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Duration: 57 minutes

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

Available for years

Documentary. An intimate insight into the real and imaginary worlds of Ursula K Le Guin, the author who, through the excellence of her writing, forced the mainstream to embrace fantasy in literature. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Ursula K. Le Guin
Interviewed Guest:
Margaret Atwood
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Chabon
Interviewed Guest:
Neil Gaiman
Interviewed Guest:
David Mitchell
Director:
Arwen Curry

HARDtalk

Margaret Atwood, Author

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC NewsLatest broadcast: on BBC News

Stephen Sackur speaks to author Margaret Atwood, who writes novels, poetry and superhero comic books. She has a worldwide legion of fans - what keeps her creative juices flowing? Show more

imagine...

Nawal El Saadawi - Part One

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS North AmericaLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS Europe

First shown in 2017 when Nawal El Saadawi was 85, in the first episode of two, Alan Yentob visits her home in Cairo. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Yentob
Interviewed Guest:
Nawal El Saadawi
Interviewed Guest:
Deeyah Khan
Interviewed Guest:
Margaret Atwood
Interviewed Guest:
Mona Eltahawy
Interviewed Guest:
Leyla Hussein
Series Editor:
Alan Yentob
Executive Producer:
Tanya Hudson
Producer:
Jill Nicholls
Director:
Jill Nicholls

imagine...

Nawal El Saadawi

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS North America

Imagine... visits legendary Egyptian author Nawal El Saadawi at home in Cairo, and travels with her to the village where she was born. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Yentob
Interviewed Guest:
Nawal El Saadawi
Interviewed Guest:
Deeyah Khan
Interviewed Guest:
Margaret Atwood
Interviewed Guest:
Mona Eltahawy
Interviewed Guest:
Leyla Hussein
Series Editor:
Alan Yentob
Executive Producer:
Tanya Hudson
Producer:
Jill Nicholls
Director:
Jill Nicholls

Genres

imagine...

Summer 2017

Episode 2: Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned!

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One South WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Alan Yentob meets acclaimed writer Margaret Atwood in Toronto and discovers how a childhood spent between the Canadian wilderness and the city helped shape her. Show more

Contributors

Interviewer:
Alan Yentob
Interviewed Guest:
Margaret Atwood
Interviewed Guest:
Charles Pachter
Interviewed Guest:
Johnnie Christmas
Executive Producer:
Tanya Hudson
Series Editor:
Alan Yentob
Director:
Katy Homan
Producer:
Katy Homan
Assistant Producer:
Lindsey Hanlon
Production Manager:
Claire McCluskey
Production Coordinator:
Jennifer Patterson
Researcher:
Daniel Taylor
Editor:
Alex Broad
Camera Operator:
Tom Hayward
Sound Recordist:
Brent Haliskie

Start the Week

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

Start the Week

The Tempest Reimagined, with Margaret Atwood and Harriet Walter

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Andrew Marr discusses Shakespeare and Caravaggio with the writer Margaret Atwood, actor Harriet Walter, curator Letizia Treves and biographer Richard Holmes. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Interviewed Guest:
Margaret Atwood
Interviewed Guest:
Harriet Walter
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Holmes
Interviewed Guest:
Letizia Treves
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Open Book

Sebastian Barry; Margaret Atwood and Naomi Alderman; Helen Dunmore on Louis MacNeice; literary news from Sri Lanka

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

News and features from the world of books, presented by Mariella Frostrup. Sebastian Barry on his new novel Days Without End. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Margaret Atwood
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Alderman
Interviewed Guest:
Sebastian Barry
Producer:
Kirsten Locke

imagine...

Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned!

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS North America

Alan Yentob meets acclaimed writer Margaret Atwood in Toronto and discovers how a childhood spent between the Canadian wilderness and the city helped shape her life. Show more

Contributors

Interviewer:
Alan Yentob
Interviewed Guest:
Margaret Atwood
Interviewed Guest:
Charles Pachter
Interviewed Guest:
Johnnie Christmas
Executive Producer:
Tanya Hudson
Series Editor:
Alan Yentob
Director:
Katy Homan
Producer:
Katy Homan
Assistant Producer:
Lindsey Hanlon
Production Manager:
Claire McCluskey
Production Coordinator:
Jennifer Patterson
Researcher:
Daniel Taylor
Editor:
Alex Broad
Camera Operator:
Tom Hayward
Sound Recordist:
Brent Haliskie

Genres

Front Row

Margaret Atwood, Emily Blunt, You, Me and the Apocalypse, Reading Europe

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including Margaret Atwood on her new novel, Emily Blunt on playing an FBI agent, TV satire You, Me and the Apocalypse, and German author Sascha Arango. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Margaret Atwood
Interviewed Guest:
Emily Blunt
Interviewed Guest:
Natalie Haynes
Interviewed Guest:
Sascha Arango

Front Row

Margaret Atwood, Paco Peña, Obvious Child, Folkestone Triennial

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Margaret Atwood discusses her new short story collection Stone Mattress; Paco Peña on the musical legacy of Lorca; new film Obvious Child; art from the Folkestone Triennial. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Margaret Atwood
Interviewed Guest:
Paco Pena
Interviewed Guest:
Shahidha Bari
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Sailstorfer

Front Row

Margaret Atwood on her first opera, Neel Mukherjee and Quirke

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Novelist Margaret Atwood on the premiere on her first opera, the Glasgow fire, Neel Mukherjee discusses his novel The Lives of Others, and the director of new film Heli. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Margaret Atwood
Interviewed Guest:
Ranald McInnes
Interviewed Guest:
Neel Mukherjee
Interviewed Guest:
Amat Escalante
Interviewed Guest:
Jake Arnott

imagine...

Nawal El Saadawi - Part Two

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS South AsiaLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS Latin America

In this second episode of Imagine..., first shown in 2017, presenter Alan Yentob visits Nawal El Saadawi at her home in Cairo. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Yentob
Interviewed Guest:
Nawal El Saadawi
Interviewed Guest:
Deeyah Khan
Interviewed Guest:
Margaret Atwood
Interviewed Guest:
Mona Eltahawy
Interviewed Guest:
Leyla Hussein
Series Editor:
Alan Yentob
Executive Producer:
Tanya Hudson
Producer:
Jill Nicholls
Director:
Jill Nicholls

Riot Girls

The Robber Bride

Episode 1

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Margaret Atwood turns a tantalising fairy tale into a dark modern story, as three old university friends discover a secret they had hoped was buried forever resurfacing. Show more

Riot Girls

The Robber Bride

Episode 2

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Margaret Atwood's retelling of this dark fairy story. Three old university friends try to figure out why Zenia has resurfaced and what she wants. But are they any match for her? Show more

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Winter 2017

Episode 1: She Spoke the Unspeakable

Duration: 1 hour

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

The author Nawal El Saadawi was a global legend. First shown in 2017 when she was 85, imagine... visited her in Cairo and travels with her to the village where she was born. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Yentob
Interviewed Guest:
Nawal El Saadawi
Interviewed Guest:
Deeyah Khan
Interviewed Guest:
Margaret Atwood
Interviewed Guest:
Mona Eltahawy
Interviewed Guest:
Leyla Hussein
Series Editor:
Alan Yentob
Executive Producer:
Tanya Hudson
Producer:
Jill Nicholls
Director:
Jill Nicholls