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Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Journalist Kate Mossman explores the unique relationship between artist and fan, from The Beatles to One Direction, and her own evolving fascination with Queen.

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Nile Rodgers reveals how he became the go-to producer of the 80s, creating signature sounds for Diana Ross, Carly Simon, David Bowie, Madonna and Duran Duran. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Nile shows us how he has adapted to the new musical landscape and has collaborated with a diverse range of musicians - Daft Punk, Laura Mvula, Keith Urban, Avicii and John Newman. Show more

Saturday Review

Men Women and Children, Hope, William Blake, Olive Kitteridge, End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Jason Reitman's Men Women and Children, Hope at London's Royal Court, William Blake at the Ashmolean in Oxford, HBO's Olive Kitteridge, and End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Charlotte Mendelson
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Mossman
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Arditti
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Front Row

We're the Millers; Terry Gilliam; Franz Ferdinand; Bob Dylan portraits

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

With John Wilson. Including a review of Jennifer Aniston in We're the Millers, interviews with director Terry Gilliam and members of Franz Ferdinand, and portraits by Bob Dylan. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Terry Gilliam
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Eccleston
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Kapranos
Interviewed Guest:
Bob Hardy
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Mossman
Producer:
Ellie Bury

Front Row

Reading prison and Oscar Wilde, The Collection, Venice Film Festival, Bjork digital

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Art inspired by Reading Gaol's most famous inmate, Oscar Wilde; Bjork goes digital at Somerset House; best of Venice Film Festival; and court-room drama on trial. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Lisa Armstrong
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Mossman
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons
Interviewed Guest:
Denise Mina

Front Row

PJ Harvey's new album, Arnold Wesker, 2016 Proms, Wellcome exhibition

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news with John Wilson, including a review of PJ Harvey's new album, the announcement of the 2016 Proms season and Arnold Wesker remembered by David Edgar. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Mossman
Interviewed Guest:
David Edgar
Interviewed Guest:
David Pickard
Interviewed Guest:
Joan La Barbara
Interviewed Guest:
Imogen Stidworthy

Front Row

A Streetcar Named Desire Review; Daniel Hope and Gabriel Prokofiev; Crime Writing; Summer Pop

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Gillian Anderson, reviewed, violinist Daniel Hope and composer Gabriel Prokofiev on their Prom, summer pop and crime reporters turned novelists. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Matt Wolf
Interviewed Guest:
Daniel Hope
Interviewed Guest:
Gabriel Prokofiev
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Lippmann
Interviewed Guest:
David Mark
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Mossman
Producer:
Elaine Lester

Front Row

Gillian Anderson; Michael Frayn; Jimi Hendrix Biopic; Buying Art in the Internet Age

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Gillian Anderson talks to John Wilson about her debut novel, Kate Mossman reviews Jimi Hendrix biopic, Michael Frayn on his new book, and how tablets have changed the art market. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Ellie Bury
Interviewed Guest:
Gillian Anderson
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Frayn
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Mossman
Interviewed Guest:
Steven Murphy

Front Row

Peter Mullan, Peggy Guggenheim, Transparent

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

John Wilson talks to Peter Mullan about his new film Hector, and artist Michael Craig-Martin discusses the extraordinary art collector Peggy Guggenheim. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Mullan
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Craig-Martin
Interviewed Guest:
Suzy Klein
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Mossman
Interviewed Guest:
Boyd Hilton

Front Row

Mark Gatiss, American Hustle reviewed, Albums of 2013

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news, interviews and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including Mark Gatiss, American Hustle reviewed and the best albums of 2013. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest:
Antonia Quirke
Interviewed Guest:
Gemma Cairney
Interviewed Guest:
Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Mossman
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Hayward
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn

Front Row

George Michael: Freedom, John Banville, Michael Fassbender, Performance art

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kate Mossman reviews George Michael - Freedom, John Banville discusses his latest novel, Mrs Osmond and Michael Fassbender talks about The Snowman. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Kate Mossman
Interviewed Guest:
John Banville
Interviewed Guest:
Aaron Wright
Interviewed Guest:
Claire MacDonald
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Fassbender
Presenter:
Stig Abell

