Best Susan Beale Podcasts (2025)

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Review: film Mickey 17, David Szalay’s novel Flesh, Get Millie Black TV series 42:27

20h ago42:27

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In Front Row's Thursday review, Ellah Wakatama and Rhianna Dhillon give their take on Bong Joon Ho's new film Mickey 17 starring Robert Pattison, David Szalay's new novel Flesh, and Get Millie Black, Channel 4's Jamaica-set crime drama from Marlon James. Plus we hear from Sophie Elmhirst, whose Maurice and Maralyn: An Extraordinary True Story of Sh…

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Jessica Lange, Welsh National Opera's new joint leaders, artist Alison Watt 42:11

2d ago42:11

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Actor Jessica Lange discusses her latest film, an adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize winning play Long Day's Journey Into Night, in which she plays Mary Tyrone, a woman with a morphine addiction at the centre of a dysfunctional family, and a role for which she previously won a Tony Award on Broadway. Welsh National Opera's new joint CEOs…

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Raoul Peck on photographer Ernest Cole, the death of Bill Dare, 14th-century art in Siena, Colum McCann's novel Twist 42:32

3d ago42:32

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A new exhibition at London's National Gallery hopes to shed light on artists in 14th Century Siena, who have often been overshadowed by their Tuscan neighbours in Florence. Samira is joined in the studio by one of the curators, Imogen Tedbury, and by Maya Corry, a Renaissance expert from Oxford Brookes University to discuss the astonishing colours …

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Daniel Evans as Edward II, Laura Carreira's film On Falling, last night's Oscar winners 42:05

4d ago42:05

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Sean Baker made Oscar history, becoming the first person to win four Academy Awards for directing, editing, writing and producing a single film, Anora. Larushka Ivan-Zadeh joins Samira to look at this year's Oscar winners and what they say about cinema today. The RSC's co-artistic director Daniel Evans discusses playing Christopher Marlowe's Edward…

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Review: Leigh Bowery exhibition, The Summer with Carmen film, Michael Amherst's novel The Boyhood of Cain 42:26

8d ago42:26

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Tom Sutcliffe and his guests the film critic Ryan Gilbey and art critic and author Charlotte Mullins review the week's latest cultural releases including Tate Modern’s exhibition on the unconventional artist and performer Leigh Bowery, the Greek film featuring gay romance, The Summer With Carmen and Michael Amherst’s first novel, The Boyhood of Cai…

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Anjelica Huston, Tim Roth and British Museum Director Nicholas Cullinan 41:59

9d ago41:59

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Kirsty Wark talks to Anjelica Huston about playing a magnificent matriarch in the adaptation of Agatha Christie's Towards Zero, which begins on BBC One this weekend. The director of the British Museum, Nicholas Cullinan, talks about the appointment of an architectural firm who will be redeveloping the Museum's galleries, about the pressures of runn…

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US export controls, AUKUS and Australia 45:47

10d ago45:47

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Export controls and investment screening are taking centre stage in the United States as Washington attempts to protect military and industrial advantages against China while simultaneously exploiting commercial opportunities for its high-tech industries and expanding technological cooperation with allies and partners. Within this complex policy co…

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US-China competition: AI, chips and export controls — where to next? 57:58

10d ago57:58

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As US-China technology competition intensifies, governments across the world are keeping a tighter grip on the advanced semiconductor chips, AI models, and investments that underpin AI. This is complicated by the fact that the private sector — not government — is at the cutting edge of AI and associated technology innovations. With emerging technol…

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New medical drama Berlin ER, Stacy L Smith, German Elections, Santanu Bhattacharya 42:34

10d ago42:34

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As the Oscars hove into view this weekend, the news is the women are coming - Stacey L Smith from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on their research showing more women leading Hollywood box office hits. Berlin ER is the new medical drama from Apple set in a run down A&E department in the German capital. Creator and former doctor Samuel Jefferson …

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25 Years of 21st Century: Theatre 42:22

11d ago42:22

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We look back at the quarter century in performing arts, exploring the changes in live stage performance and asking how the theatrical landscape has changed over those years. Samira Ahmed hears about some of the big trends that have changed the experience - such as immersive theatre and discusses the challenges the sector has faced. She is joined by…

