Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week’s cultural highlights on BBC Radio 4.
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Sat, 15 Jun 13
Duration:
42 mins
The Amen Corner at the National Theatre; Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing; Neil Gaiman's novel The Ocean at the End of the Lane; Alternative Guide to the Universe at the Hayward and The White Queen on BBC1. Gillian Slovo, Dreda Say Mitchell and Kamila Shamsie join Tom Sutcliffe.
Sat, 8 Jun 13
Duration:
42 mins
Michael Douglas and Matt Damon in Behind the Candelabra; a major Chagall exhibition at Tate Liverpool; Strange Interlude at the National with Anne Marie Duff; Hammond Innes; and The Returned on Channel 4. Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Kathryn Hughes, Sarfraz Manzoor and David Aaronovitch.
Fri, 31 May 13
Duration:
42 mins
In David Mamet's "Race," Mamet sets out to write a play which explores racial tension.The new £27 million Mary Rose Museum opens in Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard. More vampires in Byzantium."Money, The Unauthorised Biography" by Felix Martin sets out to answer the question: "What is Money and how does it work?"And ITV's answer to Channel 4's "Homelands" is "The Americans"
Sat, 25 May 13
Duration:
42 mins
Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar opens at the Bush Theatre; Olivier Assayas' film Something in the Air; the acclaimed author James Salter's All That Is; Michael Landy's Saints Alive at the National Gallery and The Iraq War on BBC2. Tom Sutcliffe talks to Tom Holland, Kit Davis and Naomi Alderman
Sat, 18 May 13
Duration:
42 mins
Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby starring Leonardo diCaprio; Public Enemy at the Young Vic; The Round House by Louise Erdrich; Propaganda at the British Library; Up the Women on BBC4 and Psychobitches on Sky Arts. Ekow Eshun, Hadley Freeman and Louise Doughty join Tom Sutcliffe.
Sat, 11 May 13
Duration:
42 mins
Mira Nair's film of The Reluctant Fundamentalist starring Riz Ahmed; Pinter's The Hothouse with Simon Russell Beale and John Simm; The Fall starring Gillian Anderson on BBC2; Terry Eagleton's How to Read Literature; and coming-of-age movie Mud. Aminatta Forna, John Mullan and Michael Arditti join Tom Sutcliffe
Sat, 4 May 13
Duration:
42 mins
The Pajama Game in a new Richard Eyre production; Pedro Almodovar's I'm So Excited!; Lionel Shriver's novel of obesity, Big Brother; Ellen Gallagher AxME at Tate Modern and Hannibal on Sky Living. Malorie Blackman, Stephanie Merritt and Giles Fraser join Tom Sutcliffe.
Sat, 27 Apr 13
Duration:
42 mins
Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear in Othello at the National Theatre; Steve Coogan in Michael Winterbottom's film The Look of Love; Sam Byers' novel Idiopathy; New Order: British Art Today at the Saatchi Gallery; and Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi and Frances de la Tour in new sitcom Vicious. Dreda Say Mitchell, David Benedict and Cahal Dallat join Tom Sutcliffe
Sat, 20 Apr 13
Duration:
42 mins
Matt Damon in Promised Land; Howard Brenton's new play #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei; John le Carre's new novel A Delicate Truth; the paintings of Richard Patterson and Ben Elton's new sitcom The Wright Way. Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Bidisha, Christopher Frayling and Miranda Sawyer.
Sat, 13 Apr 13
Duration:
42 mins
The Rijksmuseum re-opens in Amsterdam; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's new novel Americanah; and the musical Once arrives on the London stage.
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