With Evan Davis. The Brexit election, the local elections, the mayoral election and the French election. Plus Glenn Beck on the US election and Hanif Kureshi.
The Film Programme
Le Week-End; The Fifth Estate; London Film Festival
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
The latest news from the world of film. Francine Stock talks to screenwriter Hanif Kureishi about Le Week-End, starring Lindsay Duncan and Jim Broadbent on a rocky mini-break. Show more
Arts series. Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, tells for the first time the inside story of how it felt to be condemned to death by the Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989. Show more
The Culture Show
Hanif Kureishi: Writers Are Trouble - A Culture Show Special
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Available for years
In this exploration of Hanif Kureishi's work, Alan Yentob finds that the author takes his duty as national literary nuisance very seriously indeed. Show more
Great Lives
Hanif Kureishi on David Bowie
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for over a year
4 Extra Debut. Author and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi chooses his friend and hero, David Bowie. With Matthew Parris. From 2018. Show more
Front Row
Hanif Kureishi, Agnes Martin Exhibition, Tristan and Isolde at 150, Queen and Country
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Hanif Kureishi on his new collection of short stories, Agnes Martin at Tate Modern, Wagner's Tristan and Isolde 150 years after its premiere and John Boorman's Queen and Country. Show more
Front Row
David Bailey; Hanif Kureishi; Isabella Rossellini
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Kirsty Lang reviews David Bailey's Stardust exhibition, Hanif Kureishi discusses The Last Word, and Isabella Rossellini talks about dressing as an insect for Green Porno. Show more
Writer Hanif Kureishi looks back on how his semi-autographical novel The Buddha of Suburbia became one of the defining BBC dramas of the 1990s. Show more
Drama about a widow who goes to stay with her grown up offspring. As she comes to terms with the past, she embarks on a startling new relationship with her daughter's boyfriend. Show more
Start the Week
Kate Tempest: Everyday Epic
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Cultural discussion programme. Andrew Marr discusses the epic in the everyday with Kate Tempest, Tracy Chevalier, Hanif Kureishi and Lewis Hyde. Show more
Comedy drama about a Pakistani cab driver who has wholeheartedly embraced the best - and the worst - of British culture, much to the dismay of his deeply religious son. Show more
A writers edition, with Charlie Higson and Sally Gardner, Fern Britton and Jilly Cooper, Peter James and Martina Cole, and Hanif Kureishi and Grace Dent. Show more
Drama about an Anglo-Indian teen's sexual and political awakening in the 1970s. Karim's friend Jamila's future husband arrives from Bombay, but he seems more interested in finding 221b Baker Street. Show more
Conclusion of Hanif Kureishi's drama about an Anglo-Indian teen's sexual and political awakening in the 1970s. Karim becomes a star actor and goes with Pyke’s play to New York.
Free Thinking
Hanif Kureishi
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
An extended interview in which Philip Dodd is joined by novelist, screenwriter and dramatist Hanif Kureishi. He discusses subjects including immigration, sexuality and mortality. Show more
Desert Island Discs
Hanif Kureishi
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 novelist and playwright Hanif Kureishi. Show more