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Saturday Review

Arabian Nights, The Flick, Garth Greenwell, Sicily at the British Museum, All the World's a Screen

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Reviews of Arabian Nights, The Flick, Garth Greenwell's What Belongs To You, the British Museum's Sicily: Culture and Conquest, and BBC TV's All the World's a Screen. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Frayling
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Lewis
Interviewed Guest:
Lynn Nead
Producer:
Oliver Jones

The Film Programme

Son of Saul, The Sound Barrier, 1916 v 2016

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

With Francine Stock. Laszlo Nemes discusses Son of Saul, his Oscar-winning film about life and death in a Nazi concentration camp. Plus The Sound Barrier and cinema in 1916 v 2016. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest:
Laszlo Nemes
Interviewed Guest:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Kevin Brownlow

The Film Programme

The Lost Star of The Fallen Idol, Andy Serkis on his film studio

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Francine Stock talks to Bobby Henrey, the child star of one of the masterpieces of British cinema, Carol Reed's Fallen Idol. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Henrey
Interviewed Guest:
Andy Serkis
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Cavendish
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Frayling

Saturday Review

RSC's Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra, The Eyes of my Mother, David Vann, BBC's Decline and Fall

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

The RSC's Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra, American indie film The Eyes of my Mother, David Vann's Bright Air Black, and the BBC's Waugh adaptation Decline and Fall. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Frayling
Interviewed Guest:
Kathryn Hughes
Interviewed Guest:
Alice Jones
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Saturday Review

Tartuffe, L'Amant Double, William Trevor, Animals and Us, Get Shorty on TV

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Tartuffe at Theatre Royal Haymarket, Francois Ozon's L'amant Double, William Trevor's Last Stories, Animals and Us at Turner Contemporary in Margate and Get Shorty on TV. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Frayling
Interviewed Guest:
Rebecca Stott
Interviewed Guest:
Tiffany Jenkins
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Saturday Review

Rush; Science Britannica

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda in Rush, written by Peter Morgan and directed by Ron Howard. Plus new work from Tacita Dean, and Brian Cox's Science Britannica on BBC2. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Lewis
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Frayling
Interviewed Guest:
James Runcie
Producer:
Sarah Johnson

The Film Programme

Stellan Skarsgard on Nymphomaniac; Alexandre Desplat on Philomena; Unforgiven in Japanese; BAFTA-winner James Griffiths

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Francine Stock talks to actor Stellan Skarsgard about Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac. Composer Alexandre Desplat on his scores for Philomena, The Monuments Men and Moonrise Kingdom. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest:
Stellan Skarsgard
Interviewed Guest:
Alexandre Desplat
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Frayling
Interviewed Guest:
Alexander Jacoby
Interviewed Guest:
James W Griffiths

The Film Programme

Mark Gatiss; Richard Lester on The Beatles; Hercules

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss lines up one of his favourite screen detectives, Richard Lester reveals which of The Beatles was the best actor and Hercules labours again. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Gatiss
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Frayling
Interviewed Guest:
Natalie Haynes
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Lester
Interviewed Guest:
Antonia Quirke

Saturday Review

Journey's End, Julius Caesar, Julian Barnes, Charles I at the Royal Academy, Trauma on ITV

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

A film version of the 1928 stageplay Journey's End, Julius Caesar at London's Bridge Theatre, Julian Barnes: The Only Story, Charles I: King and Collector at the RA, Trauma on ITV. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Frayling
Interviewed Guest:
Bridget Minamore
Interviewed Guest:
Bidisha
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Last Word

Felix Dennis, Norman Willis, Josephine Pullein-Thompson, Gerry Conlon, Eli Wallach

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister on publisher Felix Dennis, TUC leader Norman Willis, 'pony club' writer Josephine Pullein-Thompson, Guildford Four member Gerry Conlon, and actor Eli Wallach. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Marsha Rowe
Interviewed Guest:
James Tye
Interviewed Guest:
Nicholas Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Jilly Cooper
Interviewed Guest:
Vanessa Robertson
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Mullin
Interviewed Guest:
Gareth Pierce
Interviewed Guest:
Alastair Logan
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Frayling
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Goldfarb
Producer:
Neil George

Last Word

James Nesbitt MBE, Andrew McLaglen, Emilio Botin, Simin Behbahani, Sir Philip Dowson, George Hamilton IV

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister on Belfast detective James Nesbitt, film director Andrew McLaglen, Spanish banker Emilio Botin, Iranian poet Simin Behbahani and architect Sir Philip Dowson. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Terry Spence
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Dillon
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Frayling
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Tornabell
Interviewed Guest:
Kamal Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Fatemeh Shams
Interviewed Guest:
Jack Zunz
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Frewer
Interviewed Guest:
Ken Powell

