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Front Row

Armistead Maupin; Folio Prize shortlist; Her; Raphael Wallfisch

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

John Wilson talks to American writer Armistead Maupin about his new Tales of the City book; Lavinia Greenlaw on the Folio Prize shortlist; new film Her; cellist Raphael Wallfisch. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Armistead Maupin
Interviewed Guest:
Toby Litt
Interviewed Guest:
Lavinia Greenlaw
Interviewed Guest:
Raphael Wallfisch

Front Row

Under the Skin; Publicising books; Shetland; Karen Joy Fowler

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin reviewed; changing book publicity tactics discussed; the return of Shetland to the BBC; novelist Karen Joy Fowler on chimp manners. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Toby Litt
Interviewed Guest:
Cathy Rentzenbrink
Interviewed Guest:
Sara Lloyd
Interviewed Guest:
Karen Joy Fowler
Producer:
Ellie Bury

Free Thinking

Boyhood, Cory Arcangel, The Digital Age

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Presented by Matthew Sweet. With a review of the film Boyhood, artist Cory Arcangel on his book composed from tweets and a discussion on preparing for the 'digital age'. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Toby Litt
Interviewed Guest:
Cory Arcangel
Interviewed Guest:
Aleks Krotoski
Interviewed Guest:
Benjamin Southworth
Producer:
Georgia Catt
Editor:
Robyn Read

Free Thinking

Caravaggio, Bob Dylan, Dario Fo, Lenin's Train Journey

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Presented by Anne McElvoy. Including the Nobel Prize in Literature, the work of playwright Dario Fo, Caravaggio's art and historian Catherine Merridale on her book about Lenin. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Toby Litt
Interviewed Guest:
Anthony Wall
Interviewed Guest:
David Greig
Interviewed Guest:
Anders Lustgarten
Interviewed Guest:
Letizia Treves
Interviewed Guest:
Joe Moshenska
Interviewed Guest:
Catherine Merridale
Presenter:
Anne McElvoy
Producer:
Luke Mulhall