Podcast Episodes

Michael Morpurgo's Private Peaceful on stage, Barbellion prize-winning author Lynn Buckle, singer-conductor Barbara Hannigan

Michael Morpurgo’s book Private Peaceful has been made into a film, a solo stage show and a radio drama. As a new ensemble version opens at Nottingha…

4 years, 7 months ago

Drive My Car film review, Shakespeare's problem plays, the Great Yarmouth arts scene

Japanese film Drive My Car has been nominated for four Oscars, including Best Director for Ryusuke Hamaguchi. With his next film Wheel of Fortune and…

4 years, 7 months ago

The resurgence of black and white films, Oscar nominations and Hannah Silva

Monochrome is having a moment at this year’s awards season in films such as Belfast, The Tragedy of Macbeth and C’mon C’mon. To discuss the comeback …

4 years, 7 months ago

Yard Act's debut album, writer Esi Edugyan, Jason Katims on the TV series As We See It

Fresh from a special concert in their home city of Leeds to mark Independent Venue Week, James Smith, lead singer of Yard Act talks to Samira about t…

4 years, 7 months ago

The Eyes of Tammy Faye & novel They reviewed, Brass Eye anniversary

The Eyes of Tammy Faye is a new film starring Jessica Chastain and Andrew Garfield as televangelists Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker charting their controv…

4 years, 7 months ago

Erin Doherty on new drama Chloe, Andrei Kurkov on culture in Ukraine, true crime podcasts

Erin Doherty shot to fame playing Princess Anne in The Crown and joins Tom to discuss her latest role as social media obsessed stalker Becky in BBC d…

4 years, 7 months ago

Bastille perform live, independent book sellers, Costa Book Awards Book of the Year Winner

Ahead of the release of their fourth studio album, Give Me the Future, Dan Smith and Charlie Barnes of the alt-pop four piece Bastille perform live i…

4 years, 7 months ago

Van Gogh Self Portraits, Joanna Hogg on The Souvenir Part II, Dr Semmelweis

Van Gogh’s self portraits have defined our sense of his inner life. As a new exhibition gathers many of them together for the first time, The Courtau…

4 years, 7 months ago

Romola Garai, Almodóvar's Parallel Mothers & Francis Bacon: Man and Beast reviewed

The actress Romola Garai talks about her directorial debut, the horror film Amulet.

Critics Maria Delgado and Louisa Buck review Pedro Almodóvar's f…

4 years, 7 months ago

Isabel Allende on her new novel Violeta, Freya McClements on the play The White Handkerchief, William Sitwell and Façade,

Isabel Allende was born in Peru in 1942 and raised in Chile. Most famous for her novel The House of the Spirits, her works have been both bestsellers…

4 years, 7 months ago