Podcast Episodes

Ukraine Unbroken - New Plays Responding to the War

The full scale invasion of Ukraine began four years ago today. Ukraine Unbroken is an evening of five new plays written in response to the war. David…

7 months ago

Neve Campbell on being Hollywood's Scream Queen, and BAFTAs lowdown

Fifty years on from the death of painter LS Lowry, the BBC has made a documentary featuring recently discovered recordings made in the last years of …

7 months ago

Review: Cynthia Erivo in Dracula, Charli XCX mockumentary, The Secret Agent

Poet, playwright and curator Inua Ellams and film critic Hanna Flint join Tom Sutcliffe for this week's reviews.

Riding high after the huge success o…

7 months, 1 week ago

Amanda Seyfried and Mona Fastvold on their film The Testament of Ann Lee

Director Mona Fastvold and actor Amanda Seyfried discuss their film The Testament of Ann Lee, a musical history about the life of the founder of The …

7 months, 1 week ago

Playwright Jim Cartwright on his groundbreaking debut play Road

In 1986 Jim Cartwright's debut play, Road, was the theatrical sensation of the year and its reputation has only grown in the decades that have follow…

7 months, 1 week ago

Baz Luhrman on Elvis in concert, and 75 Years of The Archers

Baz Luhrman's newest film is recently rediscovered footage showing Elvis Presley, live in concert at the height of his fame. We speak with Baz about …

7 months, 1 week ago

Review: Wuthering Heights film and Jack Thorne's Lord of the Flies

Anne Brontë biographer Samantha Ellis and writer Stephanie Merritt join Tom to discuss Emerald Fennell's racy adaptation of Wuthering Heights starrin…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee on her new series

LIsa McGee on her fresh spin on the murder mystery genre How To Get to Heaven from Belfast, and on the impact of the Derry Girls phenomenon.

At this …

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Yes Minister creator Jonathan Lynn on revisiting the characters in his new play

The creator of Yes Minister - Jonathan Lynn - on his new play I’m Sorry Prime Minister. Griff Rhys Jones plays Jim Hacker, the octogenarian former Pr…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Kristen Stewart on her directorial debut, The Chronology of Water

Hollywood star Kristen Stewart talks about her directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, which is a searing portrait of childhood abuse and redempt…

7 months, 2 weeks ago