Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week’s cultural highlights on BBC Radio 4.
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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.
Sat, 6 Apr 13
Duration:
42 mins
Julian Barnes' new novel Levels of Life; A Late Quartet, a film starring Christopher Walken; and an exhibition of the photographs of Bert Hardy.
Sat, 30 Mar 13
Duration:
42 mins
Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum at the British Museum; Judi Dench in Peter and Alice; Danny Boyle's film Trance; Ghana Must Go, a debut novel by Taiye Selasi; and The Village on BBC1. Kamila Shamsie, Dominic Sandbrook and Louise Doughty join Sarfraz Manzoor to review.
Sat, 23 Mar 13
Duration:
42 mins
The Book of Mormon on the London stage; Craig Zobel's film Compliance; Mohsin Hamid's new novel How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia; Designs of the Year 2013; and Revolution on Sky1. David Schneider, Ekow Eshun and Kathryn Hughes join Tom Sutcliffe.
Sat, 16 Mar 13
Duration:
42 mins
Lee Daniels' film The Paperboy with Nicole Kidman; Kevin Maher's coming-of-age in 80s Dublin novel The Fields; George Bellows at the Royal Academy; A Thousand Miles of History, a new play about Jean Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and Andy Warhol starring Adam Riches; and zombie drama In the Flesh on BBC3. Bidisha, Deborah Moggach and Dreda Say Mitchell join Tom Sutcliffe.
Sat, 9 Mar 13
Duration:
42 mins
Helen Mirren as The Queen in The Audience; Steven Soderbergh's film Side Effects; Kate Atkinson's novel "Life After Life"; David Bowie's new album The Next Day; and BBC1's "The Lady Vanishes" compared with Hitchcock's. Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Jim White, Maev Kennedy and Alex Preston.
Sat, 2 Mar 13
Duration:
42 mins
Film director Joe Wright's first stage production, Trelawny of the Wells; Richard Gere in Arbitrage; JM Coetzee's novel The Childhood of Jesus; Bluestone 42 on BBC3 and Barocci at the National Gallery. Patrick Gale, Aminatta Forna and Natalie Haynes join Tom Sutcliffe
Sat, 23 Feb 13
Duration:
42 mins
Cloud Atlas, Lichtenstein at Tate Modern, A Chorus Line, Give Me Everything You Have by James Lasdun and ITV’s Broadchurch are all reviewed by Tom Sutcliffe and his guests - artist Grayson Perry, playwright Laura Wade and writer Susan Jeffreys
Sat, 16 Feb 13
Duration:
42 mins
A Life of Galileo, Mark Ravenhill's adaptation for the RSC of Brecht's play; Maggie O'Farrell's latest novel, Instructions for a Heatwave; The Bride and the Bachelors showcasing Duchamp and his influence; and V, Tony Harrison's powerful and expletive-heavy poem, about to be broadcast on Radio 4. Presented by Tom Sutcliffe with Kevin Jackson, Kit Davis and Bidisha.
Sat, 9 Feb 13
Duration:
42 mins
Wreck-It Ralph, the latest Disney film; Ice Age Art at the British Museum; In the Beginning was the End, a new show from site-responsive company dreamthinkspeak; Harvest, Jim Crace's new novel; and Mysteries of Lisbon directed by Raul Ruiz. David Schneider, Gillian Slovo and Giles Fraser join Tom Sutcliffe.
Sat, 2 Feb 13
Duration:
42 mins
Stephen Poliakoff's Dancing on the Edge; Denzel Washington in Flight; Port at the National Theatre; Mimi by Lucy Ellmann and Light Show at the Hayward Gallery reviewed by Tom Sutcliffe with Naomi Alderman, Sarfraz Manzoor and Kerry Shale
Sat, 26 Jan 13
Duration:
42 mins
Michael Grade, Dreda Say Mitchell and Deborah Bull join Tom Sutcliffe to review: Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty; Dave Eggers' novel A Hologram for the King, Steven Spielberg's Lincoln; The Turn of the Screw at the Almeida Theatre and Manet: Portraying Life at the Royal Academy in London.
