Programme Index

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 26^th Oct 2017, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 26^th Oct 2017, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

What do The Mask, Thor, and The Saga of the Viking Women and their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent ? And what has this all got to do with Richard Wagner? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest:: Eleanor Barraclough
Interviewed Guest:: Mark Cousins
Interviewed Guest:: Anna Smith
Interviewed Guest:: Christopher Nolan
Interviewed Guest:: Laura Snapes

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Saxophonist John Harle, The Salesman reviewed, Singer-songwriter ESKA

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 14^th Mar 2017, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 14^th Mar 2017, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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John Harle on how to play the saxophone, highlights from London Book Fair, singer-songwriter ESKA on getting funding. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:: John Harle
Interviewed Guest:: Briony Hansen
Interviewed Guest:: Laura Snapes
Interviewed Guest:: Vanessa Reed
Interviewed Guest:: undefined Eska
Presenter:: John Wilson
Producer:: Edwina Pitman

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Front Row

Derek Walcott, Costume Designer Jenny Beavan, Playlists

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 17^th Mar 2017, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 17^th Mar 2017, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Kirsty Lang discusses the work of the Nobel Prize-winning poet Derek Walcott, and costume designer Jenny Beavan discusses the art of creating an iconic costume. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:: Jenny Beavan
Interviewed Guest:: Ian Christie
Interviewed Guest:: David Darcy
Interviewed Guest:: Laura Snapes
Producer:: Timothy Prosser

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FactualArts, Culture & the Media

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Front Row

Get Out, Lost Without Words, Compton Verney, Music Streaming

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 16^th Mar 2017, 19:20 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 16^th Mar 2017, 19:20 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out, Joan Bakewell discusses older people on stage, Creating The Countryside at Compton Verney and could streaming services be changing the music we hear? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Kirsty Patricia Lang
Producer:: Jack Soper
Interviewed Guest:: Ashley Clark
Interviewed Guest:: Phelim McDermott
Interviewed Guest:: Anna Calder-Marshall
Interviewed Guest:: Joan Bakewell
Interviewed Guest:: Alex Hartley
Interviewed Guest:: Tom James
Interviewed Guest:: Laura Snapes

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Front Row

Tributes to Sir Roger Moore, The return of Twin Peaks, American crime writer Bill Beverly

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 23^rd May 2017, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 23^rd May 2017, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Arts news, interviews and reviews. Tributes to Sir Roger Moore, who has died, the return of cult TV drama Twin Peaks, plus American crime writer Bill Beverly. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:: Laura Snapes
Interviewed Guest:: Matt Thorne
Interviewed Guest:: Bill Beverly
Interviewed Guest:: John Glen
Interviewed Guest:: Andrew Collins

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Woman's Hour

Princess Diana and her impact on black women

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 2^nd Sep 2017, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 2^nd Sep 2017, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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On the twentieth anniversary of the death of Princess Diana, what was her influence on black women? Plus Robert Webb on masculinity and Deanie Parker on her work at Stax Records. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jane Garvey
Producer:: Rabeka Nurmahomed
Editor:: Jane Thurlow
Interviewed Guest:: Chaedria LaBouvier
Interviewed Guest:: Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff
Interviewed Guest:: Julia Rampen
Interviewed Guest:: Joyce McMillan
Interviewed Guest:: Robert Webb
Interviewed Guest:: Laura Snapes
Interviewed Guest:: Bolu Babalola
Interviewed Guest:: Mike Knapton
Interviewed Guest:: Emily McGrath
Interviewed Guest:: Deanie Parker

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Woman's Hour

Woman's Hour

Life after Widowhood, Female celebrity feuds

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 29^th Aug 2017, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 29^th Aug 2017, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Three women talk about their experiences of dating again after the death of their partner. And are antifeminist attitudes at work in the reporting of female celebrity feuds? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:: Natalie Finn
Interviewed Guest:: Laura Snapes
Interviewed Guest:: Bolu Babalola
Producer:: Caroline Donne

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Woman's Hour

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Professor Brian Cox, Sarah Dunant on Michelangelo, My Country, The UK charts

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 13^th Mar 2017, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 13^th Mar 2017, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Turning science into an art form with Brian Cox, Sarah Dunant responds to Michelangelo, and critics from both sides of the Brexit debate review My Country; a work in progress. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:: Brian Cox
Interviewed Guest:: Sarah Dunant
Interviewed Guest:: Laura Snapes
Interviewed Guest:: Susannah Clapp
Interviewed Guest:: Lloyd Evans
Presenter:: Samira Ahmed
Producer:: Hannah Robins

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