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Modern fairytales with Joanne Harris and Jonathan Coe; Call Me by Your Name; Catalonian culture

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Writers Joanne Harris and Jonathan Coe discuss their latest work and film director Luca Guadagnino talks about Call Me by Your Name. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Joanne Harris
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Coe
Interviewed Guest:
Luca Guadagnino
Interviewed Guest:
Maria Delgado
Interviewed Guest:
Monserrat Roig de Puig
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

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Grandma, Val Wood, Theatrical wigs, Best stand-up comedy DVDs

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 a review of new comedy Grandma, Val Wood on her fascination with her home city of Hull and a pick of the best stand-up comedy DVDs of 2015. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Catherine Bray
Interviewed Guest:
Val Wood
Interviewed Guest:
Giuseppe Cannas
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Armstrong
Producer:
Angie Nehring

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Der Rosenkavalier, Adventures in Moominland, Peter Mullan in Quarry

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Moomins creator Tove Jansson remembered by her niece Sophia, the challenges of performing Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier at the ROH, and Stephen Armstrong reviews TV drama Quarry. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Renee Fleming
Interviewed Guest:
Alice Coote
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Armstrong
Interviewed Guest:
Sophia Jansson
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Denton
Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Producer:
Angie Nehring

Front Row

Composer Alma Deutscher, Bake Off's return, Controversial statues, Last Days of June

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Twelve-year-old composer, pianist and violinist Alma Deutscher tells Kirsty Lang about her new piano concerto and opera Cinderella. Plus a review of the game Last Days of June. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Alma Deutscher
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Armstrong
Interviewed Guest:
Lucy Mangan
Interviewed Guest:
Jordan Erica Webber
Interviewed Guest:
Afua Hirsch
Interviewed Guest:
Griselda Pollack
Presenter:
Kirsty Lang

Front Row

BSO Resound at the Proms, Edinburgh Comedy Awards shortlist, Creativity and the brain, Melissa Harrison

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

James Rose, founder of the BSO's Resound, on their Proms debut, the Edinburgh Comedy Awards shortlist, Paul Howard Jones on the brain, and Melissa Harrison on her new novel. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Armstrong
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Howard-Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Melissa Harrison

Front Row

T2 Trainspotting, Bruntwood Prize, Agnes Ravatn

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Irvine Welsh and John Hodge on the sequel to Trainspotting; analysing the craft of the playwright; Agnes Ravatn on her thriller The Bird Tribunal, poems mourning the loss of trees. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Irvine Welsh
Interviewed Guest:
John Hodge
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Frankcom
Interviewed Guest:
Tanika Gupta
Interviewed Guest:
Agnes Ravatn
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Bate
Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Producer:
Angie Nehring

Front Row

Alan Bennett and Nicholas Hytner, Diversity in children's fiction, Yves Klein at Blenheim Place

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Alan Bennett and director Nicholas Hytner discuss new play Allelujah!, set in a geriatric ward of a Yorkshire hospital. Plus an exhibition of Yves Klein at Bleinheim Palace. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Alan Bennett
Interviewed Guest:
Nicholas Hytner
Interviewed Guest:
Louisa Buck
Interviewed Guest:
Farrah Serroukh
Interviewed Guest:
Patrice Lawrence
Producer:
Hannah Robins

Front Row

Rory Kinnear, Nell Leyshon, She's Funny That Way

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news, including Nell Leyshon on her novel Memoirs of a Dipper, Rory Kinnear on Kafka's The Trial and Peter Bogdanovich's comedy She's Funny That Way. With Kirsty Lang. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Rory Kinnear
Interviewed Guest:
Angie Errigo
Interviewed Guest:
Nell Leyshon
Interviewed Guest:
Shahidha Bari

Front Row

The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Kathy Reichs, Stage business, Amazon Prime

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Coming-of-age drama The Diary of a Teenage Girl reviewed; an interview with novelist Kathy Reichs; investigating the art of stage business; how Amazon Prime is changing television. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Kathy Reichs
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Wight
Interviewed Guest:
Edward Kemp
Interviewed Guest:
Graham Michael
Interviewed Guest:
Carey Mulligan
Interviewed Guest:
Peter White
Producer:
Ellie Bury

Front Row

Establishing a national theatre, Comedy about mental health, Edinburgh flyering tips