Birds Britannia

Episode 1: Garden Birds

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Documentary series about birds that live in the UK. Top of our affections are garden birds, including the robin, yet this relationship is a surprisingly modern one. Show more

Saturday Review

Blade Runner 2049, Labour of Love, Eight Ghosts, Ghosts: A Cultural History, Timewasters, 140 Years of Recorded Sound

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Blade Runner 2049, James Graham's play Labour of Love, Eight Ghosts and Ghosts: A Cultural History, Timewasters on ITV, British Library's exhibition 140 Years of Recorded Sound. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Charlotte Mendelson
Interviewed Guest:
Tracy Chevalier
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Frayling
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Birds Britannia

Episode 3: Seabirds

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Series about the UK's birds. Our relationship with seabirds is an ancient and turbulent one, an untold chapter in the history of our rise and fall as a seafaring people. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Bill Paterson
Narrator:
Bill Paterson
Series Producer:
Stephen Moss
Series Producer:
Stephen Moss
Producer:
Susie Painter
Producer:
Susie Painter
Participant:
David Attenborough
Participant:
David Attenborough
Participant:
Tony Soper
Participant:
Tony Soper
Participant:
Kate Humble
Participant:
Kate Humble
Participant:
Andrew Motion
Participant:
Andrew Motion
Participant:
Jeremy Mynott
Participant:
Jeremy Mynott
Participant:
David Lindo
Participant:
David Lindo
Participant:
Roy Dennis

Birds Britannia

Episode 4: Countryside Birds

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

This programme looks at countryside birds, such as the skylark, pheasant and nightingale - celebrated in poetry, used to forecast the weather and hunted for food. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Bill Paterson
Narrator:
Bill Paterson
Series Producer:
Stephen Moss
Series Producer:
Stephen Moss
Producer:
Susie Painter
Producer:
Susie Painter
Participant:
Bill Oddie
Participant:
Bill Oddie
Participant:
David Attenborough
Participant:
David Attenborough
Participant:
Tony Soper
Participant:
Tony Soper
Participant:
Kate Humble
Participant:
Kate Humble
Participant:
Burchardt Jeremy
Participant:
Burchardt Jeremy
Participant:
Andrew Motion
Participant:
Andrew Motion
Participant:
Jeremy Mynott
Participant:
Jeremy Mynott

Last Word

Professor Lisa Jardine, Philip French, Ronnie Massarella, Maureen O'Hara

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister on a polymath, a critic, a showjumping manager, a film star Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Daniel Jardine
Interviewed Guest:
Professor Jerry Brotton
Interviewed Guest:
Professor Melissa Terras
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Massarella
Interviewed Guest:
Di Lampard
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Frayling
Interviewed Guest:
Johnny Nicoletti
Producer:
Neil George

Front Row

Picasso Portraits, Phyllida Lloyd, Virtual reality in film, PUSH community opera

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Phyllida Lloyd on her all-female cast of The Tempest, Mike Figgis on virtual reality, and PUSH, an opera inspired by the story of a boy pushed from a train bound for Auschwitz. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Frayling
Interviewed Guest:
Mike Figgis
Interviewed Guest:
Phyllida Lloyd
Interviewed Guest:
Elizabeth Cowling

Front Row

Pieter-Dirk Uys, Joan Bakewell and Christopher Frayling on older audiences, Gaël Faye

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

South African satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys, the arts for an older audience with Joan Bakewell and Christopher Frayling, and French-Rwandan musician and novelist Gael Faye. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Pieter-Dirk Uys
Interviewed Guest:
Joan Bakewell
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Frayling
Interviewed Guest:
Gael Faye
Producer:
Sarah Johnson

A Good Read

Christopher Frayling and Abi Morgan

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

4 Extra Debut. Harriett Gilbert, Abi Morgan and Christopher Frayling discuss books by Dave Eggers, Angela Carter and Kyril Bonfiglioli. From 2015. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Frayling
Interviewed Guest:
Abi Morgan
Producer:
Beth O'Dea

Front Row

Kay Mellor, Frankenstein, Swimming with Men

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kay Mellor on the real life inspiration for her new ITV drama Girlfriends, marking 200 years of Frankenstein and going on set with Rob Brydon in Swimming With Men. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Kay Mellor
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Frayling
Interviewed Guest:
Janet Todd
Interviewed Guest:
Rob Brydon
Interviewed Guest:
Adele Carlsen
Presenter:
Stig Abel