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Front Row

Marco Polo; Behind the scenes at Nutcracker; Manakamana; The Christmas Truce in art

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Tom Holland reviews Marco Polo on TV, behind the scenes at English National Ballet's Nutcracker, Manakamana reviewed, and the First World War's Christmas truce in art. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Tom Holland
Interviewed Guest:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Phil Porter
Interviewed Guest:
Emily Mayhew
Interviewed Guest:
Ryan Gilbey
Producer:
Craig Smith

Front Row

Welcome to New York; DBC Pierre, The Tallis Scholars

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Samira Ahmed talks to author DBC Pierre, reviews the film Welcome to New York starring Gerard Depardieu, and discusses the world premiere of John Tavener's Requiem Fragments.

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
DBC Pierre
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Phillips
Producer:
Craig Smith

Front Row

Two Days, One Night; Timothy West on being Barbirolli; Alan Warner; Ilan Volkov

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news. Razia Iqbal reviews Two Days, One Night, plus actor Timothy West on Sir John Barbirolli, Scottish novelist Alan Warner on his new novel, and classical Icelandic music. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Razia Iqbal
Interviewed Guest:
Timothy West
Interviewed Guest:
Alan Warner
Interviewed Guest:
Ilan Volkov
Interviewed Guest:
Hilary Finch
Producer:
Craig Smith

Front Row

Gilbert and George, Jonathan Harvey, Chichester Festival Theatre

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Artistic duo Gilbert and George on their new exhibition, Scapegoating Pictures, and why they think religion should be banned. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Gilbert Proesch
Interviewed Guest:
George Passmore
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Harvey
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Church
Interviewed Guest:
Steve Tompkins
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Lerner
Photographer:
Ben Westoby
Producer:
Craig Smith

Open Book

From Alice to Lyra - Philip Pullman on why Oxford is the home of children's literature

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

A special edition from Oxford, exploring why the city is often called the home of children's literature. With Philip Pullman, Katherine Rundell and publisher David Fickling. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Philip Pullman
Interviewed Guest:
Katherine Rundell
Interviewed Guest:
David Fickling
Producer:
Craig Smith

Gary: Tank Commander

Series 1

Episode 2: Green Gods

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland HD

Available for 8 months

Gary swaps the tank for a Green Goddess as the army covers a firefighters' strike. The boys prepare for their first fire and their people skills face the ultimate test. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Rab Christie
Director:
Iain Davidson
Gary McLintoch:
Greg McHugh
Julie Jackson:
Leah MacRae
Sergeant Thomson:
Stuart Bowman
Captain Fanshaw:
Miles Jupp
Fireman:
Craig Smith

Front Row

The Biblical Epic

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang presents a Good Friday special edition, looking at the history and current fascination with the biblical epic on film. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Darren Aronofsky
Interviewed Guest:
Roma Downey
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Stanford
Interviewed Guest:
Ali Jaafar
Interviewed Guest:
Alex von Tunzelmann
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Powell
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Palin
Producer:
Craig Smith

Free Thinking

Festival 2017

Episode 8: The Never-Ending Workday

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

A discussion in which Sathnam Sanghera, Judy Wajcman, Griselda Togobo and Robert Colvile explore the history of the workplace, from factory floor to hot desk to the gig economy. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Sathnam Sanghera
Interviewed Guest:
Judy Wajcman
Interviewed Guest:
Griselda Togobo
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Colvile
Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Producer:
Craig Smith

Free Thinking

American Power? Suzan-Lori Parks, Gary Younge, Abstract Expressionism

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Presented by Philip Dodd. With playwright Suzan-Lori Parks on her play exploring slavery and the American Civil War, Gary Younge on gun culture, and abstract expressionism. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Suzan-Lori Parks
Presenter:
Philip Dodd
Interviewed Guest:
Gary Younge
Interviewed Guest:
Frances Stonor Saunders
Interviewed Guest:
William Boyd
Producer:
Craig Smith

Free Thinking

Philip Hoare and Elizabeth Jane Burnett on wild swimming, Jake Arnott on Joe Orton