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

15d 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: Art and Architecture 42:05

16d 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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Muhammad Ali in South Shields, Sheila Fell exhibition in Cumbria, Dame Myra Hess 42:52

17d 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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Walter Salles on I'm Still Here, Matt Goss performs live, The Face magazine exhibition at National Portrait Gallery 42:19

18d 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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70. How Alcohol Impacts Your Body After Bariatric Surgery with Registered Dietitian Dr. Susan Mitchell 28:34

18d ago28:34

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In this episode of the Active Bariatric Nutrition Podcast, I interviewed Registered Dietitian Dr. Susan Mitchell, also known as @drsusanmitchell on IG. We discussed: How alcohol is metabolized differently after bariatric surgery Why the effects of alcohol are felt sooner after surgery How does alcohol impact vitamin and mineral absorption How alcoh…

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

22d 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

23d 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

24d ago42:29

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

25d 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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Review: The Last Showgirl, Oedipus, Nobel author Han Kang's novel We Do Not Part 42:21

29d 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

30d 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

1M 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

1M 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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69. Maximizing Your Nutrition and Muscle On A GLP-1 with Registered Dietitian Summer Kessel, RD 1:08:18

1M ago1:08:18

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In this episode of the Active Bariatric Nutrition Podcast, I interviewed Registered Dietitian Summer Kessel, also known as @summerthedietitian on IG. We discussed: Summer's personal journey with weight loss while using a GLP-1 and becoming a Registered Dietitian who specializes in GLP-1 nutrition How GLP-1s act in the body The difference between cr…

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

1M 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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Geopolitical trends to watch in 2025 1:00:21

1M ago1:00:21

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On Monday, 20 January 2025, President-elect Donald Trump was sworn in as 47th President of the United States. He has said he’ll end the war in Ukraine before he takes office and war continues to escalate in the Middle East. Australia itself will host a federal election in 2025 which may shift international relationships. What sort of impact would T…

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

1M 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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25 Years of 21st Century: Music 42:22

1M 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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Review: supernatural thriller film Presence, Edmund White's sex memoir and Brazil! Brazil! at the Royal Academy 43:21

1M 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

1M 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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The Brutalist director Brady Corbet and star Adrien Brody, Sidney Poitier season at BFI 42:21

2M 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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68. How to Prepare for a Bodybuilding or Transformation Competition with Bariatric Athlete Rob Rafanan 55:02

2M ago55:02

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In this episode of the Active Bariatric Nutrition Podcast, I interviewed bariatric athlete and bodybuilding competitor, Rob Rafanan, also known as @weightinginvain on IG. We discussed: Different bodybuilding competitions and divisions available Why Rob chose to get into bodybuilding and transformation competitions after bariatric surgery How Rob ch…

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

2M 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

2M 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

2M 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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Michael Sheen, Matthew Bourne on Oliver! and ghostwriting 42:23

2M 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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Review: Angelina Jolie's Maria, AL Kennedy's novel Alive in the Merciful Country, Architecton documentary 42:33

2M 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

2M 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

2M 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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67. Everything You Wanted To Know About Improving Your Sleep with Clinical Psychologist Dr. Melissa Milanak 1:25:23

2M ago1:25:23

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In this episode of the Active Bariatric Nutrition Podcast, I interviewed clinical psychologist and sleep expert, Dr. Melissa Milanak also known as @drmelissamilanak on IG. We discussed: - The stages of sleep and how your body heals itself both physically and mentally - The 4 step process to sleeping soundly through the night - Why we wake up in the…

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

3M 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

3M 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

3M 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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Call The Midwife creator Heidi Thomas, Nick Park on new Wallace & Gromit film, Organs discussion 43:24

3M ago43:24

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Call The Midwife creator Heidi Thomas talks to Front Row about writing the drama's Christmas special, Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham discuss co-directing the new Wallace & Gromit film, Vengeance Most Fowl, and ahead of the Royal College of Organists' new initiative - Play The Organ 2025 - organists David Pipe and Claire M Singer join Nick to disc…

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