Best Sidney Jane Podcasts (2025)

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Rich and Weekly: Ryan Reynolds Jokes About Blake’s Case, Blake’s New Accusations Against Justin, and A$AP Acquitted by Jury ASAP 30:00

9m ago30:00

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Who’s ready for a double dose of Blake Lively?! Over the weekend, she and hubby Ryan Reynolds appeared on “Saturday Night Live’s” 50th Anniversary Special. And let’s just say…Ryan ruffled some feathers. In a comedy bit during the star-studded show, he made a crack about Blake’s legal drama with Justin Baldoni, and now he’s getting plenty of heat fo…

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Review: A Thousand Blows, Richard II, Perspectives by Laurent Binet 42:12

15h ago42:12

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John Mullan and Caroline Frost join Tom to review Steven Knight's new historical drama A Thousand Blows, Nicolas Hytner's production of Richard II staring Jonathan Bailey and novel Perspectives by Laurent Binet Presenter: Tom SutcliffeProducer: Ciaran BerminghamBy BBC Radio 4

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25 Years of 21st Century: how art and architecture have changed since the year 2000 42:05

1d ago42:05

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Kirsty Wark and guests discuss how visual art and architecture have evolved over the last 25 years. In the latest of our special series reflecting the changing cultural landscape since the start of the millennium, Kirsty Wark discusses the significant shifts in visual art and architecture in the 21st century with Director of Exhibitions and Program…

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Listen Now: Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky 7:01

3d ago7:01

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Monica Lewinsky has been a major reference in pop culture since she was 24 years old when a scandal made her a household name overnight. Since then, she’s fought to redefine her reputation - and now, she's ready to encourage others to take back their power, too. On her new podcast "Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky," Monica leads honest and wide-rang…

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Muhammad Ali in South Shields, Sheila Fell exhibition in Cumbria, Dame Myra Hess 42:52

3d ago42:52

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Playwright Ishy Din on his new play, Champion inspired by the 1977 visit of celebrated boxer, Muhammed Ali, to South Shields. Art historian Frances Spalding and curator Eleanor Bradley on artist Sheila Fell - the subject of a major exhibition at Tullie Museum and Art Gallery. As a new biography of concert pianist Dame Myra Hess is published, its au…

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Sidney Poitier: Trailblazer | 265 53:58

4d ago53:58

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As we continue to honor impactful artists during Black History Month, we turn to a legitimate legend - Sidney Poitier. Very few people have bucked as many odds as he did. After almost dying at birth, and growing up in near-poverty, Sidney immigrates to the US from from the Bahamas as a boy. Once there, he deals with racism, death threats, homelessn…

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Walter Salles on I'm Still Here, Matt Goss performs live, The Face magazine exhibition at National Portrait Gallery 42:19

4d ago42:19

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Samira Ahmed talks to Brazilian director Walter Salles about his film I'm Still Here - which has already won multiple awards including the Golden Globe for Best Actress for its star Fernanda Torres. it's based on a true story about a family Salles knew when he was growing up in Rio de Janeiro - whose father was detained and disappeared during the m…

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Review: Bridget Jones; Linder Stirling exhibition; Memoir of a Snall animation 42:21

8d ago42:21

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Robbie Collin and Louisa Buck join Tom Sutcliffe to review the fourth Bridget Jones film Mad About the Boy staring Renée Zellweger, the Oscar nominated animation Memoir of a Snail and pioneering artist Linder's Danger Came Smiling retrospective at the Hayward Gallery in London. Presenter: Tom SutcliffeProducer: Claire Bartleet…

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Future of TV soaps, Joseph O'Connor's new book, stage version of Murakami short stories 42:00

9d ago42:00

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As scheduling changes are made to ITV soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale, and as the 40th anniversary of EastEnders is celebrated with a live special on BBC One, how is the future looking for continuing drama on TV? Former Executive Producer of EastEnders John Yorke and Entertainment Journalist Emma Bullimore discuss the impact of the audience's…

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25 Years of 21st Century: Books 42:29

