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Open Book

Sports Writing

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

News and features from the world of books. In a special edition, Mariella Frostrup stands on the touchline to celebrate the very best writing about sport. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Philip Kerr
Interviewed Guest:
Brian Moore
Interviewed Guest:
John Gaustad
Interviewed Guest:
Diane Roberts

Saturday Review

Tim Winton's Eyrie, Kenneth Clark at Tate Britain, Heli, Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Tim Winton's new novel Eyrie, Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be at Theatre Royal Stratford East, Kenneth Clark at Tate Britain, Nick Frost in Mr Sloane, and Mexican film Heli. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Coles
Interviewed Guest:
Diane Roberts
Interviewed Guest:
Judith Mackrell
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Holland
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Open Book

Reader's Guide to Milan Kundera

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Mariella Frostrup talks to Benjamin Markovits about his novel You Don't Have to Live Like This, set in Detroit. Plus discussion on Milan Kundera, Mario Vargas Llosa and Harper Lee. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Benjamin Markovits
Interviewed Guest:
Elena Lappin
Interviewed Guest:
Alan Samson
Interviewed Guest:
Diane Roberts

Front Row

03/02/2015

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Samira Ahmed with Diane Roberts on Harper Lee's new novel, William Nicholson on his latest book, Australian film The Turning reviewed, artist Marlene Dumas on her show at the Tate. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Diane Roberts
Interviewed Guest:
William Nicholson
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Fitzgerald
Interviewed Guest:
Marlene Dumas
Producer:
Dixi Stewart

Front Row

King Lear, Tom Wolfe remembered, Deadpool 2, Royal Academy at 250

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Richard Eyre on his new TV production of King Lear. Plus a tribute to Tom Wolfe and, as the Royal Academy of Arts turns 250, what does it mean to be a Royal Academician? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Diane Roberts
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Eyre
Interviewed Guest:
Rhianna Dhillon
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Le Brun
Interviewed Guest:
Rebecca Salter
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn