Podcast Episodes

Kathryn Bigelow and Kiran Desai

Film director Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win the Best Director Oscar for The Hurt Locker. She discusses her new film A House of Dynami…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Review Show: The Smashing Machine film and Ben Elton’s autobiography

The Smashing Machine director Benny Safdie talks to Tom Sutcliffe about making his biographical drama about the life of mixed martial arts fighter Ma…

1 year ago

Steve Coogan on the return of Alan Partridge

Steve Coogan on his new spoof documentary series. in which his alter ego Alan Partridge returns from some time in Saudia Arabia to tackle one of the …

1 year ago

BBC National Short Story Award and Young Writers Award

Tom Sutcliffe hosts the ceremony for the 2025 BBC National Short Story Award and Young Writers Award live from BBC Broadcasting House.

Judges William…

1 year ago

Actors Matthew McConaughey and Harris Dickinson on their latest films

Actor Matthew McConaughey talks with Samira about The Lost Bus; a nerve shredding film based on a true story about a school bus driver who rescued 22…

1 year ago

Leonardo DiCaprio comes on Front Row to talk about One Battle After Another

Leonardo DiCaprio and director Paul Thomas Anderson tell Tom about their new film One Battle After Another.

Our reviewers tonight are film critic Tim…

1 year ago

Will & Grace star Eric McCormack on his latest TV role.

Will & Grace star Eric McCormack tells us about his latest screen role – in the new BBC One thriller series Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue. McCorma…

1 year ago

Stephen Knight on House of Guinness

Peaky Blinders' screenwriter Stephen Knight on his new TV series, House of Guinness.

Indhu Rubasingham talks about her vision as the new Artistic Dire…

1 year ago

Late-night shows under fire

Johnny Carson, David Letterman and Jay Leno made the late night talk wildly popular viewing for American audiences for decades, but those days are fa…

1 year ago

Front Row at the Contains Strong Language festival in Bradford

A special edition of Front Row live from the Contains Strong Language Festival, the BBC's annual celebration of poetry, performance and the spoken wo…

1 year ago