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Matthew Sweet talks to Philip Hoare and Elizabeth Jane Burnett about the poetic and literary power of the sea. Jake Arnott reassesses Joe Orton biopic Prick Up Your Ears. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Philip Hoare
Interviewed Guest:
Elizabeth-Jane Burnett
Interviewed Guest:
Jake Arnott
Producer:
Craig Smith

Free Thinking

Writing Love: Jonathan Dollimore, Heer Ranjha, Sappho

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Presented by Catherine Fletcher. With a discussion about the Punjabi Romeo and Juliet held at the 2017 Bradford Literary Festival and Jonathan Dollimore talking about his memoir. Show more

Free Thinking

Jewish history, jokes and contemporary identity. Michael Longley.

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Simon Schama and Devorah Baum join Philip Dodd to explore Jewish identity, past and present. Plus, Pinter prize winner Michael Longley considers preoccupations with The Great War. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Philip Dodd
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Schama
Interviewed Guest:
Devorah Baum
Producer:
Craig Smith

Free Thinking

Hull: A trip down memory lane

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Matthew Sweet visits the city where he grew up and explores Basil Kirchin's Hull sounds, Richard Bean's play about Hull during the Civil War and the re-opened Ferens Art Gallery. Show more

Free Thinking

Rodney Graham at Baltic, The Amber Collective

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Artist and musician Rodney Graham talks to Shahidha Bari about making music and art from film, video and photographs. Graeme Rigby describes documenting the north east of England. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Shahidha Bari
Interviewed Guest:
Rodney Graham
Interviewed Guest:
Graeme Rigby
Interviewed Guest:
Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen
Interviewed Guest:
Lucy Wood
Interviewed Guest:
Leyla Al-Sayad
Producer:
Craig Smith

Free Thinking

Cities and Safety

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Philip Dodd and guests reflect on safe cities past and present and discuss Joseph Conrad's terrorist novel The Secret Agent. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Philip Dodd
Interviewed Guest:
Adam Greenfield
Interviewed Guest:
Beatrix Campbell
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Fussey
Interviewed Guest:
Omar Khan
Interviewed Guest:
Jerry White
Producer:
Craig Smith

Free Thinking

Westerns, The Oscars

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Matthew Sweet is joined by Professor Christopher Frayling to discuss the revival of westerns and by Briony Hanson and Laurence Scott to consider the 2016 Oscar contenders. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Frayling
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Laurence Scott
Producer:
Craig Smith

Free Thinking

Stefan Zweig, Howard Jacobson, Michael Sandle

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Philip Dodd presents a programme for Holocaust Memorial Day. Howard Jacobson discusses reinventing Shylock and exploring anti-semitism and Karen Leeder talks about Stefan Zweig. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Philip Dodd
Producer:
Craig Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Howard Jacobson
Interviewed Guest:
Karen Leeder
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Sandle

Free Thinking

Jonathan Sacks, Milan Kundera Novel, Stephen Adly Guirgis Play

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

With Philip Dodd. Includes Lord Jonathan Sacks on confronting religious violence, a review of Milan Kundera's new novel and Stephen Adly Guirgis's new play at the National Theatre. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Sacks
Presenter:
Philip Dodd
Interviewed Guest:
Geoff Dyer
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Crompton
Producer:
Craig Smith

Free Thinking

Community, The Amber Collective, Poet Claudia Rankine

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Presented by Philip Dodd. With poet Claudia Rankine discussing her new book, plus a discussion about what we mean by the the idea of community. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Claudia Rankine
Presenter:
Philip Dodd
Interviewed Guest:
Toby Young
Interviewed Guest:
Tulip Siddiq
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Pullinger
Interviewed Guest:
Douglas Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Graeme Rigby
Producer:
Craig Smith

Free Thinking

Law, Language and Legal Aid. Gore Vidal v William F Buckley Jr

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Philip Dodd discusses law and language and Rebecca Lenkiewicz's play exploring legal aid reforms. Plus a film about US TV debates involving Gore Vidal and William F Buckley Jr. Show more