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Saturday Review

The Party, Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle, The Sparsholt Affair, Degas at the Fitzwilliam, The Gamble

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Sally Potter's The Party; Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle, at Wyndhams Theatre; Alan Hollinghurst's The Sparsholt Affair; Degas at The Fitzwilliam; The Gamble on R4. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Crompton
Interviewed Guest:
Kevin Jackson
Interviewed Guest:
Graham Farmelo
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Saturday Review

Incredibles 2, The Lehman Trilogy, Sacred Games, The Head and the Load, Out of My Head

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Incredibles 2, Sam Mendes directs The Lehman Trilogy starring Simon Russell Beale, Sacred Games on Netflix, Tim Parks's Out of My Head, and The Head and The Load at Tate Modern. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Arditti
Interviewed Guest:
Shahidha Bari
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Crompton

Saturday Review

Wiener-Dog, Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, The Summer That Melted Everything, The Hunterian Collection, Ingrid Bergman

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Todd Solondz's Wiener-Dog, National Theatre of Scotland's Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, The Summer That Melted Everything, The Hunterian Collection at RCS, Ingrid Bergman. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sarah Crompton
Interviewed Guest:
Natalie Haynes
Interviewed Guest:
Amanda Craig
Interviewed Guest:
Jake Arnott

Saturday Review

Thoroughbreds, The Way of the World, Richard Powers, City in the City, Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Black comedy Thoroughbreds, The Way of the World at The Donmar Warehouse, Richard Powers's The Overstory, BBC TV's The City in the City, In My Shoes at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Jessica Burton
Interviewed Guest:
John Mullan
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Crompton
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Saturday Review

The Duke of Burgundy, The Kind Worth Killing, Suffragettes Forever, Art from Elsewhere, Eugene Onegin

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Eugene Onegin in Russian at the Barbican, the Duke of Burgundy, BBC2's Suffragettes Forever, Touring exhibition Art From Elsewhere, Peter Swanson's The Kind Worth Killing. Show more

Saturday Review

Ghostbusters, Unreachable, Kei Miller, Liverpool Biennial, Secret Agent

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

The remaking of Ghostbusters has four women taking the leading roles and it has caused consternation among devotees of the original film. Plus Matt Smith in new play Unreachable. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sarah Crompton
Producer:
Oliver Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Alderman
Interviewed Guest:
Kathryn Hughes
Interviewed Guest:
Giles Fraser

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

Saturday Review

RSC's Tempest, Indignation, Divines, Zadie Smith, Design Museum

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

The RSC's Tempest features a holographic Ariel, plus the film of Philip Roth's novel Indignation, Zadie Smith's novel Swing Time, Netflix's Divines, and the Design Museum reopens. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Holland
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Crompton
Interviewed Guest:
Louise Jury
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Saturday Review

Harry Potter, The Carer, Baz Luhrmann's The Get Down, Clive James, The Knives

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Brian Cox in The Carer, Baz Luhrmann's hip hop Netflix series The Get Down, Clive James' box set book Play All, The Knives by Richard T Kelly. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sarah Crompton
Interviewed Guest:
Bidisha
Interviewed Guest:
Rosie Goldsmith
Interviewed Guest:
Benedict Nightingale
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Saturday Review

Better Living through Criticism, High-Rise, Jane Horrocks, Charlotte Bronte, Russia and the arts

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Reviewing AO Scott's Better Living through Criticism, High-Rise, Jane Horrocks in If You Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Charlotte Bronte in London, and Russian artworks at London's NPG. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sarah Crompton
Interviewed Guest:
Tiffany Jenkins
Interviewed Guest:
Francis Spufford
Interviewed Guest:
Louise Doughty
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Front Row

