Review Show: The Social Reckoning, The 90s at Tate Britain and reaction to Nobel Prize winner Anne Carson
Zoe Williams and Laurence Scott join Tom Sutcliffe to review: The Social Reckoning, Aaron's Sorkin's new film which revisits the world of Fa...
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20 of 2,092 episodesDoes the discovery of a 'talkie' made in 1926 change cinema history?
News broke today of a discovery which may rewrite cinematic history. In 1926 Scottish playwright Graham Moffat's film - Till the Bells Ring...
Johnny Marr on his new album
The legendary Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr is back with his fifth solo album The Age of Everything, which he's described as the most cathart...
SNL, Paul Greengrass, The Bayeux Tapestry and Sarah Hall
Two of the young stars of Saturday Night Live UK on bringing live satire back to television. Director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy,...
Review Show: Tom Cruise in the film Digger
Susannah Clapp and Nick Hilton join Tom Sutcliffe to review Tom Cruise as a prosthetic laden billionaire oil tycoon in the film Digger, who...
Actors David Harewood and Sir Simon Russell Beale
Sherwood and Homeland star David Harewood talks to us about his lead role in Channel 4's new legal drama Pierre, which is co-written by John...
BBC National Short Story Award and Young Writers Award 2026
Tom Sutcliffe hosts the ceremony for BBC National Short Story Award and Young Writers Award 2026, in partnership with University of Cambridg...
Es Devlin retrospective, Sebastian Faulks, Turner Prize, Apple Music Hall
The multi-award winning stage designer and artist Es Devlin talks to Samira as a retrospective of her work opens at the Design Museum in Lon...
Front Row at the Contains Strong Language festival
A special edition of Front Row from the BBC's poetry and performance festival - Contains Strong Language Since self-publishing a poetry pamp...
Review Show: Exit Party by Emily St John Mandel, South Korean alien invasion thriller Hope and an adaptation of 1984.
In this week's Review Show, our guest critics Hannah McGill and Fergus Morgan join Kirsty Wark to discuss three dystopian thrillers: Bestsel...
Comedian Russell Kane on playing an older Romeo
Comedian Russell Kane tells us about playing an older Romeo in a new take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy. Author Samantha Ellis gives her v...
Roger Taylor, drummer from the super band Queen, on his latest album
Roger Taylor has been a driving force behind Queen, one of the most successful bands in history. The songwriter, drummer and singer talks to...
Review Show: Rose Tremain’s The Housekeeper, inspired by Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca
Robbie Collin and Sarah Crompton join Samira Ahmed to review: Rose Tremain’s new book, The Housekeeper, which imagines how Daphne du Maurier...
The Proclaimers on their new album, You May Offend
Twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid emerged almost 40 years ago with their debut album This Is The Story and Top 3 single ‘Letter from Amer...
Hermione Lee on her biography of the notoriously private author Anita Brookner
Biographer Hermione Lee talks to Tom about her new book Anita Brookner: Art and Life, which explores the career of the famously private art...
The Beatles' early days, Juliette Binoche's directorial debut, Jack Thorne
Samira Ahmed talks to Hunter Davies about his new book Get Back: The Boys Who Became the Beatles, Juliette Binoche about her directorial deb...
Review Show: Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum
Viv Groskop and Amanda Vickery join Tom Sutcliffe to review: The Bayeux Tapestry as it goes on display to the public in Britain for the firs...
Oasis documentary Don’t Look Back in Anger
Music critic Neil McCormick shares his verdict on the Oasis documentary, Don’t Look Back in Anger about Noel & Liam Gallagher's reunion tour...
Call My Agent's writer and creator Fanny Herrero on bringing the French sitcom to the big screen
Fanny Herrero, writer and creator of the French sitcom Call My Agent, joins Tom Sufcliffe to talk about how her show about the antics of the...
Helen of Troy - a new play by Ava Pickett
Ava Pickett discusses her new play Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy at Theatre Royal Stratford East, and the huge success 1536, her Olivier A...