Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,892 playable programmes from the BBC

Results 1 to 5 of 5 for your search filters
Filter by channel

Front Row

John Cleese, A first for Jay Z, Electricity: The spark of life

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Monty Python's John Cleese on the attraction of farce, the significance of Jay Z's induction to the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and artist John Gerrard on electricity as inspiration. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
John Cleese
Interviewed Guest:
Jacqueline Springer
Interviewed Guest:
Hannah Kent
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Summerscale
Interviewed Guest:
Ruth Garde
Interviewed Guest:
John Gerrard
Producer:
Angie Nehring

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Docudrama that recounts the astonishing life story of a forgotten genius, English poet Alexander Pope, who lived from 1688 to 1744. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Emilia Fox
Alexander Pope:
Simon Callow
Duchess of Marlborough:
Harriet Walter
Interviewed Guest:
John Cleese
Dr Johnson:
Jeff Rawle
Lord Byron:
Shubham Saraf
Lady Arabella Fermour:
Agatha Elwes
Interviewed Guest:
Felicity Rosslyn
Interviewed Guest:
Philip Hensher
Director:
Sophie Bevan
Director:
Peter Bevan

Front Row

People of the Year 2014 - Part 1

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

John Wilson with guests including Carey Mulligan, John Cleese, Ed Sheeran, Gillian Anderson, Hilary Matel and Adrian Noble. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Carey Mulligan
Interviewed Guest:
Gillian Anderson
Interviewed Guest:
Ed Sheeran
Interviewed Guest:
Paolo Nutini
Interviewed Guest:
Hilary Mantel
Interviewed Guest:
Lionel Shriver
Interviewed Guest:
Kristin Scott Thomas
Interviewed Guest:
Helen McCrory
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Piper
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Cummins
Interviewed Guest:
Marina Abramovic
Interviewed Guest:
John Cleese
Interviewed Guest:
Adrian Noble

Front Row

John Cleese, Ed Sheeran, Tracey Emin

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

John Cleese on his memoir So Anyway, singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran discusses songwriting as revenge, and Tracey Emin on why she thinks motherhood and an art career are incompatible. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
John Cleese
Interviewed Guest:
Tracey Emin
Interviewed Guest:
Ed Sheeran