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Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Alan Cumming visits the locations of some classic Scottish movies and meets Gregory's Girl director Bill Forsyth in Cumbernauld, while film experts compare Braveheart and Rob Roy. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Cumming
Director:
Pauline Law
Producer:
Pauline Law
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Alan Cumming sets out to discover the stories and people behind the movie Cabaret and the book on which it was based, interviewing Liza Minnelli and cabaret artist Ute Lemper. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Cumming
Executive Producer:
Rachel Bell

Between the Ears

Tower of Babel

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

A multilingual sound collage from international theatre director Robert Wilson, inspired by the story of the Tower of Babel. Show more

Queers

Series 1

Episode 8: Something Borrowed

Duration: 20 minutes

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

Monologues charting the UK gay experience. Steve anxiously prepares his wedding speech. But now the big day is here, what has been won and what has been lost? Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Pauline Law
Producer:
Mark Gatiss
Director:
Mark Gatiss

Genres

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Cooking and chat with James Martin. James cooks live with Michelin-starred chef Nigel Haworth and Tristan Welch, and Hollywood actor Alan Cumming faces his food heaven or hell. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
James Martin
Participant:
Nigel Haworth
Participant:
Tristan Welch
Participant:
Alan Cumming
Participant:
Tim Atkin
Participant:
Rick Stein
Producer:
James Winter

Who Do You Think You Are?

Series 7

Episode 9: Alan Cumming

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland

Award-winning actor and Broadway star Alan Cumming attempts to solve the mystery relating to his maternal grandfather, a soldier who died aged just 35 in Malaysia. Show more

Book of the Week

Alan Cumming - Not My Father's Son: A Family Memoir

The Box in the Attic

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Discoveries about his grandfather's past prompt memories for actor Alan Cumming as he continues his moving memoir. Show more

Book of the Week

Alan Cumming - Not My Father's Son: A Family Memoir

A Truth

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Alan Cumming faces a reckoning as he continues his moving memoir about his relationship with his father and a family mystery. Show more

Book of the Week

Alan Cumming - Not My Father's Son: A Family Memoir

Wrapping Up

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Alan Cumming is wrapping up as he concludes his moving memoir about his relationship with his father and a family mystery. Show more

Book of the Week

Alan Cumming - Not My Father's Son: A Family Memoir

Episode 1: A Revelation

Duration: 15 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Actor Alan Cumming reads his moving memoir about his troubled relationship with his father and a family mystery. Show more

Book of the Week

Alan Cumming - Not My Father's Son: A Family Memoir

Looking Back

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Difficult memories for actor Alan Cumming, as he continues his moving memoir about his troubled relationship with his father. Show more

Front Row

Alan Cumming; Marlowe's Edward II; new feminist comedians

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Alan Cumming on his new film, Any Day Now; the verdict on a bold new staging of Marlowe's Edward II; how female comics make feminism funny; new art inspired by the Victorians. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Jerry Brotton
Interviewed Guest:
Alan Cumming
Interviewed Guest:
Rachel Cooke
Interviewed Guest:
Nadia Kamil
Interviewed Guest:
Mary Bourke

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

A celebration of the LGBTQ community's contribution to the arts in Britain. Featuring interviews with leading figures from right across the arts in Britain. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Simon Napier-Bell
Interviewed Guest:
Andy Bell
Interviewed Guest:
Val McDermid
Interviewed Guest:
Maggi Hambling
Interviewed Guest:
Alan Hollinghurst
Interviewed Guest:
Wayne Sleep
Interviewed Guest:
Nick Grimshaw
Interviewed Guest:
Jon Savage
Interviewed Guest:
Russell T Davies
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Coles
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Waters
Interviewed Guest:
Alan Cumming
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Fry
Interviewed Guest:
Jeanette Winterson
Interviewed Guest:
Holly Johnson
Interviewed Guest:
Antony Sher
Interviewed Guest:
Gregory Doran
Interviewed Guest:
Isaac Julien
Interviewed Guest:
Julie Goodyear
Interviewed Guest:
Asifa Lahore
Interviewed Guest:
Will Young
Interviewed Guest:
David Hockney
Interviewed Guest:
Sandi Toksvig
Director:
James House
Executive Producer:
Neil Crombie
Executive Producer:
Joe Evans
Production Company:
Swan Films

The One Show

25/08/2016

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Alex Jones and Jack Docherty are live from the Edinburgh festivals. They are joined by Alan Cumming who's been performing at the International Festival. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Family adventure about two siblings who come to the rescue of their ex-spy parents after the adults run into trouble, having been summoned back to work. Antonio Banderas stars. Show more

Contributors

Gregorio Cortez:
Antonio Banderas
Ingrid Cortez:
Carla Gugino
Carmen Cortez:
Alexa Vega
Fegan Floop:
Alan Cumming
Juni Cortez:
Daryl Sabara
Alexander Minion:
Tony Shalhoub
Felix Gumm:
Cheech Marin
Machete:
Danny Trejo
Donnagon/Donnamight:
Mike Judge

Duration: 1 hour, 42 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Adaptation of Shakespeare's play. Prospera is banished from Milan by her brother and finds herself stranded on an island with her daughter, where she waits to take her revenge. Show more

Contributors

King Alonso:
David Strathairn
Prospera:
Helen Mirren
Gonzalo:
Tom Conti
Sebastian:
Alan Cumming
Trinculo:
Russell Brand
Stephano:
Alfred Molina
Antonio:
Chris Cooper
Prince Ferdinand:
Reeve Carney
Director:
Julie Taymor

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland

Fantasy adventure sequel in which the globetrotting sibling duo attempt to reclaim the powerful Transmooker device from the clutches of a mad scientist. Show more

Contributors

Gregorio Cortez:
Antonio Banderas
Ingrid Cortez:
Carla Gugino
Carmen Cortez:
Alexa Vega
Juni Cortez:
Daryl Sabara
Donnagon Giggles:
Mike Judge
Machete Cortez:
Danny Trejo
Felix Gumm:
Cheech Marin
Gary Giggles:
Matt O'Leary
Gerti Giggles:
Emily Osment
Grandfather:
Ricardo Montalban
Grandmother:
Holland Taylor
Dinky Winks:
Bill Paxton