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Quote... Unquote

Dan Antopolski, Janet Ellis, Kirsty Lang & John Sergeant

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Nigel Rees's quotations quiz with Dan Antopolski, Janet Ellis, Kirsty Lang and John Sergeant. From October 2016. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Nigel Rees
Panellist:
Dan Antopolski
Panellist:
Janet Ellis
Panellist:
Kirsty Lang
Panellist:
John Sergeant
Producer:
Carl Cooper

Quote... Unquote

Dan Antopolski, Janet Ellis, Kirsty Lang and John Sergeant

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Nigel Rees hosts the quotation quiz with Dan Antopolski, Janet Ellis, Kirsty Lang and John Sergeant. From October 2016. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Nigel Rees
Panellist:
Dan Antopolski
Panellist:
Janet Ellis
Panellist:
Kirsty Lang
Panellist:
John Sergeant
Producer:
Carl Cooper

Front Row

Jessica Jones, Women's Prize for Fiction nominees, The Cherry Orchard, Redressing the gender balance in the music industry

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Jessica Jones reviewed by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Alex Clark looks at the nominees for the Women's Prize for Fiction, The Cherry Orchard and redressing the gender balance in music. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Rory Mullarkey
Interviewed Guest:
Jude Owusu
Interviewed Guest:
Marion Leonard
Interviewed Guest:
Melvin Benn
Producer:
Harry Parker

Front Row

Nancy Meyers, Jenny Erpenbeck, Literary modern classics, Turner Prize show

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Romcom director and writer Nancy Meyers; Jenny Erpenbeck on her new novel Go, Went, Gone; what makes a literary modern classic; the 2017 Turner Prize exhibition in Hull. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Nancy Meyers
Interviewed Guest:
Alison Hennessey
Interviewed Guest:
Suzi Feay
Interviewed Guest:
Jenny Erpenbeck
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Jones
Presenter:
Kirsty Lang

Front Row

The Trials of Jimmy Rose, Cerys Matthews and Timberlake Wertenbaker, Zambezi News, Miss Julie

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang speaks to Cerys Matthews and Timberlake Wertenbaker about Our Country's Good and to Zimbabwean comedy duo Zambezi News about their work. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Timberlake Wertenbaker
Interviewed Guest:
Cerys Matthews
Interviewed Guest:
Jake Kerridge
Interviewed Guest:
Comrade Fatso
Interviewed Guest:
undefined Outspoken
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Robey

Front Row

Jojo Moyes, Prime Suspect 1973, Independent bookstores, Swan Lake in Hull

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

It took ten years and nine novels before Jojo Moyes found success; how Prime Suspect's Tennison became such a formidable character; fancy being a cygnet in Hull? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Producer:
Angie Nehring
Interviewed Guest:
Jojo Moyes
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Rosamund De La Hay
Interviewed Guest:
Kevin O'Hare

Front Row

Jake Gyllenhaal, Pauline Black, Christopher Wheeldon and the business of musicals

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal on his sci-fi movie Life and singing on Broadway, Pauline Black on One Love: The Bob Marley Musical, and the business of bringing a musical to the stage. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Jake Gyllenhaal
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Wheeldon
Interviewed Guest:
Jamie Hendry
Interviewed Guest:
Zoe Simpson
Interviewed Guest:
Pauline Black
Presenter:
Kirsty Lang

Front Row

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Rack Pack, Elizabeth

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Leonardo DiCaprio talks to Kirsty Lang about The Revenant, and choreographer Will Tucket and playwright Alasdair Middleton discusses dance drama Elizabeth. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Interviewed Guest:
Alyson Rudd
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Collins
Interviewed Guest:
Cathy Rentzenbrink
Interviewed Guest:
Will Tuckett
Interviewed Guest:
Alasdair Middleton

Front Row

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

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: 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

Front Row

50 Shades of Grey; Bob Odenkirk; Fireworks

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang meets Bob Odenkirk, star of Breaking Bad spin-off series Better Call Saul. Plus a review of the film 50 Shades of Grey and a discussion on Palestinian play Fireworks. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Bob Odenkirk
Interviewed Guest:
Rowan Pelling
Interviewed Guest:
Dalia Tala
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Twyman

