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Bob Dylan wins Nobel, Dario Fo remembered, Tutankhamun, Semyon Bychkov

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Bob Dylan wins the Nobel Prize of Literature on the day previous winner Dario Fo dies - reaction to both; TV drama Tutankhamun; and conductor Semyon Bychkov's Tchaikovsky project. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Guy Burt
Interviewed Guest:
Semyon Bychkov
Producer:
Marilyn Rust

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Stella Duffy, New Art Gallery Walsall, Shostakovich's The Nose, Art of Yves Klein

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Stella Duffy discusses her novel London Lies Beneath; the future of The New Art Gallery Walsall; Yves Klein in Liverpool reviewed; Director Barrie Kosky on Shostakovich's The Nose. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Stella Duffy
Interviewed Guest:
Bob and Roberta Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Cork
Interviewed Guest:
Barrie Kosky
Producer:
Marilyn Rust

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The Eagle Huntress, New play Love, Diversity in the arts, Luke Jerram, John Montague remembered

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

The Eagle Huntress reviewed by author Mark Cocker, Love - a new play about hostel living, hidden treasures of Scunthorpe, diversity in the arts, John Montague remembered.

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Producer:
Marilyn Rust
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Cocker
Interviewed Guest:
Abid Hussain
Interviewed Guest:
Eileen Battersby

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Mel Giedroyc on new musicals showcase, Michael Morpurgo, Bad Santa 2, Penelope Lively

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Mel Giedroyc and Gemma Whelan join Maria Friedman for a musicals gala; Penelope Lively returns to writing short stories; Bad Santa 2; Michael Morpurgo on books and war zones. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Mel Giedroyc
Interviewed Guest:
Gemma Whelan
Interviewed Guest:
Penelope Lively
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Morpurgo
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Eccleston
Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Producer:
Marilyn Rust

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Paulo Coelho, Your Name, Turner Contemporary, The art of writing non-fiction

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Brazilian author Paulo Coelho on his new novel The Spy, Philippe Sands on the art of writing non-fiction, Japanese anime film Your Name, Turner Contemporary's new art commission. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
Interviewed Guest:
Philippe Sands
Interviewed Guest:
Cathy Rentzenbrink
Interviewed Guest:
Kashif Nadim Chaudry
Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Producer:
Marilyn Rust

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Jane Austen

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Jane Austen is set to appear on the new £10 note in 2017. Samira Ahmed finds out how money dominates Austen's novels and about Sanditon, her unfinished manuscript. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
John Mullan
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Clery
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Reade
Interviewed Guest:
Mary Guyatt
Interviewed Guest:
Louise West
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn
Producer:
Marilyn Rust

Front Row

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ewan McGregor, Elton John's photos, Goldsmiths Prize winner

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Ewan McGregor on directing American Pastoral, Lord Lloyd Webber on adapting School of Rock for the stage, Sir Elton John's photographs and Goldsmiths Prize winner Mike McCormack. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Interviewed Guest:
Ewan McGregor
Interviewed Guest:
Newell Harbin
Interviewed Guest:
Mike McCormack
Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Producer:
Marilyn Rust

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Common Sense on TV, Bafta nominations, Mozart at 11, Is there a Northern Aesthetic?

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

How do British films fare in the Bafta nominations? Celebrating Common Sense on TV; Ian Page marks Mozart's opera debut; does a Northern aesthetic exist? Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Kate Muir
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Lambert
Interviewed Guest:
Boyd Hilton
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Page
Interviewed Guest:
Adam Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Wayne Hemingway
Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Producer:
Marilyn Rust

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Horror on film; Crime writer Kathy Reichs; Actors who become artistic directors; LGBT youtuber Ben Hunte's Queer Icon

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Horror in film, crime writer Kathy Reichs introduces her new protagonist, the tradition of actors becoming artistic directors and LGBT YouTuber Ben Hunte's queer icon. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Producer:
Marilyn Rust
Interviewed Guest:
Kim Newman
Interviewed Guest:
Isabel Stevens
Interviewed Guest:
Kathy Reichs
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Hastie
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Hunte

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Brian May's 3D photos of Queen, Unseen poems by Sylvia Plath, 40 years of Star Wars

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Brian May shows us 3D photos he took touring with Queen; lost Sylvia Plath poems; Kick-Ass creator Mark Miller on 40 years since the first Star Wars; Cannes Film Festival. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Brian May
Interviewed Guest:
Gail Crowther
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Miller
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Eccleston
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons
Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Producer:
Marilyn Rust

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Jez Butterworth and Sam Mendes on The Ferryman

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Writer Jez Butterworth and director Sam Mendes discuss collaborating on The Ferryman, as the highly acclaimed play transfers to London's West End. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Jez Butterworth
Interviewed Guest:
Sam Mendes
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Donnelly
Interviewed Guest:
Paddy Considine
Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Marilyn Rust

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The Magnificent Seven, Suzan-Lori Parks, Paul Muldoon, BBC National Short Story Award

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks on her slave drama. Plus what cinema owes to the plot of The Magnificent Seven, Paul Muldoon on life and poetry, and Lavinia Greenlaw. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Suzan-Lori Parks
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Muldoon
Interviewed Guest:
Lavinia Greenlaw
Interviewed Guest:
Catherine Bray
Producer:
Marilyn Rust

Front Row

The Entertainer, TV drama Ellen, Sausage Party, Herman Koch

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

How does Kenneth Branagh's The Entertainer compare with Laurence Olivier's? Michael Billington reviews. Herman Koch on his new novel, and Sausage Party, featuring rude food. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Michael Billington
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Quintrell
Interviewed Guest:
Jessica Barden
Interviewed Guest:
James King
Interviewed Guest:
Herman Koch
Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Producer:
Marilyn Rust

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Louis Theroux, National Poetry Day, Merch yr Eog

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Louis Theroux on Scientology, Savile, and silences; PJ Harvey, Daljit Nagra and Holly McNish read new poems; and Merch yr Eog, a play performed in Welsh, Breton, French and Creole. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Louis Theroux
Interviewed Guest:
PJ Harvey
Interviewed Guest:
Daljit Nagra
Interviewed Guest:
Hollie McNish
Interviewed Guest:
Sara Lloyd
Interviewed Guest:
Thomas Cloarec
Producer:
Marilyn Rust