Sat, 19 Jan 13
Duration:
42 mins
Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained; No Quarter by Polly Stenham at the Royal Court Upstairs; The Starboard Sea, a first novel by Amber Dermont; Murder in the Library at the British Library; and Louie, Louis CK's Emmy-award winning comedy. Kamila Shamsie, Peter Kemp and Paul Morley join Tom Sutcliffe
Sat, 12 Jan 13
Duration:
42 mins
Les Miserables on the big screen with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway, The View From The Shard, Fiona Shaw performs The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Nicholas Royle's "First Novel", and Utopia on Channel 4 are reviewed by Louise Doughty, Philip Hensher and Pat Kane. Presented by Tom Sutcliffe
Sat, 5 Jan 13
Duration:
42 mins
Vicki Pepperdine, Sam Bain, David Quantick and Natalie Haynes join Tom to look back at comedy in 2012, from Peep Show to Getting On and The Thick of It
Sat, 22 Dec 12
Duration:
42 mins
Life of Pi on the big screen, Christmas tv offerings Restless and The Girl, Strindberg's The Dance of Death and George Saunders' short stories in Tenth of December come under the critical eyes of Kathryn Hughes, Sarah Hall and Misha Glenny. Presented by Tom Sutcliffe.
Sat, 15 Dec 12
Duration:
42 mins
Sarfraz Manzoor and his guests, writers Aminatta Forna and David Benedict and actor Kerry Shale, review The Hobbit; a new Quentin Blake exhibition; the rich history of the Pantomime Dame; Martin Crimp's play In the Republic of Happiness; and the new Barbara Kingsolver novel, Flight Behaviour.
Sat, 8 Dec 12
Duration:
42 mins
Seven Psychopaths, Martin McDonagh's follow-up to In Bruges; the all-women production by Phyllida Lloyd of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar at the Donmar with Harriet Walter and Cush Jumbo; Herta Muller's novel, The Hunger Angel; a new exhibition at the Royal Academy: Constable, Turner, Gainsborough and the Making of Landscape; and "Loving Miss Hatto", a new film for television written by Victoria Wood. Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Miranda Sawyer, Gillian Slovo and Cahal Dallat
Sat, 1 Dec 12
Duration:
43 mins
Dark caravan comedy in Sightseers; Boris Godunov at the RSC; TV documentary behind the scenes of the luxury hotel, Inside Claridge's; a new furniture gallery at the V&A; and novels from Susie Boyt - "The Small Hours" - and Emma Tennant - "The Beautiful Child". With Tom Sutcliffe and guests Patrick Gale, John Mullan and Bidisha.
Sat, 24 Nov 12
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and guests Lionel Shriver, Alex Preston and Jim White discuss the week's cultural highlights including Pinero's farce The Magistrate; David Ayer's cop flick End of Watch; Michael Kimball's novel Big Ray; and two exhibitions at the Saatchi Gallery: Gaiety is the Most Outstanding Feature of the Soviet Union and Breaking The Ice: Moscow Art, 1960s-80s; as well as TV programme The Fear.
Tue, 20 Nov 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and guests Boyd Tonkin, Kevin Jackson and Monique Roffey review the cultural highlights of the week including the play The Effect, with Billie Piper in the leading role.
Mon, 12 Nov 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and guests Tracy Chevalier, Julia Peyton-Jones and Sarfraz Manzoor review the week's cultural highlights
Mon, 5 Nov 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and guests Linda Grant, Ekow Eshun and Andreas Whittam Smith review the week's cultural highlights
Mon, 29 Oct 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and guests writers Maev Kennedy and David Aaronovitch and author Dreda Say Mitchell review the week's cultural highlights.
Sat, 20 Oct 12
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests playwright Laura Wade, broadcaster John Tusa and anthropologist Kit Davis review the week's cultural highlights including Benh Zeitlin's film Beasts of the Southern Wild.
Sat, 13 Oct 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests Paul Morley, John Carey and Susan Jeffreys review the week's cultural highlights including Thomas Keneally's new novel, "The Daughters of Mars".
Sat, 6 Oct 12
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests Deborah Bull, James Runcie and Deborah Moggach review the week's cultural highlights including Stephen Chbosky's film The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
Sat, 29 Sep 12
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelist Kamila Shamsie, academic and critic John Mullan and stage designer Es Devlin review the week's cultural highlights including A Chorus of Disapproval at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
Sat, 22 Sep 12
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests cultural historian Christopher Frayling, writer Sarfraz Manzoor and historian Kathryn Hughes review the week's cultural highlights including Andrew Dominik's film Killing Them Softly starring Brad Pitt.
Sat, 15 Sep 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelist Alex Preston and writers Miranda Sawyer and Kevin Jackson review the week's cultural highlights including King Lear, starring Jonathan Pryce, at the Almeida Theatre in London.
Sat, 8 Sep 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelist Gillian Slovo, comedian David Schneider and theatre writer David Benedict review the week's cultural highlights including Joe Wright's film Anna Karenina.
Sat, 1 Sep 12
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests Jim White, Susan Jeffreys and Giles Fraser review the week's cultural highlights including The Tempest starring Tim Piggot-Smith at the Theatre Royal, Bath.
