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The Film Programme

The Grand Budapest Hotel; Wake in Fright; Oscars for stunt artists?

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Francine Stock talks to Tilda Swinton about The Grand Budapest Hotel. Director Ted Kotcheff on lost Oz thriller Wake in Fright. And why no awards for stunt artists? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest:
Tilda Swinton
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Muir
Interviewed Guest:
Ted Kotcheff

Front Row

Peter Firmin on The Clangers; The forgotten Bronte; Winter Sleep

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang talks to artist and puppet-maker Peter Firmin, whose iconic children's TV characters include Bagpuss, Basil Brush and The Clangers. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Pete Firmin
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Edric
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Muir
Interviewed Guest:
Jan Patience

Front Row

Veronese at the National Gallery; John Morton on W1A; Labor Day reviewed

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang talks to writer John Morton about following comedy Twenty Twelve with BBC based satire W1A, and reviews an exhibition of Veronese's paintings at the National Gallery. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Dunant
Interviewed Guest:
John Morton
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Muir
Interviewed Guest:
Sigiswald Kuijken

Front Row

Penelope Lively; Julian Fellowes' Romeo and Juliet; Paddy McAloon

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Penelope Lively on her memoir; Julian Fellowes' version of Romeo and Juliet; a review of The Tunnel, adapted from TV drama The Bridge; Prefab Sprout songwriter Paddy McAloon. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Dickson
Interviewed Guest:
Penelope Lively
Interviewed Guest:
Paddy McAloon
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Muir
Producer:
Ellie Bury

Front Row

Common Sense on TV, Bafta nominations, Mozart at 11, Is there a Northern Aesthetic?

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

How do British films fare in the Bafta nominations? Celebrating Common Sense on TV; Ian Page marks Mozart's opera debut; does a Northern aesthetic exist? Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Kate Muir
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Lambert
Interviewed Guest:
Boyd Hilton
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Page
Interviewed Guest:
Adam Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Wayne Hemingway
Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Producer:
Marilyn Rust

Front Row

Carys Bray, The Meddler reviewed, Henry V, Painters' Paintings at National Gallery, Derby Museums acquisitions

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang on The Meddler starring Susan Sarandon. Plus Derby Museums buys Joseph Wright landscapes, Painters' Paintings at the National Gallery and Henry V at Regent's Park. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Muir
Interviewed Guest:
Tony Butler
Interviewed Guest:
Carys Bray
Interviewed Guest:
William Feaver
Interviewed Guest:
Michelle Terry
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Hastie
Producer:
Elaine Lester

Front Row

Howard Brenton, Knight of Cups, Olafur Eliasson, Dorothy Bohm

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news, interviews and reviews. Howard Brenton on Lawrence After Arabia, Christian Bale in Knight Of Cups, photographer Dorothy Bohm and Danish artist Olafur Eliasson. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Howard Brenton
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Muir
Interviewed Guest:
Dorothy Bohm
Interviewed Guest:
Olafur Eliasson
Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Jack Soper

Front Row

Tomb Raider, Lisa Halliday, Immersive theatre

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Is Lara Croft a feminist icon in the new Tomb Raider film? Plus author Lisa Halliday talks about how her novel Asymmetry echoes her relationship with Philip Roth. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Muir
Interviewed Guest:
Julia Hardy
Interviewed Guest:
Lisa Halliday
Interviewed Guest:
Alexander Wright
Interviewed Guest:
Maureen Beattie
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Hemming
Producer:
Harry Parker

Front Row

Dwarfs in art, Barbara Rae, Christopher Robin

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

How people with dwarfism have been represented in art and culture, from Ancient Egypt to Velasquez to Game of Thrones. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Shakespeare
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Butchins
Interviewed Guest:
Barbara Rae
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Muir
Interviewed Guest:
Meg Rosoff

Front Row

War for Planet of the Apes, Alan Hollinghurst's Queer Icon, Soul of a Nation exhibition

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

War for Planet of the Apes reviewed; Alan Hollinghurst chooses his Queer Icon; Soul of a Nation at Tate Modern. Plus we celebrate the return of the cassette. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Kate Muir
Interviewed Guest:
Alan Hollinghurst
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Wardle
Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn

Front Row

Jane Campion and Alice Englert, Chris Smith's Queer Icon, Lucy Kirkwood, Love Island

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Jane Campion and Alice Englert on the new series of Top of the Lake, Chris Smith's Queer Icon Maurice by EM Forster, Lucy Kirkwood on her new play Mosquitoes, Love Island. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Producer:
Harry Parker
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Muir
Interviewed Guest:
Jane Campion
Interviewed Guest:
Alice Englert
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Lucy Kirkwood

Front Row

The Ones Below, Sonita, Tate funding, Comedy Playhouse, War Horse music

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

The Ones Below reviewed, Afghan rapper and activist Sonita speaks out, Tate funding post-BP analysed, Comedy Playhouse in context, and the music of War Horse, with Kirsty Lang. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Muir
Interviewed Guest:
Sonita Alizadeh
Interviewed Guest:
Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami
Interviewed Guest:
Will Gompertz
Interviewed Guest:
Boyd Hilton
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Morris
Interviewed Guest:
John Tams
Performer:
Tim van Eyken
Producer:
Dixi Stewart

Woman's Hour

Women in TV and Film 2017

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Success of women in TV and film in 2017; rising numbers of homeless women and children; women of colour in mainstream media;. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Muir
Interviewed Guest:
Julia Raeside
Interviewed Guest:
Susannah White
Interviewed Guest:
Jess Phillips
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Neate
Interviewed Guest:
Kuba Shand-Baptiste
Interviewed Guest:
Madeline Wilson-Ojo

Front Row

Election play The Vote, Anthony Doerr, WWII drama Home Fires, Samba reviewed

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

A review of World War II drama Home Fires, playwright James Graham and director Josie Rourke on their election night drama, French film Samba reviewed and author Anthony Doerr. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
James Graham
Interviewed Guest:
Josie Rourke
Interviewed Guest:
Lara Feigel
Interviewed Guest:
Anthony Doerr
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Muir

Woman's Hour

Alicia Vikander, Women in the Catholic Church, Gender Equality in the Film Industry

Duration: 54 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Alicia Vikander on her role in The Danish Girl. Women in the Catholic Church. There were some good strong roles for women in film in 2015 - has gender parity been achieved? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Producer:
Jane Thurlow
Interviewed Guest:
Alicia Vikander
Interviewed Guest:
Tina Beatie
Interviewed Guest:
Christina Rees
Interviewed Guest:
Caroline Wyatt
Interviewed Guest:
Karen Krizanovich
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Muir