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Saturday Review

On Body And Soul, Our Town, Jennifer Egan, Basquiat, The Deuce

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

On Body and Soul, Berlin's Golden Bear winner for 2017, Our Town at Manchester's Royal Exchange, Jennifer Egan's Manhattan Beach, Basquiat at The Barbican, and HBO TV's The Deuce. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Natalie Haynes
Interviewed Guest:
Arifa Akbar
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Kemp
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Saturday Review

David Tennant as Richard II; The Goldfinch; Enough Said

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Tom Sutcliffe discusses David Tennant's starring role in Richard II, in Gregory Doran's first production as Artistic Director at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford. Show more

Open Book

Cressida Connolly, Posthumous short stories, Iraqi postcard

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Cressida Connolly talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel After the Party, and posthumous short stories from three writers who were masters of the genre. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Cressida Connolly
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Power
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Kemp
Interviewed Guest:
Ahmed Saadawi

Open Book

Thomas Keneally

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Mariella Frostrup talks to Thomas Keneally about his new novel, Crimes of the Father. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Thomas Keneally
Interviewed Guest:
Meike Ziervogel
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Kemp
Interviewed Guest:
Antonia Hodgson

Open Book

Carolina Setterwall, Re-reading and what it offers, Shadowplay reviewed, Ahmad Danny Ramadan

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Swedish writer Carolina Setterwall discusses her autobiographical debut novel Let's Hope for the Best, and Tim Parks and Belinda Jack discuss the pleasures of re-reading Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Carolina Setterwell
Interviewed Guest:
Belinda Jack
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Parks
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Kemp
Interviewed Guest:
Ahmad Danny Ramadan

Front Row

Pirates of Penzance, Brighton Festival, Francois Ozon, New Culture Secretary

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

A review of the English National Opera's production of The Pirates of Penzance, a report from 2015's Brighton Festival and film director Francois Ozon. With Samira Ahmed. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Kemp
Interviewed Guest:
Ali Smith
Interviewed Guest:
François Ozon
Interviewed Guest:
Quentin Letts
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn

Front Row

Sweeney Todd, Nick Cave, Peter Ackroyd, Eric Ravilious

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Nick Cave on his new book written partly on sick bags during a US tour, and Peter Ackroyd on his Hitchcock biography, plus Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel in Sweeney Todd. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Ellie Bury
Interviewed Guest:
Nick Cave
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Ackroyd
Interviewed Guest:
Alexandra Harris
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Kemp

Great Lives

Val McDermid on PD James

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Crime writer Val McDermid chooses the author, and creator of Inspector Dalgliesh, PD James. With Matthew Parris. From 2015. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Parris
Interviewed Guest:
Val McDermid
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Kemp
Producer:
Maggie Ayre