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Front Row continues to look at how culture has changed in the first 25 years of this century with an edition focusing on books. Tom Sutcliffe is in the Front Row studio with two writers who've helped to shape the literary landscape over those years – the novelists Zadie Smith and Andrew O'Hagan. They are joined by the presenter of Radio 4's A Good …

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George and Amal Clooney: Happily Ever After | 264 57:12

11d ago57:12

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Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we’ve got a love story proving that maybe opposites do attract. After spending years as Hollywood’s most eligible (and sworn) bachelor, George Clooney’s life is turned upside down when he’s introduced to a beautiful, badass civil rights lawyer named Amal Alamuddin. They meet in 2013, and it doesn’t take long for Pe…

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Robert de Niro, Gladiators exhibition, Festen: Mark Anthony Turnage and Lee Hall's new opera 42:21

11d ago42:21

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Hollywood legend Robert De Niro explains why he's starring in his first ever TV series Zero Day, where he plays a former US President out to find the culprits behind a deadly cyber-attack on America. He's joined by the show's screenwriter Eric Newman. With the British Council facing financial pressures it is considering the sale of its art collecti…

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Rich and Weekly: Grammy Highlights, Kanye and Bianca Lowlights, and Karla Sofía Gascón is Under the Spotlight 28:44

14d ago28:44

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Last Sunday, the music industry honored their best at the Grammys. Stars including Lady Gaga, Chappell Roan, Doechii, and Beyoncé (yes, she finally won THAT award) all showed up and won. Not only did they walk away with some of the biggest awards of the night, they also delivered kickass speeches and knockout performances. But that was all inside a…

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Review: The Last Showgirl, Oedipus, Nobel author Han Kang's novel We Do Not Part 42:21

15d ago42:21

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Tom is joined by the writer and broadcaster Octavia Bright and the Observer's theatre critic Susannah Clapp to review another version of the Greek classic Oedipus, this time at the Old Vic in London and starring Rami Malek. Also reviewed: The Last Showgirl, which has Pamela Anderson starring as Shelley with Jamie Lee Curtis as her good friend. Shel…

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September 5 director Tim Fehlbaum, new Motherland spin-off TV series Amandaland, the history of Slapstick 41:59

16d ago41:59

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Writer Holly Walsh and actor Lucy Punch on the Motherland spin-off series, Amandaland which also stars Joanna LumleyDirector, screenwriter and producer of September 5, Tim Fehlbaum about his new film that explores what happened at the 1972 Munich Olympics from the perspective of the sports journalists who found themselves broadcasting the story As …

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25 Years of 21st Century: Film and Television 41:56

17d ago41:56

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Front Row continues to look at how culture has changed in the first 25 years of the century with an edition focusing on film and TV. Samira is joined by Radio 4's Screenshot presenters Mark Kermode and Ellen E. Jones, Jane Tranter, who relaunched Doctor Who in 2005 and co-founded Bad Wolf productions and Boyd Hilton, the Entertainment Director of H…

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Director Coralie Fargeat on The Substance, Josephine Baker's autobiography, poet Anne Carson on Elektra on stage 42:30

17d ago42:30

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Coralie Fargeat has been nominated as best director for her film The Substance which stars Demi Moore. She tells Samira about her inspiration for the satirical horror about a Hollywood star who takes a dangerous drug to create a younger version of herself. Josephine Baker’s memoir has been translated into English for the first time, fifty years aft…

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Chadwick Boseman: Hero of His Own Story | 263 45:29

18d ago45:29

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As we kick off Black History Month, we’re zeroing in on an actor famous for playing larger-than-life characters onscreen. After a slow and steady ascension up the showbiz ladder, South Carolina native Chadwick Boseman knocks it out of the park with his portrayal of Jackie Robinson in “42.” And after his regal performance in “Black Panther,” he beco…

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Review: Mike Leigh's Hard Truths, Inside No. 9 on stage, film Saturday Night 42:22

21d ago42:22

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Tom Sutcliffe is joined by writer Dreda Say Mitchell and critic Scott Bryan to assess the week's cultural releases, including a new stage version of the hit TV series Inside Number 9. They've also been watching Mike Leigh's first film in 6 years, Hard Truths, which has reunited him with Marianne Jean-Baptiste who was nominated for an Oscar in his h…

