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Javier Marias on Thus Bad Begins

BBC Radio 4

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 award-winning Spanish novelist Javier Marias, whose latest book, Thus Bad Begins, is an intimate portrait of a marriage. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Javier Marias
Interviewed Guest:
Tash Aw
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Abani
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Dillon
Source: BBC Online

Front Row

Johnny Vegas, Alan Howard remembered, novelist Javier Marías, Julianne Moore looks ahead to the Oscars

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Including Johnny Vegas on going from potter to comic, former RSC artistic director Terry Hands remembers Alan Howard, novelist Javier Marias, and Julianne Moore talks about Oscars. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Ellie Bury
Interviewed Guest:
Johnny Vegas
Interviewed Guest:
Ken MacLeod
Interviewed Guest:
Javier Marias
Interviewed Guest:
Julianne Moore
Interviewed Guest:
Mat Kirkby
Interviewed Guest:
Terry Hands
Source: BBC Online

Free Thinking

Javier Marias, Cervantes's Influence, Spanish Culture and Politics

BBC Radio 3

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Javier Marias talks to Philip Dodd about his latest novel Thus Bad Begins, which depicts love and deception. Plus a discussion about Spanish politics and the writing of Cervantes. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Philip Dodd
Interviewed Guest:
Javier Marias
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Okri
Interviewed Guest:
Sirio Canos Donnay
Interviewed Guest:
Jimmy Burns
Source: BBC Online