Woman's Hour

Best of the best women's fiction, Autism and puberty, Civil partnership amendment, Living with grief

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang discusses The Road Home by Rose Tremain. Jane Garvey presents. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Rebecca Steinfeld
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Wintemute
Interviewed Guest:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Reynolds
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Bailey

Front Row

Harper Lee remembered, The Night Manager, Simon Armitage, Zelda

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news with Kirsty Lang. Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman, is remembered by Elaine Showalter and Christopher Bigsby. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Elaine Showalter
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Bigsby
Interviewed Guest:
Susanne Bier
Interviewed Guest:
David Farr
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Hunter
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Armitage
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Alderman
Producer:
Angie Nehring

Front Row

Front Row 20th Anniversary

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Liz Carr, Bob Geldof, Lionel Shriver and Testament each make a case for the most significant artwork created during Front Row's first two decades on air. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Liz Carr
Interviewed Guest:
Bob Geldof
Interviewed Guest:
Lionel Shriver
Interviewed Guest:
Testament
Interviewed Guest:
Neil MacGregor
Interviewed Guest:
Rae Morris
Interviewed Guest:
Caleb Femi
Interviewed Guest:
Liv Little
Interviewed Guest:
Mary Beard
Performer:
Kate Fox
Performer:
Rae Morris
Producer:
Hannah Robins

Front Row

Claire Foy, Bryan Hymel, Film Heritage

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Claire Foy on the line between fact and fiction as she plays the Queen. Top C tenor Bryan Hymel sings. And how we can pass our film heritage on to a generation bemused by choice. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Claire Foy
Interviewed Guest:
Bryan Hymel
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Interviewed Guest:
Rosie Fletcher
Performer:
Bryan Hymel
Producer:
Julian May

Front Row

The Founder, Neil Jordan, See Me Now, Luke Jerram's Treasured City

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Screenwriter Neil Jordan on his latest novel. A new play performed by sex workers. Innovative artist Luke Jerram's latest project. And Robert Siegel, writer of The Founder. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Neil Jordan
Interviewed Guest:
Molly Taylor
Interviewed Guest:
Luke Jerram
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Siegel
Presenter:
Kirsty Lang

Front Row

David Gilmour, An Inspector Calls, La Famille Bélier, Future Conditional

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang meets up with Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and his wife, novelist Polly Samson. Plus the latest adpatation of An Inspector Calls and the French movie La Famille Bélier. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Dave Gilmour
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Samson
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Interviewed Guest:
William Mager
Interviewed Guest:
Matthew Warchus
Interviewed Guest:
Tamsin Oglesby

Front Row

Tom Jones and Jennifer Hudson on The Voice, Art galleries on screen

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Tom Jones and Jennifer Hudson on The Voice, modern art galleries in film and words from TV and film that are now commonly used in everyday language. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Jennifer Hudson
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Jacky Klein
Interviewed Guest:
Susie Dent

Front Row

Man Booker Prize longlist, Death of a Gentleman, Game of Thrones aesthetics

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang discusses the Man Booker Prize longlist with chair of judges Michael Wood. Plus cricket documentary Death of a Gentleman, and the aesthetics TV series Game of Thrones. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Wood
Interviewed Guest:
Kamila Shamsie
Interviewed Guest:
Gemma Jackson
Interviewed Guest:
Michele Clapton
Interviewed Guest:
Leslie Felperin
Producer:
Jack Soper

Front Row

Noah Baumbach, Playwright Helen Edmundson, Spanish thriller Marshland

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including screenwriter Noah Baumbach on Mistress America, playwright Helen Edmundson on The Heresy of Love and a review of Spanish thriller Marshland. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Noah Baumbach
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Edmundson
Interviewed Guest:
Ryan Gilbey
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Bigsby

Front Row

Downton Abbey, Karl Jenkins, The armoury at the RSC

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang with a review of the final series of Downton Abbey, musician Karl Jenkins, armour on stage at the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Short Story Awards. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
Karl Jenkins
Interviewed Guest:
Alan Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Hassell
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Buckley