Podcast Episodes

Minority Report at Nottingham Playhouse, Wicked Little Letters, and TV series Boarders reviewed

Minority report, the Sci-Fi classic by Philip K Dick, has already been adapted for film and television and now it’s a stage play that employs an inno…

2 years, 3 months ago

Wim Wenders, Len Pennie and Angus Robertson

Wim Wenders on his new Oscar nominated Japanese language film Perfect Days, about a toilet cleaner in Tokyo as he goes about his work. Koji Yakusho w…

2 years, 3 months ago

Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Sarsgaard, Casting Directors

Rhiannon Giddens, the musician, composer and former lead singer of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, performs live with her band. She talks about her wor…

2 years, 3 months ago

Sir Peter Blake, David Harewood, John Logan

Sir Peter Blake is famous for his Pop Art paintings, collages and album covers – and not just Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. But the artist, …

2 years, 3 months ago

Jed Mercurio on Breathtaking, Yoko Ono retrospective reviewed

The writer of Line of Duty, Jed Mercurio, a former doctor, turns his attention to the impact of the Covid pandemic on NHS staff and patients in the I…

2 years, 4 months ago

Ukraine drama A Small Stubborn Town, Emma Rice, The Hugo Awards

Andrew Harding on the Radio 4 drama, A Small Stubborn Town, inspired by his work as the BBC Ukraine correspondent

Emma Rice is one the UK’s most celeb…

2 years, 4 months ago

Stephen Sanchez, Godzilla turns 70

Stephen Sanchez found fame on Tik Tok, bringing his 1950s inspired music and style to an audience of young fans. At just 20 years old, he was Elton…

2 years, 4 months ago

Reinaldo Marcus Green on One Love, Bryce Dessner of The National

Director Reinaldo Marcus Green talks to Tom Sutcliffe about One Love, his biopic about the legendary reggae singer-songwriter Bob Marley and his musi…

2 years, 4 months ago

One Day, American Fiction, Beyond Form

Tom Sutcliffe talks to the Evening Standard’s Arts Editor Nancy Durrant and art historian and curator Catherine McCormack about a new adaptation of D…

2 years, 4 months ago

The Chosen, Cymande, Tayari Jones

The Chosen, a self-funded TV drama about the life of Christ, has become an international hit with over 100 million views. The creator Dallas Jenkins…

2 years, 4 months ago