Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 281,699 playable programmes from the BBC

Results 1 to 18 of 18 for your search filters
Filter by channel

The Review Show

Kirsty Wark Meets Donna Tartt: A Review Show Special

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four

Kirsty Wark travels to New York for an exclusive interview with the acclaimed but famously private writer Donna Tartt ahead of the publication of her third novel, The Goldfinch. Show more

Contributors

Interviewer:
Kirsty Wark
Interviewed Guest:
Donna Tartt
Executive Producer:
Pauline Law
Producer:
Jenny MacLeod
Director:
Jenny MacLeod

Book at Bedtime

The Goldfinch

Episode 2: Ring the Green Bell

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Having survived the museum bombing, Theo must make a new life - and trace the owner of the antique ring. Show more

Book at Bedtime

The Goldfinch

Episode 3: A Morphine Lollipop

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Theo finds a new and rare friendship in a dusty old antique shop - and is reunited with the girl with the golden-brown eyes. Show more

Book at Bedtime

The Goldfinch

Episode 4: Under a Desert Sky

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The reappearance of his father changes Theo's life again, as he, and the painting, find themselves cast adrift in the harsh light of Las Vegas. Show more

Book at Bedtime

The Goldfinch

Episode 8: Museum Masterworks Recovered in the Bronx

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The discovery of other lost art fuels Theo's anxiety about 'his' painting. Show more

Book at Bedtime

The Goldfinch

Episode 13: This Is for You

Duration: 15 minutes

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

In a foggy, pre-Christmas Amsterdam, Boris is determined to put The Goldfinch back in Theo's hands, whatever the cost. Show more

Book at Bedtime

The Goldfinch

Episode 14: No-One Knows of This Thing Except Us

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Alone in his hotel, with blood on his hands, Theo faces a future without the painting, Boris or freedom. Show more

Book at Bedtime

The Goldfinch

Episode 12: Who I Needed to Be With

Duration: 15 minutes

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

An evening with Pippa confirms Theo's feelings, but life is complicated, and Boris offers a way out. Show more

Book at Bedtime

The Goldfinch

Episode 1: Tiny Yellow Bird, Faint beneath a Veil of Dust

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Theo Decker's secure world with his devoted mother is shattered, and life becomes fallible and frightening. In this episode, Theo finds a treasure amid the rubble. Show more

Book at Bedtime

The Goldfinch

Episode 5: What Are You Doing Here?

Duration: 15 minutes

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

In Las Vegas and under the hapless care of his father, Theo's life becomes increasingly anarchic - only his new friend Boris offers consolation. Show more

Book at Bedtime

The Goldfinch

Episode 6: Revolver, Roadside or Roof

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Boris offers Theo a timely warning, when a stranger comes looking for Theo's father. Show more

Book at Bedtime

The Goldfinch

Episode 7: I Won't Forget You

Duration: 15 minutes

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

With his father dead, Theo knows he must leave Las Vegas, and Boris, and find his way to New York and the girl with the golden-brown eyes. Show more

Book at Bedtime

The Goldfinch

Episode 9: I Know About the Museum

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Theo's fraudulent dealings lead him into a murkier art world - and his long-held secret looks suddenly vulnerable to exposure. Show more

Book at Bedtime

The Goldfinch

Episode 10: Friend of My Youth

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Boris's unexpected reappearance prompts first joy then anger as he reveals a terrible truth that will shake Theo's world. Show more

Book at Bedtime

The Goldfinch

Episode 15: Sometimes You Have to Lose to Win

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Loss proves bountiful, as Theo comes to understand what his painting meant and what to take forward into the future. Show more

Front Row

Donna Tartt; Forest Whitaker

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

American author Donna Tartt on The Goldfinch, her first new novel in over a decade; Forest Whitaker on The Butler, inspired by the real-life story of a black White House butler. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Presenter:
David Quantick
Interviewed Guest:
Donna Tartt
Interviewed Guest:
Forest Whitaker