Podcast Episodes

Musician Martin Carthy on retiring from performing live

Folk musician Martin Carthy speaks about his long career and about his recent decision to retire from live performance following a diagnosis of late-…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Jared Bush, head of Walt Disney Animation Studios, on his record-breaking film Zootropolis 2

Jared Bush, head of Walt Disney Animation Studios, on his record-breaking film Zootropolis 2.

Alex Tadros, owner of Mars Tapes, the last cassette shop…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - on stage

Author Rachel Rachel Joyce and musician Passenger discuss the new musical based on Rachel's hit book The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.

Eric Schlo…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Reviewing Is This Thing On? Guess How Much I Love You? and George Saunders

Tom Sutcliffe and guests Viv Groskop and Dorian Lynskey, review Bradley Cooper's film Is This Thing On? - about a marriage in crisis and a comedian o…

7 months, 4 weeks ago

John Carter Cash on his musical production The Ballad of Johnny & June

John Carter Cash on how the lives of his famous parents - Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash - have inspired a stage musical which tells the story of t…

7 months, 4 weeks ago

Michael Sheen on Welsh National Theatre's debut show, Our Town

Michael Sheen on the first production of his newly-formed Welsh National Theatre, Thornton Wilder’s 1938 play Our Town seen through a Welsh lens.

Fil…

7 months, 4 weeks ago

Richard Linklater on Nouvelle Vague

Richard Linklater speaks to Samira Ahmed about his new film Nouvelle Vague.

Robbie Williams has beaten the Beatles' record for the most UK album chart…

8 months ago

Review of films No Other Choice, The History of Sound and Julian Barnes' final novel

Tom Sutcliffe is joined by film critic Larushka Ivan-Zadeh and novelist Lawrence Norfolk to review:

Korean auteur Park Chan-Wook's redundancy revenge …

8 months ago

Actor Claire Foy on her role in H Is for Hawk

Actor Claire Foy on her role as a grieving academic in the film adaptation of Helen Macdonald's award-winning memoir H Is For Hawk.

As it goes on di…

8 months ago

Comedian John Bishop on his life story inspiring a Hollywood movie

Comedian John Bishop on how his life story inspired Bradley Cooper's new movie, Is This Thing On? starring Will Arnett and Laura Dern.

Hull Truck The…

8 months ago