Programme Index

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 19^th May 2016, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 19^th May 2016, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Tom Hanks stars as a stressed executive trying to land an IT deal in Saudi Arabia, in A Hologram For The King. And Jo Brand returns as nurse Kim Wilde in Going Forward. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:: Sue Turton
Interviewed Guest:: Michael Morpurgo
Interviewed Guest:: Timothy Sheader
Interviewed Guest:: Toby Olie
Interviewed Guest:: Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:: Brigitte Fassbaender
Presenter:: Kirsty Lang
Producer:: Angie Nehring

Front Row

Front Row at the Hay Festival

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 30^th May 2014, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 30^th May 2014, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

John Wilson presents a special programme from the Hay Festival with authors Lee Child, Lucy Hughes-Hallet, Michael Morpurgo, Julian Donaldson and Cerys Matthews. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:: Lee Child
Interviewed Guest:: Michael Morpurgo
Interviewed Guest:: Julia Donaldson
Interviewed Guest:: Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Interviewed Guest:: Cerys Matthews
Producer:: Olivia Skinner

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Formats

Magazines & Reviews

Brand

Front Row

Mel Giedroyc on new musicals showcase, Michael Morpurgo, Bad Santa 2, Penelope Lively

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 25^th Nov 2016, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 25^th Nov 2016, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Mel Giedroyc and Gemma Whelan join Maria Friedman for a musicals gala; Penelope Lively returns to writing short stories; Bad Santa 2; Michael Morpurgo on books and war zones. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:: Mel Giedroyc
Interviewed Guest:: Gemma Whelan
Interviewed Guest:: Penelope Lively
Interviewed Guest:: Michael Morpurgo
Interviewed Guest:: Mark Eccleston
Presenter:: Kirsty Lang
Producer:: Marilyn Rust

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Formats

Magazines & Reviews

Brand

Front Row

Atlantis; Michael Morpurgo; Hannah Arendt; BBC National Short Story Award

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 26^th Sep 2013, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 26^th Sep 2013, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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A review of the new family drama Atlantis, an interview with Michael Morpurgo on the eve of his 70th birthday, and Lavinia Greenlaw on her BBC Short Story Award contender. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:: Michael Morpurgo
Interviewed Guest:: Lavinia Greenlaw
Producer:: Ellie Bury

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Formats

Magazines & Reviews

Brand

Front Row

The Legend of Barney Thomson, Annie Nightingale and Pete Tong, Michael Morpurgo, York galleries

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 24^th Jul 2015, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 24^th Jul 2015, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news with John Wilson, including The Legend of Barney Thomson, Annie Nightingale and Pete Tong, Michael Morpurgo's 946 and York galleries charging for entry. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:: Hannah McGill
Interviewed Guest:: Pete Tong
Interviewed Guest:: Annie Nightingale
Interviewed Guest:: Michael Morpurgo
Interviewed Guest:: Emma Rice
Interviewed Guest:: Janet Barnes
Producer:: Jerome Weatherald

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Formats

Magazines & Reviews

Brand

What Makes Us Human

Michael Morpurgo: What Makes Us Human?

BBC Radio 2

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 13^th Nov 2019, 15:33

Available for over a year

The children's author joins us to answer the question.

Contributors

Unknown:: Michael Morpurgo

Genres

Series

What Makes Us Human

Michael Morpurgo's Folk Journeys

Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 19^th Oct 2020, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 28^th Nov 2022, 11:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Michael Morpurgo travels to the heart of folk's most enduring songs. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Michael Morpurgo
Interviewed Guest:: Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh
Interviewed Guest:: Karine Polwart
Interviewed Guest:: Ian Lynch
Interviewed Guest:: Georgina Boyes
Interviewed Guest:: Ashley Hutchings
Interviewed Guest:: Nancy Kerr
Interviewed Guest:: Ralph McTell

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the MediaArts

Series

Michael Morpurgo's Folk Journeys

Four Loom Weaver

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 26^th Oct 2020, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 5^th Dec 2022, 11:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

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Michael Morpurgo travels to the heart of folk's most enduring songs. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Michael Morpurgo
Interviewed Guest:: Lawrence Goldman
Interviewed Guest:: Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh
Interviewed Guest:: Nancy Kerr
Interviewed Guest:: Karine Polwart
Interviewed Guest:: Nicola Kearey
Interviewed Guest:: Ian Carter
Interviewed Guest:: Blair Dunlop
Interviewed Guest:: Ashley Hutchings

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the MediaArts

Series

Michael Morpurgo's Folk Journeys

Ten Thousand Miles

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 2^nd Nov 2020, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 12^th Dec 2022, 11:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Michael Morpurgo travels to the heart of some of the greatest songs ever composed. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Michael Morpurgo
Interviewed Guest:: Ashley Hutchings
Interviewed Guest:: Nancy Kerr
Interviewed Guest:: Georgina Boyes
Interviewed Guest:: Blair Dunlop
Interviewed Guest:: Karine Polwart
Interviewed Guest:: Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the MediaArts

Series

Michael Morpurgo's Folk Journeys

Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 9^th Nov 2020, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: Mon 19^th Dec 2022, 11:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Michael Morpurgo travels to the heart of some of the greatest songs ever composed. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Michael Morpurgo
Interviewed Guest:: Karine Polwart
Interviewed Guest:: Martin Simpson
Interviewed Guest:: Martin Logan
Interviewed Guest:: Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh
Interviewed Guest:: Georgina Boyes
Interviewed Guest:: Julie Matthews
Interviewed Guest:: Chris While

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the MediaArts

Series

Saturday Live

Michael Morpurgo, Dr Helen Sharman

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 12^th Dec 2015, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 12^th Dec 2015, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year