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 rap inspired by William Blake's poetry, establishing a national theatre, and how performers are addressing mental health in their shows. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
John McGrath
Interviewed Guest:
Laurie Sansom
Interviewed Guest:
Brigitte Aphrodite
Interviewed Guest:
Bryony Kimmings
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Grayburn
Interviewed Guest:
Jessica Williams
Interviewed Guest:
Testament

Front Row

Anthony Horowitz, Danielle de Niese, This Is England, Antony Gormley

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 Anthony Horowitz on his new Bond novel Trigger Mortis and soprano Danielle de Niese on appearing at the Last Night of the Proms. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Anthony Horowitz
Interviewed Guest:
Danielle de Niese
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Collins
Interviewed Guest:
Antony Gormley
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn

Front Row

Margaret Atwood, Emily Blunt, You, Me and the Apocalypse, Reading Europe

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 Margaret Atwood on her new novel, Emily Blunt on playing an FBI agent, TV satire You, Me and the Apocalypse, and German author Sascha Arango. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Margaret Atwood
Interviewed Guest:
Emily Blunt
Interviewed Guest:
Natalie Haynes
Interviewed Guest:
Sascha Arango

Front Row

Nicholas Hytner, Peep Show, Winner of the Goldsmiths Prize, Waste review

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 director Nicholas Hytner on The Lady in the Van, David Mitchell and Robert Webb on Peep Show and the winner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2015. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Nicholas Hytner
Interviewed Guest:
Sam Marlowe
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Rosen
Interviewed Guest:
David Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Webb

Front Row

Tom Rob Smith, Modern Scottish Women: Painters and Sculptors, Kevin Barry

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 Tom Rob Smith on his TV thriller London Spy and a look at the Modern Scottish Women: Painters and Sculptors exhibition. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Rob Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Kevin Barry
Interviewed Guest:
Jan Patience
Interviewed Guest:
Neve McIntosh

Front Row

Cate Blanchett, Enya, Bruntwood Prize winner

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 Cate Blanchett on her new film Carol, Enya on her new album Dark Sky Island and Katherine Soper, Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting winner. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Cate Blanchett
Interviewed Guest:
Enya
Interviewed Guest:
Katherine Soper

Front Row

Elisabeth Frink, Quentin Letts, Lloyd Dorfman

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang on the sculptures of Dame Elisabeth Frink, Ticketmaster's Chris Edmonds on touts, and Quentin Letts talks about his first novel. Plus arts philanthropist Lloyd Dorfman. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Annette Ratuszniak
Interviewed Guest:
Lin Jammet
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Edmonds
Interviewed Guest:
Quentin Letts
Interviewed Guest:
Lloyd Dorfman

Front Row

Queen Anne, John Napier, Google Cultural Institute, Sunset Song

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 Kate Williams reviewing Queen Anne at the RSC, stage designer John Napier, Google Cultural Institute and a review of Sunset Song. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Williams
Interviewed Guest:
John Napier
Interviewed Guest:
Hannah McGill
Interviewed Guest:
Oliver Franklin-Wallis
Interviewed Guest:
Crystal Mahey-Morgan
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn

Front Row

A Very Murray Christmas, Conductor Xian Zhang, Macbeth at Young Vic, Big Bang show

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. Jason Solomons reviews A Very Murray Christmas, and Xian Zhang talks about becoming guest conductor of BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons
Interviewed Guest:
Xian Zhang
Interviewed Guest:
Carrie Cracknell
Interviewed Guest:
Lucy Guerin
Producer:
Elaine Lester

Front Row

Emma Donoghue on Room, Grey Gardens, Andrew Michael Hurley, Occupied

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Emma Donoghue talks to Kirsty Lang about adapting her novel Room into a Bafta-nominated film. Plus Costa winner Andrew Michael Hurley discusses his first novel The Loney. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Donoghue
Interviewed Guest:
Matt Wolf
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Hurley
Interviewed Guest:
Bridget Kendall

Front Row

Carsten Holler's Orbit slide, Emma Rice, Jupiter Artland

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Carsten Holler on his new slide for Anish Kapoor's Olympic Orbit sculpture; director Emma Rice on putting Marc Chagall on stage; Jupiter Artland, shortlisted for Museum of the Year. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Carsten Holler
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Rice
Interviewed Guest:
Daniel Jamieson
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Nicky Wilson