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The Great Gatsby centenary, The Testament of Gideon Mack, A New Prize for Contemporary Dance 42:12

23d ago42:12

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We celebrate the centenary of the publication of F Scott Fitzgerald's seminal novel The Great Gatsby, with Fitzgerald experts James West and Sarah Churchwell, Writer and performer Matthew Zajac talks about his new theatre production The Testament of Gideon Mack, based on James Robertson's acclaimed book about a Minister who doesn't believe in God, …

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Jane Austen's sister, artist Chila Kumari Singh Burman, football in fiction 42:22

24d ago42:22

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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 which Miss Austen is based, and Claire Harman, author of Jane's Fame, How Jane Austen Conquered The World, discuss how perceptions of Cassandra's burning of her sister's letters have been changing. Paris-…

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Michelle Yeoh: Never Give Up | 262 41:23

25d ago41:23

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Michelle Yeoh was a gravity-defying, glass ceiling-smashing Hong Kong action film star for years, until she decides to tackle Hollywood. But her road to international stardom is paved with heartbreak and struggles. She endures years fighting against typecasting and borderline racism in Tinseltown, until she finally makes her mark - and history - wi…

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25 Years of 21st Century: Music 42:22

25d ago42:22

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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 hosts Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe, music journalist Kitty Empire and former Spotify exec Will Page. They discuss how transformations in technology have impacted what we listen to and what music is b…

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Listen Now: We Came to the Forest 6:02

26d ago6:02

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Vienna is working a delivery job when she hears about Cop City, a massive police training facility planned for Atlanta. She decides to join the activists trying to stop construction. When Vienna arrives in the South River Forest, she quickly finds a community, a cause and a love unlike any other. But the events of one morning shatters everything. V…

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Rich and Weekly: New Twist in Baldoni/Lively Lawsuit, Prince Harry Scores a Legal Victory, and Chappell Roan’s Wild Year 27:21

28d ago27:21

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Time to dust off those gavels, Richies. The court of “Rich and Weekly” is now in session. First, we have the latest in the never ending, always-twisting legal saga between “It Ends with Us” stars, Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively. He slapped her with a $400 million suit, and is now dragging Blake’s hubby, Ryan Reynolds, into the fray too! While they…

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Review: supernatural thriller film Presence, Edmund White's sex memoir and Brazil! Brazil! at the Royal Academy 43:21

29d ago43:21

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Rowan Pelling, journalist and founding editor of the Erotic Review, and the film critic Tim Robey join Tom Sutcliffe to discuss the Oscar nominations and review Edmund White's The Loves of My Life, Steven Soderbergh's supernatural horror thriller Presence and Brazil! Brazil! a major exhibition featuring 20th century artists at the Royal Academy in …

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James Graham on Brian & Maggie, The Merchant of Venice, Live music from Julie Fowlis and Karine Polwart 42:23

30d ago42:23

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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 interview between broadcaster Brian Walden and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, which helped precipitate Thatcher's downfall in the early 1990s, John Douglas Thompson talks about playing Shylock in Sha…

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Anora director Sean Baker, Caryl Phillips's new novel, Somerset House exhibition on Soil 42:19

1M ago42:19

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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. Its director Sean Baker explains how he uses both violence and comedy to explore the story of a son of a Russian oligarch who becomes entangled in the world of a sex worker in New York. Caryl Phillips ta…

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Viola Davis: From Poverty to Powerhouse | 261 43:57

1M ago43:57

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Viola Davis’ childhood was far from ideal. Struggling with poverty and racism, the “Fences” star’s very humble beginnings were tough, but instilled a fire in her that propelled Viola to where she is today. And that is a pretty remarkable place. Not only is she regarded as one of her generation’s greatest actors (hello, EGOT!), she’s also become a r…

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The Brutalist director Brady Corbet and star Adrien Brody, Sidney Poitier season at BFI 42:21

1M ago42:21

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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 underway at the British Film Institute and a play about a key moment in his early, Retrograde, transferring to London's West End in March we discuss the legacy of the great actor with - writer, Ryan Calai…

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Review: Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, TS Eliot prize poetry, Italian wartime film Vermiglio 42:17

