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Review Show: Trainspotting the Musical, Colson Whitehead's new novel

Hanna Flint and Chris Power join Tom Sutcliffe to review: The new stage musical adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel Trainspotting, featuring famous songs from the 1996 Danny Boyle film as well as new ...

2026-07-24

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Andrew Ridgeley on Wham in China

In 1985, Wham were the first Western pop group to perform in communist China, and the tour changed people's lives. As a new documentary about this landmark moment in pop lands in cinemas - and screens...

2026-07-23

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Ruth Madeley on new TV drama The Rapture, Nadine Shah on her BBC Prom

Actor Ruth Madeley on starring in new TV drama The Rapture - a psychological thriller where the competing interests of an oil company, a religious cult, a protest group and a disturbed young woman con...

2026-07-22

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The first PM with an English degree, plus a new museum of WWII espionage

Trent Park, the House of Secrets is a new museum in north London which explores the story of the secret listeners who eavesdropped on the conversations of German senior military prisoners of war. Sami...

2026-07-21

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Review: Christopher Nolan's film The Odyssey with Matt Damon and Zendaya

Tom Sutcliffe is joined by film critic Tim Robey and classicist Edith Hall to discuss: Christopher Nolan's much anticipated film version of Homer's epic The Odyssey, shot with IMAX cameras and with a...

2026-07-17

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Heartstopper creator Alice Oseman

The coming-of-age series Heartstopper has been a phenomenon with young readers and viewers in recent years. Its creator Alice Oseman joins us as the film Heartstopper Forever lands on Netflix, and as ...

2026-07-16

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Christopher Nolan on his film The Odyssey, Little House on the Prairie, novelist Candice Carty-Williams

British director Christopher Nolan discusses his biggest cinematic blockbuster yet: The Odyssey, which stars Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland and more, in his retelling of Homer’s epic poem abou...

2026-07-15

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Diane Morgan on playing a robot in TV comedy Ann Droid.

Diane Morgan on her BBC TV comedy series Ann Droid, in which she stars as the eponymous robot helper to Sue Johnston. We pay tribute to actor Sam Neill, who has died at the age of 78. His screen wor...

2026-07-14

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Review Show: The Rolling Stones album Foreign Tongues

Critic and columnist Dr Kate Maltby and author Michael Donkor join Tom Sutcliffe to review Robota, the inaugural large-scale production at the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities in Oxford. The produ...

2026-07-10

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Lynval Golding of The Specials on the band's swansong album

Lynval Golding of two-tone and ska legends The Specials , on the band’s final album, Live from the Cathedral, which was recorded in Coventry Cathedral. and which pays tribute to the band's late frontm...

2026-07-09

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Ai Weiwei in Manchester

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has just created his largest site-specific exhibition - Ai Weiwei: Button Up! - which has now opened at Aviva Studios in Manchester. Xiaowen Zhu, Director of esea co...

2026-07-08

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Madonna's Confessions II album, Daphne du Maurier, Sky buying ITV

Confessions II is Madonna's first album in 7 years. Novelist Matt Cain and journalist and broadcaster Miranda Sawyer discuss going back to the dancefloor. Sky TV has offered £1.6 bn pounds for ITV's ...

2026-07-07

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Review Show: Penélope Cruz in The Invite, Pride the Musical

Tom Sutcliffe is joined by critics Bidisha and David Benedict to review: The Invite, a new film directed by Olivia Wilde about two couples who join each other for dinner, starring Seth Rogan and Oliv...

2026-07-03

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Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro on his passion for films featuring trains

The acclaimed novelist Kazuo Ishiguro talks about how he went about curating a season of films featuring trains for the BFI - from classics such as Shanghai Express by Josef von Sternberg and Sidney L...

2026-07-02

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Dave Eggers on his new novel Contrapposto and Supergirl director Craig Gillespie

Author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, and The Circle, Dave Eggers is back with a new novel about a young aspiring artist. Contrapposto follows Cricket, an insular smalltown boy, enchant...

2026-07-01

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Penelope Keith tribute, Russell Tovey, Katherine Rundell on fairy tales

We mark the passing of actress Dame Penelope Keith, speaking with John Lloyd and Mel Giedroyc about her long career. Actor Russell Tovey plays a troubled police officer dealing with a late night eme...

2026-06-30

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Review Show: Frida Kahlo, Mads Mikkelsen in The Last Viking, Museum of the Year

Writer Charlotte Mullins and author Viv Groskop join Tom to discuss the Frida Kahlo exhibition at Tate Modern in London. It's the highest pre-selling exhibition in Tate's history, and contains 30 sign...

2026-06-26

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Lauren Child on 25 years of Charlie & Lola

25 years since she published her first Charlie and Lola book, former Children's Laureate Lauren Child returns with a new friendship-focused series featuring best-friends Lotta and Lola. She joins us t...

2026-06-25

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Bill Nighy on acting, podcasting and style tips

Bill Nighy joins to talk about his new family drama 500 Miles, where he plays a reclusive painter on the west coast of Ireland who gets an unexpected visit from his two Sheffield-based grandsons. He a...

2026-06-24

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Linda Perry sings live, and we celebrate Mel Brooks' 100th birthday

Linda Perry came to fame as lead singer of the all-female band Four Non-Blondes. She went on to be a hugely successful songwriter and producer, writing hits for the likes of Pink and Christina Aguiler...

2026-06-23

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