Director Mike Leigh talks to Alan Yentob about his unique body of work and struggle to make films on his own terms. Actors he has worked with discuss his distinctive methods. Show more
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Mike Leigh
1 hour
Film director Mike Leigh talks to Mark Lawson about his life and career. He talks about collaborative creative processes and why he doesn't want to work with Hollywood stars. Show more
Comedy dramatisation of the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan, focusing on the turning point on their road to fame and riches - the production of The Mikado. Show more
Front Row
Mike Leigh, Omar Sharif, Yves Saint Laurent, Online Orchestra
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Mike Leigh and Clive Judd on Little Malcolm and his Struggle Against the Eunuchs; Yves Saint Laurent retrospective at Bowes Museum; Omar Sharif remembered; and the Online Orchestra. Show more
HARDtalk
Mike Leigh – Director
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC News Channel HDLatest broadcast: on BBC News Channel
Available for years
Stephen Sackur speaks to the acclaimed British director Mike Leigh. Is the demand for his kind of artistic vision dwindling? Show more
HARDtalk
Mike Leigh - Director
24 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC News North AmericaLatest broadcast: on BBC News Latin America
Stephen Sackur speaks to the acclaimed British director Mike Leigh. Is the demand for his kind of artistic vision dwindling? Show more
This Cultural Life
Mike Leigh
26 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC News AfricaLatest broadcast: on BBC News Asia Pacific
Film director Mike Leigh talks to John Wilson about the art and experiences that have shaped his own creative life. Show more
This Cultural Life
Mike Leigh
29 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC News Channel
Film director Mike Leigh talks to John Wilson about the art and experiences that have shaped his own creative life. Show more
Mary Beard, Mike Leigh, Shahidha Bari and Paul Morley discuss the ethics of portraying human suffering on the big screen. Mary and Dom Joly tour London's Jack the Ripper museum. Show more
Gritty drama following a minicab driver and his wife as they struggle to bring up their unemployed and aggressive son and depressed daughter on a bleak South London estate. Show more
Front Row
Woody Allen interview, with Sally Hawkins and Mike Leigh
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Mark Lawson talks to writer and director Woody Allen, whose new film Blue Jasmine stars Cate Blanchett and Sally Hawkins. Sally Hawkins and Mike Leigh also share their thoughts. Show more
Free Thinking
Artists' Mannequins, Mike Leigh, Guy Fawkes Traditions
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Presented by Matthew Sweet. With Mike Leigh on his new film Mr Turner, plus an exhibition of artists' mannequins at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and Guy Fawkes traditions. Show more
Loose Ends
Nikki Bedi, Mike Leigh, Stephen Mangan, Terry Waite, Sandy Grierson, Stealing Sheep, Spiro
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Clive Anderson and Nikki Bedi are joined by Mike Leigh, Stephen Mangan and Sandy Grierson, with music from Stealing Sheep and Spiro. Show more
Mike Leigh's play centres around a middle-aged housewife and charwoman who is abused and exploited by almost everybody, including her daughter-in-law.
Director Mike Leigh’s iconic tale of camping holidays and all the hazards involved. Keith and Candice-Marie arrive at a Dorset campground for ten nights of idyllic bliss. Show more
Acerbic comic drama about a neighbours' get-together in suburbia, in which the consumption of alcohol leads to the airing of prejudices and snobberies. Show more
With Kirsty Wark. Scottish Labour leader candidate Jim Murphy is interviewed, and Mike leigh meets Nicholas Serota. Can government policy ever be evidence-based? Show more
Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the first Play for Today, this film celebrates the acclaimed series of controversial single dramas broadcast on BBC One between 1970 and 1984. Show more
Desert Island Discs
Mike Leigh OBE
40 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Sue Lawley's castaway is director Mike Leigh OBE. Show more