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The Film Programme

John Ridley on 12 Years a Slave

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Francine Stock talks to John Ridley, screenwriter of 12 Years a Slave. Critic Jonathan Romney on the work of Jim Jarmusch, and the enduring appeal of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest:
John Ridley
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Romney
Interviewed Guest:
Maria Djurkovic
Interviewed Guest:
Kim Newman
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Jack
Interviewed Guest:
Julia Wilson-Dickson
Producer:
Fiona Couper

The Film Programme

Teenagers on Film

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Francine Stock explores the spirit of the teenager on film through the decades, with Kim Newman, Pamela Hutchinson, Hadley Freeman and Charlie Lyne. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest:
Kim Newman
Interviewed Guest:
Pamela Hutchinson
Interviewed Guest:
Hadley Freeman
Interviewed Guest:
Charlie Lyne
Producer:
Elaine Lester
Producer:
Jane Long

The Film Programme

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari; Gruff Rhys; Richard Attenborough

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Francine Stock unlocks The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Gruff Rhys on his quest to find a lost tribe of Welsh-speaking Native Americans, and Richard Attenborough's philosophy of film. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest:
Kim Newman
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Byrne
Interviewed Guest:
Maria Djurkovic
Interviewed Guest:
Gruff Rhys
Interviewed Guest:
Ivan Sen

Last Word

Baroness Heyhoe Flint, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Una Kroll, William Peter Blatty, Sir James Mancham

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister on cricketer Baroness Heyhoe Flint, Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, campaigner Una Kroll, writer William Peter Blatty. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Neil George
Interviewed Guest:
Barbara Daniels
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Rice
Interviewed Guest:
Kasra Naji
Interviewed Guest:
Linda Hurcomb
Interviewed Guest:
Susan Dowell
Interviewed Guest:
Kim Newman
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Ecott

Front Row

Li Cunxin, Playing William Shakespeare, How art responded to the atomic bomb

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Former ballet star Li Cunxin on growing up in Mao's China, the art of playing William Shakespeare and how popular culture has responded to the atomic bomb. With Samira Ahmed. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Li Cunxin
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Guerrier
Interviewed Guest:
Kim Newman
Interviewed Guest:
Jon Savage
Interviewed Guest:
Gareth Somers

Front Row

Winona Ryder in Stranger Things, Jan Ravens on impersonating Theresa May, Alice Oswald, James Kelman

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Stranger Things starring Winona Ryder reviewed, poet Alice Oswald on Falling Awake, James Kelman on his new novel Dirt Road, and actor Jan Ravens on impersonating Theresa May. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Kim Newman
Interviewed Guest:
Jan Ravens
Interviewed Guest:
Alice Oswald
Interviewed Guest:
James Kelman
Interviewed Guest:
Wole Soyinka

Front Row

Maxine Peake and Sarah Frankcom, Mike Bullen on Cold Feet, Neon art, Star Trek at 50

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Maxine Peake and Sarah Frankcom on their approach to A Streetcar Named Desire, Mike Bullen on reviving Cold Feet, neon art at the Grundy Art Gallery, Star Trek at 50. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Producer:
Ekene Akalawu
Interviewed Guest:
Maxine Peake
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Frankcom
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Parry
Interviewed Guest:
Vanessa Toulmin
Interviewed Guest:
Mike Bullen
Interviewed Guest:
Kim Newman

Front Row

Ben Kingsley, Casey Nicholaw, RA Summer Exhibition, Outcast

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Ben Kingsley discusses Learning to Drive, Casey Nicholaw on directing Aladdin on stage, artist Richard Wilson on curating the RA Summer Exhibition, and a review of Outcast. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Ben Kingsley
Interviewed Guest:
Casey Nicholaw
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Kim Newman
Presenter:
Samira Ahmed

Front Row

Rosemary's Baby at 50, scary movies, James Joyce's daughter Lucia

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Film critic Kim Newman explores the impact of Polanski's chiller Rosemary's Baby. Plus the troubled life of James Joyce's daughter Lucia. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Kim Newman
Interviewed Guest:
Olivia Howe
Interviewed Guest:
Anna Bogutskaya
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Pheby
Interviewed Guest:
Deirdre Mulrooney
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn

Front Row

Horror on film; Crime writer Kathy Reichs; Actors who become artistic directors; LGBT youtuber Ben Hunte's Queer Icon

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Horror in film, crime writer Kathy Reichs introduces her new protagonist, the tradition of actors becoming artistic directors and LGBT YouTuber Ben Hunte's queer icon. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Producer:
Marilyn Rust
Interviewed Guest:
Kim Newman
Interviewed Guest:
Isabel Stevens
Interviewed Guest:
Kathy Reichs
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Hastie
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Hunte

Front Row

Playing Iago; Bridget Riley; Stephen Witt; Christopher Lee and Ron Moody remembered; Soweto Kinch on Ornette Coleman

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news with John Wilson. Hugh Quarshie and Lucian Msamati on playing Othello and Iago, and Christopher Lee, Ron Moody and Ornette Coleman remembered. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Lucian Msamati
Interviewed Guest:
Hugh Quarshie
Interviewed Guest:
Iqbal Khan
Interviewed Guest:
Tony Robinson
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Cork
Interviewed Guest:
Kim Newman
Interviewed Guest:
Soweto Kinch
Producer:
Ellie Bury