Free Thinking

The Man Booker Prize. Mike Bartlett. Is Small Beautiful?

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Alex Clark talks to Philip Dodd from the Man Booker Prize ceremony at London's Guildhall. Plus Mike Bartlett on moving from TV's Dr Foster to a play depicting a future UK. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Philip Dodd
Interviewed Guest:
Mike Bartlett
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
George Kerevan
Interviewed Guest:
David Goodhart
Interviewed Guest:
Marian Arribas-Tome

Front Row

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society director Mike Newell, Joanna Walsh, Milos Forman, 1978 in music

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Film director Mike Newell discusses his period drama The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and experimental writer Joanna Walsh talks about her new novel Break.up. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Mike Newell
Interviewed Guest:
Joanna Walsh
Interviewed Guest:
Hannah McGill
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Wardle
Producer:
Hannah Robins

Open Book

Age gap relationships; Dorthe Nors

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Alex Clark talks to Karl Geary and Gwendoline Riley, who have both written about a love affair across the generations in their new books, and to Danish writer Dorte Nors. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Karl Geary
Interviewed Guest:
Gwendoline Riley
Interviewed Guest:
Dorthe Nors
Interviewed Guest:
Nadiya Hussain
Interviewed Guest:
undefined Sjon

Open Book

Francesca Kay on The Long Room

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Alex Clark talks to Francesca Kay about her novel The Long Room, and Francesca Haig and Ann Morgan discuss twins in literature. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Francesca Kay
Interviewed Guest:
Francesca Haig
Interviewed Guest:
Ann Morgan