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Drama on 3

Britten 100: Billy Budd - These Buttons We Wear

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

For Radio 3's Britten centenary celebration, Keith Dewhurst's retelling of the story of Billy Budd, interwoven with the story of the author who came to write it: Herman Melville. Show more

Contributors

Herman Melville:
Gerard Murphy
Eleanor Melville:
Monica Dolan
Long Ghost/Captain Vere:
Robert Portal
Guert Gansevoort/John Claggart:
David Westhead
Bill Budd:
Mark Quartley
Young Eleanor:
Caitlin Welch
Liverpool/The Dansker:
Simon Greenall
Salem/The Stranger:
Nathan Osgood
Consul WIlson/Captain Graveling:
Pip Donaghy
Dr Johnstone/Lieutenant Ratcliffe:
Robert Hastie
Rope Yarn/Donald:
John Tams

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Start the Week

Mohsin Hamid on leaving home

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Wark discusses migration and expanding borders with novelist Mohsin Hamid, lawyer Carol Bohmer, theatre director Robert Hastie and former Portuguese minister Bruno Macaes. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Wark
Interviewed Guest:
Mohsin Hamid
Interviewed Guest:
Carol Bohmer
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Hastie
Interviewed Guest:
Bruno Macaes
Producer:
Katy Hickman

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

Ready Player One, Church Ministers for the Arts, Mental Institutions in Film, The York Realist

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg's return to the sci-fi genre, is reviewed and Robert Hastie talks about The York Realist, a gay love story set in 1960s Yorkshire. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Julia Hardy
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Hastie
Interviewed Guest:
Matt Thorne
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

Drama on 3

Tartuffe

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

A Liverpool Playhouse production of Roger McGough's version of Moliere's comedy. With John Ramm, Joseph Alessi, Simon Coates, Rebecca Lacey and Eithne Brown. Show more

Contributors

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