1M ago42:17

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Lemn Sissay and Rhianna Dhillon review the new Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown starring Timothée Chalamet, the TS Eliot Prize-winning poetry collection Fierce Elegy by Peter Gizzi and the Italian language film, Vermiglio set in a remote Alpine village during World War Two. We pay homage to David Lynch, director of Twin Peaks and Mulholland Dri…

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Franz Ferdinand play in the studio, Richard Price on his new novel Lazarus Man, verdict on BAFTA nominations 42:41

1M ago42:41

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Franz Ferdinand play live from their new album The Human Fear, eleven songs which explore deep-set human anxieties and how overcoming and accepting them drives and defines our lives. Richard Price - the author of Clockers, and a writer on The Wire, talks about his latest novel, Lazarus Man, a chronicle of New York life set in the aftermath of a des…

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Vivaldi's Four Seasons reimagined, impact of L.A. fires on culture, Leigh Whannell's new horror film, Dead Ink Books 42:51

1M ago42:51

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Sir Michael Morpurgo and violinist Daniel Pioro discusss reimagining Vivaldi's Four Seasons for a recording with the Manchester Camerata featuring new poetry by Sir Michael and improvisations by Daniel. Pat Saperstein, Deputy Editor of Variety, and Peter Bowes, BBC Correspondent in Los Angeles reflect on the impact of the L. A fires on the film, te…

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Jane Fonda: Coming Home | 260 53:24

1M ago53:24

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Happy New Year, Richies! Given that we resolve to start living our best lives this time of year, we thought we’d focus on a star who’s always done that. As an actor in movies like “Coming Home” and “9 to 5,” Jane Fonda has put social justice issues front and center. But it’s her lifelong work as an activist that’s set her apart from Hollywood’s oth…

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Michael Sheen, Matthew Bourne on Oliver! and ghostwriting 42:23

1M ago42:23

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Actor Michael Sheen explains how he was rehearsing his role as the creator of the NHS, Nye Bevan when he heard about the demise of National Theatre Wales and decided to make plans for a new organisation, using some of his own money. Matthew Bourne talks about his new stage production of the musical Oliver! and the 30th anniversary tour of his groun…

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Rich and Weekly: Blake and Baldoni’s Battle, Golden Globes Highs and Lows, and tWitch’s Widow Takes Heat 29:06

1M ago29:06

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Happy New Year, Richies! We’re ringing in 2025 the same way we rang out 2024 - with celebrity lawsuits. This time, from Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. They have everything to do with the never-ending “It Ends with Us” drama. (Richies, believe us when we tell you, it’s a SAGA.) After we break that story down, we have all the highs (and lows) from …

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Review: Angelina Jolie's Maria, AL Kennedy's novel Alive in the Merciful Country, Architecton documentary 42:33

1M ago42:33

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Viv Groskop and David Benedict join Tom Sutcliffe to talk about Maria, the Maria Callas biopic staring Angelina Jolie. They also review Alive in the Merciful Country by A.L. Kennedy and Architecton, a study of concrete and stone from the Russian filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky. Plus Jeremy Treglown, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, who talks…

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Asif Kapadia's dystopian film 2073, anthology comic marks 25 years since armed forces "gay ban" lifted, Nick Frost in Get Away 42:21

1M ago42:21

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Presenter: Kirsty Wark Producer: Fiona MacLellanBy BBC Radio 4

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Jesse Eisenberg & Kieran Culkin on their film A Real Pain, improving visual literacy in school, how Jerry Springer changed TV 42:33

1M ago42:33

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Tom Sutcliffe talks to Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin about their new film A Real Pain - in which they play mis-matched cousins touring Poland to honour their grandmother. Can you teach someone to look at art intelligently? Oxford University is about to start a 3 year study on visual literacy – assessing how much looking at art can impact young …

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Nicole Kidman on Babygirl, Brian Eno on art and Herod 42:08

2M ago42:08

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Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson talk about their award-winning new film Babygirl, where she plays a married mum and high powered tech CEO who begins an affair with a young intern at her company after he realises she has sexual desires that she's not been able to embrace before. Novelist Tayari Jones and literary scholar Dr Deborah G. Plant discu…

