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Margaret Atwood's Dystopian Future

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Tom Sutcliffe talks to novelist Margaret Atwood, theatre director Vicky Featherstone and philosopher AC Grayling. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Margaret Atwood
Interviewed Guest:
Vicky Featherstone
Interviewed Guest:
AC Grayling
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Front Row

Snatches, Carnegie Prize Winner, Best New Video Games, Glasgow School of Art fire

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Director Vicky Featherstone and writer Theresa Ikoko on Snatches, eight monologues celebrating the lives of women over 100 years. Plus Carnegie Prize winner Geraldine McCaughrean. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Producer:
Julian May
Interviewed Guest:
Vicky Featherstone
Interviewed Guest:
Theresa Ikoko
Interviewed Guest:
Geraldine McCaughrean
Interviewed Guest:
Stuart Robertson
Interviewed Guest:
Keza MacDonald

Front Row

Rita, Sue and Bob Too controversy, Philanthropist Jonathan Ruffer, Poet Sasha Dugdale

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Vicky Featherstone and Lyn Gardner on the Rita, Sue and Bob Too controversy, arts philanthropist Jonathan Ruffer, and poet Sasha Dugdale on her new collection Joy. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Vicky Featherstone
Interviewed Guest:
Lyn Gardner
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Ruffer
Interviewed Guest:
Sasha Dugdale
Producer:
Julian May

Front Row

John Hannah, Vicky Featherstone and Lee Hall, Playing Nina Simone

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news. John Hannah on his return to the Scottish stage, Lee Hall and Vicky Featherstone on Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, and two performers discuss playing Nina Simone. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Vicky Featherstone
Interviewed Guest:
Lee Hall
Interviewed Guest:
John Hannah
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
Ruth Rogers-Wright
Interviewed Guest:
Apphia Campbell
Producer:
Ellie Bury

Woman's Hour

Nicola Adams, Amy Schumer, Eating disorders and university

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

The boxer Nicola Adams on her Rio Olympic experience. The comedian Amy Schumer on how her life and its shortcomings inspire her comedy. Plus eating disorders and university. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Nicola Adams
Interviewed Guest:
Amy Schumer
Interviewed Guest:
Brendan King
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Jocelyn Robson
Interviewed Guest:
Cath Staincliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Hannah Betts
Interviewed Guest:
Judith Woods
Interviewed Guest:
Vicky Featherstone

Front Row

Front Row at The Royal Court Theatre

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Front Row marks 60 years of The Royal Court Theatre by discussing the value of new writing for the stage, with John Wilson, expert guests, scenes from key plays, and an audience. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Vicky Featherstone
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Billington
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Stephens
Interviewed Guest:
Stef Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Diana Nneka Atuona
Producer:
Dixi Stewart

Woman's Hour

The joys of being a teenager, Alison Gopnik, Hypnobirthing explained

Duration: 41 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Programme that offers a female perspective on the world. Featuring Alison Gopnik on how children learn, and the early days of the women's trade union movement. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Katharine Graves
Interviewed Guest:
Michelle Olley
Interviewed Guest:
Soo Downe
Interviewed Guest:
Alison Gopnik
Interviewed Guest:
Jocelyn Robson
Interviewed Guest:
Vicky Featherstone