Podcast Episodes

The Great Gatsby centenary, The Testament of Gideon Mack, A New Prize for Contemporary Dance

We celebrate the centenary of the publication of F Scott Fitzgerald's seminal novel The Great Gatsby, with Fitzgerald experts James West and Sarah Ch…

1 year, 8 months ago

Jane Austen's sister, artist Chila Kumari Singh Burman, football in fiction

As new BBC One drama adaptation, Miss Austen, shines fresh light on Jane Austen's sister Cassandra, Gill Hornby, who wrote the eponymous novel on whi…

1 year, 8 months ago

Samira Ahmed on the seismic transformation of music and the music industry so far this century

Front Row looks at how culture has changed in the first 25 years of this century, starting with Music.

Samira is joined by Radio 4's Add to Playlist …

1 year, 8 months ago

Review: supernatural thriller film Presence, Edmund White's sex memoir and Brazil! Brazil! at the Royal Academy

Rowan Pelling, journalist and founding editor of the Erotic Review, and the film critic Tim Robey join Tom Sutcliffe to discuss the Oscar nominations…

1 year, 8 months ago

James Graham on Brian & Maggie, The Merchant of Venice, Live music from Julie Fowlis and Karine Polwart

Writer James Graham on his Channel 4 drama Brian & Maggie, which stars Steve Coogan and Harriet Walter, and which tells the story of a hard-hitting i…

1 year, 8 months ago

Anora director Sean Baker, Caryl Phillips's new novel, Somerset House exhibition on Soil

Anora is one of the leading contenders in the current film awards season - and its star Mikey Madison looks likely to get an Oscar nomination too. It…

1 year, 8 months ago

The Brutalist director Brady Corbet and star Adrien Brody, Sidney Poitier season at BFI

The Brutalist's director Brady Corbet and star Adrien Brody talk about making the hotly anticipated film. With a season of Sidney Poitier's films und…

1 year, 8 months ago

Review: Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, TS Eliot prize poetry, Italian wartime film Vermiglio

Lemn Sissay and Rhianna Dhillon review the new Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown starring Timothée Chalamet, the TS Eliot Prize-winning poetry col…

1 year, 8 months ago

Franz Ferdinand play in the studio, Richard Price on his new novel Lazarus Man, verdict on BAFTA nominations

Franz Ferdinand play live from their new album The Human Fear, eleven songs which explore deep-set human anxieties and how overcoming and accepting t…

1 year, 8 months ago

Vivaldi's Four Seasons reimagined, impact of L.A. fires on culture, Leigh Whannell's new horror film, Dead Ink Books

Sir Michael Morpurgo and violinist Daniel Pioro discusss reimagining Vivaldi's Four Seasons for a recording with the Manchester Camerata featuring ne…

1 year, 8 months ago