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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

Roddy Doyle, Heroes in TV dramas, Stephen King's IT

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Roddy Doyle on his latest novel Smile, Stephen King's IT film reviewed, heroes in TV dramas and the art of sports commentary. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Roddy Doyle
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Dunkley
Interviewed Guest:
Caroline Frost
Interviewed Guest:
Matt Thorne
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn

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

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

Open Book

Liane Moriarty

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Liane Moriarty, best-selling novelist and author of Big Little Lies, discusses her latest book, Nine Perfect Strangers. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Liane Moriarty
Interviewed Guest:
David McClay
Interviewed Guest:
Sharmaine Lovegrove
Interviewed Guest:
Priyamvada Gopal
Interviewed Guest:
Chloe Currens

Open Book

Tom Campbell and Nikesh Shukla

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Alex Clark talks to Tom Campbell and Nikesh Shukla about fictionalising today's alienated young men, profiles African writer Amos Tutuola and takes a look at literary Sarajevo. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Campbell
Interviewed Guest:
Nikesh Shukla
Interviewed Guest:
Andrea Lesic

Open Book

Steve Toltz on Quicksand

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Presenter Alex Clark talks to Australian novelist Steve Toltz about his new book Quicksand, the story of a friendship between a policeman, who is also a writer, and a criminal. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Steve Toltz
Interviewed Guest:
Jenny Erpenbeck
Interviewed Guest:
Elizabeth Day
Interviewed Guest:
Tessa McWatt

Front Row

The Hunger Games, Costa Book Awards, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, The Man in the High Castle

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 2015's Costa Book Awards shortlist, reviews of The Hunger Games and The Man in the High Castle, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on his new book. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Sophia McDougall
Interviewed Guest:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Collins
Producer:
Angie Nehring

Front Row

Benedict Cumberbatch, Tasmin Little, Elena Ferrante

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Benedict Cumberbatch explains how he prepared to be superhero Doctor Strange, Tasmin Little and composer Roxanna Panufnik are inspired by Vivaldi, and Elena Ferrante's new book. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Tasmin Little
Interviewed Guest:
Roxanna Panufnik
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Wardle
Producer:
Angie Nehring

Front Row

David Tennant, second novels, Brits and Oscars - who are they for?

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

David Tennant on the final series of Broadchurch. Plus finding the nation's favourite second novel and at Brits and Oscars time, we ask who cares about awards? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
David Tennant
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Jacqueline Springer

Front Row

Placido Domingo, JK Rowling's new novel, Jersey Boys, Ten Pieces

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Placido Domingo on conducting Puccini's Tosca, reviews of JK Rowling's new novel and Clint Eastwood's film Jersey Boys, and Laura Mvula and Julian Lloyd Webber on Ten Pieces. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Placido Domingo
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Mvula
Interviewed Guest:
Julian Lloyd Webber

Front Row

Jennifer Lawrence on Joy; a cultural look ahead to 2016

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Jennifer Lawrence on her new film Joy, book critic Alex Clark recommends her alternative Christmas novel, and a guide to theatre, music and visual arts in 2016. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Jennifer Lawrence
Interviewed Guest:
Matt Wolf
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Cork
Interviewed Guest:
Gemma Cairney
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark

Front Row

Kill Your Darlings, John Newman, Emil and the Detectives, Autobiographies

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Daniel Radcliffe in beat poets film Kill Your Darlings reviewed, singer John Newman, Emil and the Detectives on stage, and bestselling autobiographies put to the test. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Danny Kelly
Interviewed Guest:
John Newman

Front Row

Patrick Gale's Man in an Orange Shirt, Olly Alexander's Queer Icon, Man Booker Prize longlist, Mercury Prize shortlist

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Patrick Gale on his first television play Man in an Orange Shirt. Plus Olly Alexander's Queer Icon, the Man Booker Prize longlist and the Mercury Prize shortlist. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Toby Lichtig
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Ravenscroft
Interviewed Guest:
Olly Alexander
Producer:
Harry Parker

Front Row

Michael Fassbender, Love to Read, The Goldfinch, Artists who tour

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Actor Michael Fassbender on The Light Between Oceans, Neel Mukherjee on Twain's Huckleberry Finn, and why Carel Fabritius' The Goldfinch inspired Donna Tartt's novel. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Michael Fassbender
Interviewed Guest:
Neel Mukherjee
Interviewed Guest:
Nish Kumar
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah McQuaid
Interviewed Guest:
undefined The Pitmen Poets
Interviewed Guest:
Charlotte Mullins
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Producer:
Angie Nehring