David Olusoga examines fifty years of BBC documentary archives to try and discover why dictators can have such a powerful appeal and asks if our fascination has fed their power. Show more
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The Film Programme
Kevin Spacey, Fruitvale Station, green film-making, bio-pics
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Kevin Spacey; Ryan Coogler, the director of the award-winning Fruitvale Station; how the film industry is going green; a short of history of the movie star bio-pic. Show more
The Film Programme
Nick Broomfield on Whitney Houston
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Cinema magazine programme. Francine Stock reports from the Sheffield Documentary Festival, where Nick Broomfield is premiering Whitney: Can I Be Me? Show more
Front Row
The Biblical Epic
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Kirsty Lang presents a Good Friday special edition, looking at the history and current fascination with the biblical epic on film. Show more
Free Thinking
Churchill, Pocahontas, The Idiot
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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With Alex von Tunzelmann on writing the new film Churchill. Plus the Ministry of Information, the legacy of Pocahontas and Elif Batuman on the Turkish language and Dostoevsky. Show more