Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the leading liberal Judge on the US Supreme Court. At 86 she has spent many decades fighting for women's rights, including equal pay and access to abortion. Show more
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US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died of cancer at the age of 87. Razia Iqbal spoke to Bader Ginsburg in 2019 about her life, career and contemporary America. Show more
Talking Books
Jhumpa Lahiri
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS North AmericaLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS North America
In this Man Booker special, Razia Iqbal interviews Jhumpa Lahiri who has been shortlisted for her novel 'The Lowland'. Show more
Saturday Review
My Night With Reg, Wakolda, Home Front, Kevin Eldon, The Art and Science of Exploration
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Kevin Elyot's My Night With Reg revived, Argentine film Wakolda, Radio 4's Home Front, Kevin Eldon's book My Prefect Cousin, and The Art and Science of Exploration in Greenwich. Show more
Talking Books
Toni Morrison
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC NewsLatest broadcast: on BBC News Channel HD
The acclaimed African American writer Toni Morrison has died at the age of 88. In 2014 Razia Iqbal interviewed her at the Hay Festival. Show more
Saturday Review
Henry IV, '71 film, Gotham on TV, Lila by Marilynne Robinson, Tracy Emin
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Razia Iqbal and guests review Henry IV at the Donmar, the film '71, Gotham on TV, Lila by Marilynne Robinson, and Tracy Emin at White Cube. Show more
Talking Books
Jhumpa Lahiri
30 minutes
In this Man Booker special, Razia Iqbal interviews Jhumpa Lahiri who has been shortlisted for her novel The Lowland.
Razia Iqbal is in Pakistan for the Lahore Literary Festival. Her guest, Mohammed Hanif, has been an officer pilot, a journalist and is now a satirical novelist.
Esteemed literary novelist Alan Hollinghurst speaks to Razia Iqbal about his career to date.
Talking Books
Alan Hollinghurst
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS North AmericaLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS Europe
Esteemed literary novelist Alan Hollinghurst speaks to Razia Iqbal about his career to date. Show more
Witness History
19/04/2019
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC News ChannelLatest broadcast: on BBC News Channel HD
Razia Iqbal with five more first-hand stories from recent history, including the engineer who struggled to make the Sydney Opera House stand up.
Witness History
Arts Special
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC News ChannelLatest broadcast: on BBC News Channel
Razia Iqbal is at the Royal Academy in London to present five extraordinary art stories that shaped our world, including the discovery of the Terracotta Army in China. Show more
Razia Iqbal asks PD James about the complexities of writing crime novels that are more than puzzles for the reader to solve. Show more
Front Row
Miranda Hart, John Rutter, Seamus Heaney
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Miranda Hart on the success of Miranda and the final episodes of the sitcom, John Rutter on creating a Christmas carol, and a new edition of Seamus Heaney's poetry. Show more
Front Row
Two Days, One Night; Timothy West on being Barbirolli; Alan Warner; Ilan Volkov
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Arts news. Razia Iqbal reviews Two Days, One Night, plus actor Timothy West on Sir John Barbirolli, Scottish novelist Alan Warner on his new novel, and classical Icelandic music. Show more
Front Row
Boris on Churchill; Serena reviewed
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Boris Johnson on Churchill's legacy; review of Serena, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper; Art Review Power 100 List; Harry and Jack Williams, writers of The Missing. Show more
Front Row
Toni Morrison Special
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Razia Iqbal presents an interview with Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, recorded at the 2014 Hay Literary Festival. Show more
Front Row
Graham Swift; How To Train Your Dragon; Glasgow Girls
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Booker Prize-winning novelist Graham Swift tells Razia Iqbal why he has returned to the short story and Matt Thorne reviews How to Train Your Dragon. Show more
Front Row
Peter Greenaway; Longitude; Robert Crawford
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Razia Iqbal talks to director Peter Greenaway, whose latest film is about the 16th century Dutch painter Goltzius. Show more
Saturday Review
Rose Tremain; The Imitation Game; Wildefire; Allen Jones; Remember Me
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Rose Tremain's The American Lover; Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing in The Imitation Game; Roy Williams' Wildefire; Allen Jones exhibition at RSA; Remember Me on BBC1. Show more