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Review: Nosferatu, Lockerbie, Nickel Boys 42:21

2M ago42:21

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Tom Sutcliffe is joined by the critics Bidisha and Peter Bradshaw to review the highlights of the week: Nosferatu - Robert Eggers' remake of F.W Murnau's 1922 silent vampire classic, which was itself based on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, Dracula. Nickel Boys - the Golden Globe nominated adaptation of Colson Whitehead's novel about two African American…

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Front Row on the Shipping Forecast, at the Cutty Sark 41:51

2M ago41:51

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Samira Ahmed presents Front Row's contribution to Radio 4's New Year's Day celebration of the Shipping Forecast, marking a century since the BBC began broadcasting it. This edition of the arts programme explores how the Shipping Forecast inspires musicians, writers, artists of all kinds, and how it has become a powerful presence in the psyche of th…

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Front Row Hogmanay live from Glasgow 42:26

2M ago42:26

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Kirsty Wark hosts a Hogmanay edition live from Glasgow. Featuring performances by The Bluebells and piper Malin Lewis. Plus Alan Cumming; Scotland's new Makar, Peter Mackay; and an exploration of representations of New Year in cinema, literature and poetry.By BBC Radio 4

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Snoop and Martha: Nothing Short of Perfect (Encore) | 259 50:01

2M ago50:01

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Martha Stewart always knew she was going to build a better life for herself. Money and stability were the only things she craved, and she had the ambition to get them. But when a stockbroker job goes belly up, Martha’s forced to become the housewife she always disdained. But… maybe there’s money to be made in that too. Binge the full season early a…

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Bradford UK City of Culture 2025 42:38

2M ago42:38

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As Bradford limbers up for its year as UK City of Culture, in a special edition of Front Row, Nick Ahad meets: Steven Frayne, the award-winning Bradford-born magician formerly known as Dynamo. Frayne's magic skills have brought him success in arenas and television studios worldwide and his biography Nothing is Impossible: My Story became a bestsell…

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Snoop and Martha: Snoop Dreams (Encore) | 258 41:20

2M ago41:20

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Meeting Dr. Dre finally gives Snoop his big break. It’s the start of his new life. But before he can make it out of Long Beach, he'll have to learn that old lives die hard. Binge the full season early and ad free with Wondery+ in the Wondery App. https://wondery.app.link/eventherich. And check out the brand new Even the Rich merch store at wonderys…

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Review: Better Man, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and How to make Millions before Grandma Dies 42:30

2M ago42:30

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Boyd Hilton and Arifa Akbar join Tom to review: Better Man, the Robbie Williams biopic with a twist – he’s depicted as a Monkey. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the Almeida theatre’s new production of Tennesee Williams' play with Daisy Edgar-Jones and Kingsley Ben-Adir. And How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies, a new film from Thai director Pat Boonniti…

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Chris McCausland, Lauren Mayberry and Barry Jenkins 42:02

2M ago42:02

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Fresh from his success as the winner of Strictly Come Dancing, comedian and actor Chris McCausland joins us to talk about his new TV film Bad Tidings, his forthcoming solo tour and of course triumphing in TV's biggest dance contest. Singer Lauren Mayberry, best known as the frontwoman of Scottish synth pop band Chvrches, talks about her debut solo …

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Simon Russell Beale, Rufus Wainwright and Kate Garner 42:24

2M ago42:24

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The actor Simon Russell Beale speaks about playing the poet and scholar A. E. Housman in Tom Stoppard's play 'The Invention of Love', as well as discussing his memoir. The singer, songwriter and composer Rufus Wainwright was inspired to write a Requiem by his love of the composer Giuseppe Verdi and the loss of his dog, named Puccini. He speaks abou…

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Kelly Clarkson: Stronger | 256 45:58

2M ago45:58

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With the holiday season in full swing, we’re talking about one of the reigning queens of Christmas, Kelly Clarkson. (Relax, Mariah Carey fans, we said ""one of..."") The road to stardom for the OG “American Idol” hitmaker has not been easy. From surviving a broken home, to navigating the treacherous waters of the music industry, the “Since U Been G…

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