Jordskott; We Want You to Watch; Unfinished Art; Rebecca Dinerstein

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

With Samira Ahmed. Including new Swedish drama Jordskott, a new play exploring internet pornography, unfinished art at the Courtauld Gallery and novelist Rebecca Dinerstein. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Producer:
Ellie Bury
Interviewed Guest:
Eleanor Barraclough
Interviewed Guest:
Abbi Greenland
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Goalen
Interviewed Guest:
Caroline Steinbeis
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Crompton
Interviewed Guest:
Rebecca Dinerstein

Front Row

Rosamund Pike, The Girl of the Golden West, Young Poet Laureate Aisling Fahey, Grantchester

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang talks to actress Rosamund Pike about her emotionally and physically demanding role in the screen adaptation of best-selling crime thriller Gone Girl. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Rosamund Pike
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Keri-Lynn Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Aisling Fahey
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Crompton
Producer:
Sarah Johnson

Front Row

Lynda La Plante; Jon Hopkins; The Smoke

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 Prime Suspect writer Lynda La Plante about her plans for a prequel focusing on the early life of DCI Tennison. Plus Mercury Prize-nominated DJ Jon Hopkins. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Lynda La Plante
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Crompton
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Graham-Dixon
Interviewed Guest:
Jon Hopkins

Front Row

Chiwetel Ejiofor; Ben Watt; South Korean literature; Advice for the new culture secretary

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Award-winning actor Chiwetel Ejiofor on his new film Half of a Yellow Sun, musician Ben Watt, writing from South Korea at London Book Fair, and advice for the new culture secretary. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Crompton
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Watt
Producer:
Elaine Lester

Front Row

Jon Ronson; Julian Anderson; 24; Comics Unmasked

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Matthew d'Ancona talks to Jon Ronson about the film Frank, reviews 24, speaks to Julian Anderson about his opera Thebans, and discusses Comics Unmasked at the British Library. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Jon Ronson
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Crompton
Interviewed Guest:
Julian Anderson

Front Row

Woolf Works, T C Boyle, Turner Prize shortlist, Andrew Motion, The Tribe

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

The Virginia Woolf ballet Woolf Works, TC Boyle's novel The Harder They Come, 2015's Turner Prize shortlist, new film The Tribe, and Andrew Motion on Hiroshima. With Samira Ahmed. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Crompton
Interviewed Guest:
TC Boyle
Interviewed Guest:
Louisa Buck
Interviewed Guest:
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
Interviewed Guest:
Jerome Weatherald

Front Row

Michael Flatley, Suite Francaise, Terry Pratchett Remembered, Wellington at the National Portrait Gallery

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Michael Flatley on preparing to stop dancing, a review of Suite Francaise, Terry Pratchett remembered and Wellington at the National Portrait Gallery. With Kirsty Lang. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Producer:
Ellie Bury
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Flatley
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Crompton
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Roberts

Front Row

Gypsy, Martin Parr, Hermitage Director, Tennessee Williams Drama Found

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Gypsy starring Imelda Staunton reviewed, Martin Parr's Chinese Photobooks, the director of the Hermitage Museum, and newly discovered Tennessee Williams drama fragments. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Crompton
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Parr
Interviewed Guest:
Gerri Kimber
Interviewed Guest:
Mikhail Piotrovsky

Front Row

Wolf Hall on TV, Whiplash, Michael Boyd, Belle and Sebastian

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

A review of Wolf Hall on TV, former RSC director Michael Boyd on his first opera Orfeo, new film Whiplash, Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian and creative industries' UK input. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Crompton
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Boyd
Interviewed Guest:
Matt Thorne
Interviewed Guest:
Stuart Murdoch
Interviewed Guest:
Jan Dalley

Front Row

Singer Olly Alexander, Veteran documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, Can a critic call an actor overweight?

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Olly Alexander talks about and performs a song from Years and Years' new album Palo Santo, which chronicles his life as a gay man, has a sci-fi setting, yet remains catchy pop. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Stig Abell
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Crompton
Interviewed Guest:
Quentin Letts
Interviewed Guest:
Olly Alexander
Interviewed Guest:
Frederick Wiseman
Performer:
Olly Alexander
Producer:
Julian May