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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

Art on the BBC

Series 1

The Many Faces of Picasso

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Picasso is known as the godfather of modern art. Art historian David Dibosa explores six decades of BBC archive to discover how television has influenced our understanding of him. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Dibosa
Interviewed Guest:
Louisa Buck
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Jaffray
Interviewed Guest:
Gijs van Hensbergen
Production Manager:
Judy Wilson
Executive Producer:
Ed Stobart
Executive Producer:
Emma Parkins
Director:
David Starkey

Front Row

Alan Rickman, Sonia Delaunay, Punchdrunk Theatre, Anne Frank

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Alan Rickman on directing A Little Chaos, plus the art of Sonia Delaunay at Tate Modern, Punchdrunk Theatre at the National Maritime Museum and Anne Frank's Diary revisited. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Alan Rickman
Interviewed Guest:
Louisa Buck
Interviewed Guest:
Pete Higgin
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Lockwood
Interviewed Guest:
Deborah Moggach
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn

Front Row

Woolf Works, T C Boyle, Turner Prize shortlist, Andrew Motion, The Tribe

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

The Virginia Woolf ballet Woolf Works, TC Boyle's novel The Harder They Come, 2015's Turner Prize shortlist, new film The Tribe, and Andrew Motion on Hiroshima. With Samira Ahmed. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Crompton
Interviewed Guest:
TC Boyle
Interviewed Guest:
Louisa Buck
Interviewed Guest:
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
Interviewed Guest:
Jerome Weatherald

Front Row

Jake Gyllenhaal, Stieg Larsson's former editor, Anthony Caro exhibitions

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Jake Gyllenhaal on his new boxing film Southpaw, plus Stieg Larsson's former editor Eva Gedin, two Anthony Caro exhibitions in Yorkshire and the Children's Poetry Award winner. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Jake Gyllenhaal
Interviewed Guest:
Eva Gedin
Interviewed Guest:
Louisa Buck
Interviewed Guest:
Joseph Coelho

Front Row

Sharon Maguire, Liz Carr, Ann Patchett

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Actor and activist Liz Carr on her new show Assisted Suicide: The Musical, director Sharon Maguire on the return of Bridget Jones, and Ann Patchett on her new novel, Commonwealth. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Sharon Maguire
Interviewed Guest:
Louisa Buck
Interviewed Guest:
Liz Carr

Front Row

Sue Johnston, Burt Kwouk remembered, Yayoi Kusama, Simon Stone, Philip Venables

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Sue Johnston on new TV drama series Rovers, Burt Kwouk remembered, Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama reviewed, composer Philip Venables on Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis, Simon Stone. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Sue Johnston
Interviewed Guest:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Louisa Buck
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Stone
Interviewed Guest:
Philip Venables

Front Row

The muse in history, Andrew Miller, Vanity Fair, Neil Simon remembered

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Andrew Miller on his new novel Now We Shall be Entirely Free, Muses in History (part of our Inspire season), behind the scenes at ITV's Vanity Fair, and Neil Simon remembered. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Miller
Interviewed Guest:
Louisa Buck
Interviewed Guest:
Matt Thorne
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Bullimore
Interviewed Guest:
Olivia Cooke
Interviewed Guest:
Gwyneth Hughes
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Palin
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Carlson
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn

Front Row

Hari Kunzru, Mica Levi, Patrick Marber, Turner Prize

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Hari Kunzru on his new novel White Tears, Bafta- and Oscar- nominated musician Mica Levi, Patrick Marber on his reworking of Don Juan in Soho, and changes to the Turner Prize. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Hari Kunzru
Interviewed Guest:
Mica Levi
Interviewed Guest:
Patrick Marber
Interviewed Guest:
Louisa Buck
Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Jack Soper

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2019

Olafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device

Duration: 1 hour, 2 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One North WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One West Midlands

Documentary following Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson and his studio in the run-up to his landmark exhibition, In Real Life, at Tate Modern. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Yentob
Participant:
Olafur Eliasson
Producer:
John O'Rourke
Director:
John O'Rourke
Executive Producer:
Natasha Dack Ojumu
Executive Producer:
Tanya Hudson
Series Editor:
Alan Yentob
Production Company:
Tigerlily Productions
Participant:
Mary Robinson
Participant:
Fab 5 Freddy
Participant:
Louisa Buck

Art on the BBC

Series 2

The Great Salvador Dali

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 1 month

Art historian David Dibosa explores the BBC archives to create a television history of one of art's greatest showmen, Salvador Dali. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Dibosa
Interviewed Guest:
Louisa Buck
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Luke
Executive Producer:
Ed Stobart
Executive Producer:
Emma Parkins
Director:
David Starkey

Front Row

Levi David Addai, Kit de Waal, Flaming June, The art of fireworks.

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Levi David Addai on Our Loved Boy, a new drama about the murder of Damilola Taylor. Plus Flaming June returns home, and Kit de Waal confesses to a classic book she hasn't read. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Levi David Addai
Interviewed Guest:
Daniel Robbins
Interviewed Guest:
Rupert Mass
Interviewed Guest:
Kit de Waal
Interviewed Guest:
Louisa Buck
Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Jack Soper

Art on the BBC

Series 1

The Story of the Nude

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Humans have been drawing nudes for almost 30,000 years. Kate Bryan explores six decades of BBC archive to discover how television has influenced our understanding of the nude. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kate Bryan
Interviewed Guest:
Louisa Buck
Interviewed Guest:
Rowan Pelling
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Street
Executive Producer:
Emma Parkins
Executive Producer:
Ed Stobart