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Open Book

John Boyne, Mrs Gaskell revisited, Mutism in fiction

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 9^th Sep 2018, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 13^th Sep 2018, 15:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

John Boyne talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel A Ladder to the Sky, a satirical look at the literary world. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Mariella Frostrup
Interviewed Guest:: John Boyne
Interviewed Guest:: Nell Stevens
Interviewed Guest:: Catherine Chanter
Interviewed Guest:: Peter F Hamilton

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Source: BBC Online

Short Works

Series 1

Mind How You Go

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 11^th Aug 2017, 15:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sun 13^th Aug 2017, 00:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

By John Boyne. An Irish man looks back on his younger days working in London and the prejudice he faced due to his sexuality and status as an immigrant. Read by Peter McDonald. Show more

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Writer:: John Boyne
Reader:: Peter McDonald
Producer:: Michael Shannon

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Drama

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Short Works: Series 1

Source: BBC Online

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

Audio described

First broadcast: Tue 30^th Aug 2011, 21:00 on BBC HDLatest broadcast: Wed 8^th Mar 2023, 23:20 on BBC Two Wales

Available for years

The tale of an unlikely friendship between Bruno (Asa Butterfield), the son of a Nazi commandant, and Shmuel (Jack Scanlon), a Jewish boy held captive in a concentration camp. Show more

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Bruno:: Asa Butterfield
Shmuel:: Jack Scanlon
Father:: David Thewlis
Elsa:: Vera Farmiga
Gretel:: Amber Beattie
Grandpa:: Richard Johnson
Grandma:: Sheila Hancock
Pavel:: David Hayman
Lieutenant Kotler:: Rupert Friend
Maria:: Cara Horgan
Leon:: Zac Mattoon O'Brien
Martin:: Domonkos Nemeth
Karl:: Henry Kingsmill
Director:: Mark Herman
Producer:: David Heyman
Executive Producer:: Christine Langan
Writer:: Mark Herman
Author:: John Boyne

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Source: BBC Online

Front Row

Artist Keith Tyson, dark comedy Prevenge, novelist John Boyne, Shostakovich Symphony No 12

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 9^th Feb 2017, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 9^th Feb 2017, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Alice Lowe in Prevenge; John Boyne's novel The Heart's Invisible Furies; Turner prize-winner Keith Tyson on his new exhibition; Vasily Petrenko on the Russian Revolution at 100. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:: Meryl O'Rourke
Interviewed Guest:: John Boyne
Interviewed Guest:: Keith Tyson
Interviewed Guest:: Vasily Petrenko
Interviewed Guest:: Raymond Briggs
Producer:: Jack Soper

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FactualArts, Culture & the Media

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Source: BBC Online

Front Row

Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz, Irish Women Writers, Vaseem Khan

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 7^th Feb 2018, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 7^th Feb 2018, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news, interviews and reviews. Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz on their new film The Mercy, the true story of an amateur sailor's attempt to sail around the world. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:: Colin Firth
Interviewed Guest:: Rachel Weisz
Interviewed Guest:: Vaseem Khan
Interviewed Guest:: Mary O'Donnell
Interviewed Guest:: Rosemary Jenkinson
Interviewed Guest:: John Boyne
Producer:: Timothy Prosser

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Source: BBC Online

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