Front Row

Ronnie Wood, Shakespeare plays on screen, Taylor Swift's new song, Peter Hoeg

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood on paintings; we look at problems of adapting Shakespeare for film; Taylor Swift's Look What You Made Me Do reviewed; Danish writer Peter Hoeg. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Stig Abell
Interviewed Guest:
Ronnie Wood
Interviewed Guest:
Anne Beresford
Interviewed Guest:
Jerry Brotton
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Mossman
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Hoeg

Front Row

Sir Nicholas Serota, Glen Matlock, Pina Bausch's Rite of Spring

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Sir Nicholas Serota on leading Arts Council England, the Royal Philharmonic plays punk, and Jo Ann Endicott remembers dancing with Pina Bausch. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Angie Nehring
Interviewed Guest:
Glen Matlock
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Mossman
Interviewed Guest:
Madison Keesler
Interviewed Guest:
Nicholas Serota

Front Row

Sondheim's Assassins, Albums of the year, Jeremy Deller, Royal Photographic Society

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

A Christmas wishlist of the year's best albums, Jeremy Deller, photographs from the Royal Photographic Society collection, and Assassins reviewed. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Sarah Johnson
Interviewed Guest:
Suzy Klein
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Mossman
Interviewed Guest:
Greg James
Interviewed Guest:
Jeremy Deller
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Interviewed Guest:
Colin Harding

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Kate Mossman looks beyond the cliches of grunge babes and rock chicks as she goes behind rock's untold stories to discover if it has always been different for the girl in a band. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kate Mossman
Executive Producer:
Mark Cooper
Producer:
Dione Newton
Director:
Dione Newton
Participant:
Tina Weymouth
Participant:
Elkie Brooks
Participant:
Carol Kaye
Participant:
Lita Ford
Participant:
Viv Albertine
Participant:
Pauline Murray
Participant:
Brix Smith
Participant:
Gillian Gilbert
Participant:
Kim McAuliffe
Participant:
Miki Berenyi
Participant:
Jehnny Beth
Participant:
June Millington
Participant:
Mary Dostal
Participant:
Valerie Nilson
Participant:
Kelley Deal
Participant:
Josephine Wiggs

Saturday Review

Hamlet, Paul Strand, Hot Milk, Court, Undercover

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Hamlet at Stratford's RSC, starring Paapa Essiedu; Hot Milk by Deborah Levy Court, directed by Chaitanya Tamhane; Undercover on BBC One; and the Paul Strand exhibition at the V&A. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Mossman
Interviewed Guest:
Patrick Gale
Interviewed Guest:
Susan Jeffreys

Danny Baker's Great Album Showdown

Episode 1: File under: Rock

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Exploring what makes a great rock album, Danny Baker celebrates the golden age of the analogue, vinyl LP with Jeremy Clarkson, Stephen Street and Kate Mossman. Show more

Front Row

Russell T Davies, PJ Harvey, The Eichmann Show

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Russell T Davies discusses his new shows, PJ Harvey talks about recording a new album in a glass box in front of the public and Ryan Gilbey reviews The Eichmann Show. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Sarah Johnson
Interviewed Guest:
Russell T Davies
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Mossman
Interviewed Guest:
Ryan Craig
Interviewed Guest:
Cressida Brown
Interviewed Guest:
Ryan Gilbey

Front Row

Sylvie Guillem, Iris reviewed, Fiftieth anniversary of Help!, Aurora Orchestra

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news with John Wilson, including dancer Sylvie Guillem on her final performances, the 50th anniversary of Help!, the Aurora Orchestra and a review of new documentary Iris. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Sylvie Guillem
Interviewed Guest:
Nicholas Collon
Interviewed Guest:
Rachel Cooke
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Mossman
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn