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The Film Programme

Mary Magdalene, The Square, Raiders of the Lost Archaeologist

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Presented by Francine Stock. Garth Davis on Mary Magdalene, Ruben Ostlund on The Square and archaeologist Paul Duncan McGarrity excavates the history of cinematic tomb raiders. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest:
Garth Davis
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Duncan McGarrity
Interviewed Guest:
Ruben Ostlund
Interviewed Guest:
Catherine Bray
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson

The Film Programme

Battle of the Sexes

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Simon Beaufoy talks about The Battle of the Sexes and why it was not love all between tennis players Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. Plus how Alien changed the sound of sci-fi. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Beaufoy
Interviewed Guest:
Neil Brand
Interviewed Guest:
Sandra Hebron
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson

The Film Programme

Aaron Sorkin

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 West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin about his directorial debut Molly's Game. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest:
Aaron Sorkin
Interviewed Guest:
Neil Brand
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Scott Jordan Harris

Saturday Review

Girl From the North Country, The Big Sick, Stamped From the Beginning, Walker Gallery Liverpool, Top of the Lake

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Girl From the North Country; the songs of Bob Dylan, romcom The Big Sick, the history of racist ideas in America, Coming Out at Walker Gallery Liverpool, Top of the Lake returns. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Churchwell
Interviewed Guest:
Kerry Shale
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Producer:
Oliver Jones

The Film Programme

Jacques Cousteau and Cinema

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Antonia Quirke talks to Lambert Wilson, the star of a new biopic of Jacques Cousteau, The Odyssey, and finds out how Cousteau revolutionised cinema technology. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Antonia Quirke
Interviewed Guest:
Lambert Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Ecott
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Dyer
Interviewed Guest:
Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

Front Row

The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Kathy Reichs, Stage business, Amazon Prime

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Coming-of-age drama The Diary of a Teenage Girl reviewed; an interview with novelist Kathy Reichs; investigating the art of stage business; how Amazon Prime is changing television. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Kathy Reichs
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Wight
Interviewed Guest:
Edward Kemp
Interviewed Guest:
Graham Michael
Interviewed Guest:
Carey Mulligan
Interviewed Guest:
Peter White
Producer:
Ellie Bury

Front Row

Loudon Wainwright III, Guardians of the Galaxy, Japanese fiction

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including musician Loudon Wainwright III, Japanese fiction and the new Haruki Murakami novel, and Guardians of the Galaxy reviewed. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Loudon III
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Snyder
Interviewed Guest:
Steven Poole
Interviewed Guest:
David Anderson
Interviewed Guest:
David Mackintosh

Front Row

Daniel Radcliffe in Horns; Edwyn Collins

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, including Daniel Radcliffe reviewed in Horns, Edwyn Collins on the documentary about his recovery from strokes, and Stephen Daldry on his film Trash. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Edwyn Collins
Interviewed Guest:
Grace Collins
Interviewed Guest:
Edward Lovelace
Interviewed Guest:
James Hall
Interviewed Guest:
Thomas Ades
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Daldry

Front Row

Hull Blade, Manchester By the Sea, John Lockwood Kipling, Francis Spufford

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Samira Ahmed on The Blade, a major artwork installed in the heart of Hull as part of UK City of Culture 2017. Plus a review of the film Manchester By the Sea. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Francis Spufford
Presenter:
Samira Ahmed

Front Row

Ted Hughes biography, Frank Auerbach, Suffragette, Beasts of No Nation

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news, including Jonathan Bate on his biography of Ted Hughes, a review of Frank Auerbach, director of film Suffragette Sarah Gavron and a review of Beasts of No Nation. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Bate
Interviewed Guest:
Sue Hubbard
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Gavron
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson

Front Row

Veronica Mars; Kickstarter; Vivienne Franzmann; Andres Neuman; Fake bands

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, including Veronica Mars reviewed, the changing face of crowdfunding, and Vivienne Franzmann on her new play set in a prison. With Kirsty Lang. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Yancey Strickler
Interviewed Guest:
Vivienne Franzmann
Interviewed Guest:
Andres Neuman

Front Row

Noah; Rachel Seiffert; Royal Opera House season launch; Phyllida Barlow

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 with John Wilson, including a review of Noah, author Rachel Seiffert, artist Phyllida Barlow and the launch of the new Royal Opera House season. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Rachel Seiffert
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Beard
Interviewed Guest:
Phyllida Barlow

Front Row

Alan Ayckbourn, Men and Chicken, Peter Robinson

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. Samira Ahmed talks to Alan Ayckbourn about his experimental new work for the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, The Karaoke Theatre Company. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Alan Ayckbourn
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Robinson

Front Row

Jessie Burton, Stanley Spencer exhibition, York Art Gallery, From Afar

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Jessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist, on her new novel, a new show celebrating the work of painter Stanley Spencer, the York Art Gallery and a review of Spanish film From Afar. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Jessie Burton
Interviewed Guest:
Eleanor Clayton
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson

Front Row

Secret in Their Eyes, Katie Mitchell, AB Yehoshua, Stutterer

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Katie Mitchell directs Sarah Kane's Cleansed, Secret In Their Eyes reviewed, AB Yehoshua's latest novel, and Ben Cleary on his Oscar-nominated short film Stutterer. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Katie Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Benjamin Cleary
Interviewed Guest:
Abraham B Yehoshua

Front Row

Ex Machina, Jamie Lloyd, Max Brooks and Emma Healey

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

A review of Ex Machina, theatre director Jamie Lloyd on The Ruling Class, Max Brooks on his graphic novel The Harlem Hellfighters and Costa First Novel winner Emma Healey. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Jamie Lloyd
Interviewed Guest:
Max Brooks
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Healey
Producer:
Dixi Stewart

Front Row

Downsizing, filming sex scenes and a satire on ceramics

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Matt Damon's new film Downsizing reviewed, choreographing sex scenes in the #MeToo era. Plus a history of political and satirical prints transferred onto British ceramics. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Ita O'Brien
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Carey
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Rowson
Interviewed Guest:
Patricia Ferguson
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn

Front Row

Cyrano, Víkingur Ólafsson plays Philip Glass, Toni Erdmann

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Deborah McAndrew adapts Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac for Northern Broadsides, pianist VIkingur Olafsson plays Philip Glass' Etudes, Briony Hanson on film Toni Erdmann. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Producer:
Angie Nehring
Interviewed Guest:
Deborah McAndrew
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Clare Binns
Interviewed Guest:
Víkingur Ólafsson

Front Row

Inua Ellams on Barber Shop Chronicles, Battle of the Sexes, Charles Causley, Godless

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Inua Ellams on his play Barber Shop Chronicles. Reviews of TV drama Godless and tennis film Battle of the Sexes. Plus an exploration of the work of Cornish poet Charles Causley. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Inua Ellams
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Eccleston
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Cahal Dallat
Interviewed Guest:
Rory Waterman
Interviewed Guest:
Jim Causley

Front Row

I, Tonya; Robin Cousins on the art of ice skating; Jess Kidd

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 biopic I, Tonya, Robin Cousins in discussion on how much ice skating is an art or a sport, novelist Jess Kidd on The Hoarder and two new BBC African services. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Robin Cousins
Interviewed Guest:
Debra Craine
Interviewed Guest:
Jess Kidd