Sat, 25 Aug 12
Duration:
43 mins
Bidisha and her guests writers Natalie Haynes and Paul Morley and actor Kerry Shale review the week's cultural highlights including Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan.
Sat, 18 Aug 12
Duration:
42 mins
Bidisha and guests review the week's cultural events including Parade's End, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall and adapted for BBC Television by Sir Tom Stoppard.
Sat, 11 Aug 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests Billy Kay, Hannah McGill and Kathryn Hughes review the cultural highlights of the week from the Edinburgh Festival, including Pixar's Brave.
Sat, 4 Aug 12
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelists Adam Mars Jones and Lisa Appignanesi and writer Ekow Eshun review the week's cultural highlights including Seth MacFarlane's film Ted.
Sat, 28 Jul 12
Duration:
41 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelist Sarah Hall, playwright Laura Wade and writer and columnist David Aaronovitch review the week's cultural highlights including the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony.
Sat, 21 Jul 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelist Kamila Shamsie, historian Dominic Sandbrook and film-maker Carol Morley review the week's cultural highlights including The Dark Knight Rises.
Mon, 16 Jul 12
Duration:
42 mins
Sarfraz Manzoor and his guests Louise Doughty, Kerry Shale and Natalie Haynes review the week's cultural highlights including a new production of A Doll's House
Sat, 7 Jul 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writers Susan Jeffreys and Alex Preston and historian Kathryn Hughes review the week's cultural highlights including The Hunter starring Willem Dafoe.
Sat, 30 Jun 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelist Liz Jensen, poet Paul Farley and academic and critic Maria Delgado review the week's cultural highlights including William Friedkin's film Killer Joe.
Sat, 23 Jun 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelist Gillian Slovo and writers Sarfraz Manzoor and Maev Kennedy review the cultural highlights of the week including The Last of the Haussmans at the National Theatre in London.
Sat, 16 Jun 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelists Linda Grant and Adam Mars Jones and writer Bidisha reveiw the week's cultural highlights including David Cronenberg's film Cosmopolis.
Sat, 9 Jun 12
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelists Dreda Say Mitchell and Deborah Moggach and writer Paul Morley review the week's cultural highlights including Ben Drew's film iLL Manors.
Sat, 2 Jun 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writers Malorie Blackman and Giles Fraser and musician Pat Kane review the week's cultural highlights including Ridley Scott's film Prometheus and Christopher Eccleston's performance as Creon in Antigone at the National Theatre.
Sat, 26 May 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelists Lionel Shriver and Andrew O' Hagan and theatre writer David Benedict review the cultural highlights of the week including Wes Anderson's film Moonrise Kingdom.
Mon, 21 May 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writer James Runcie, director of the Serpentine Gallery Julia Peyton-Jones and comedian David Schneider review the week's cultural highlights including the play The Sunshine Boys, starring Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths; Emily Perkins' novel The Forrests; Edward Burtynsky's project 'Oil' at the newly refurbished Photographer's Gallery; Sacha Baron Cohen's latest film The Dictator and Paul Abott's latest television drama Hit and Miss, starring Chloe Sevigny.
Sat, 12 May 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests the writers Miranda Sawyer and Ekow Eshun and the historian Kathryn Hughes review the week's cultural highlights including Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel.
Sat, 5 May 12
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests academic and critic John Mullan, anthropologist Kit Davis and poet Cahal Dallat review the cultural highlights of the week including Mike Bartlett's play Love, Love, Love at the Royal Court in London.
Sat, 28 Apr 12
Duration:
42 mins
Sarfraz Manzoor and his guests Lisa Appignanesi, Kevin Jackson and Natalie Haynes review the week's cultural highlights including Joss Whedon's superhero action film Avengers Assemble.
Sat, 21 Apr 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writer Susan Jeffreys, actor Kerry Shale and literary critic John Carey review the week's cultural highlights including Michael Frayn's new novel Skios.
Sat, 14 Apr 12
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelist Kamila Shamsie, writer and columnist David Aaronovitch and playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker review the week's cultural highlights including Anthony Page's production of Long Day's Journey Into Night at the Apollo Theatre in London.
Sat, 7 Apr 12
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelist Adam Mars Jones, BBC diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall and Deborah Bull from King's Cultural Institute review the week's cultural highlights including Roger Allam as Uncle Vanya at Chichester Festival Theatre.
Sat, 31 Mar 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests: novelist Gillian Slovo, historian Kathryn Hughes and theatre critic David Benedict and discuss the week's cultural highlights including The Duchess of Malfi.
Sat, 24 Mar 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests actress Fiona Shaw, playwright Mark Ravenhill and writer Susan Jeffreys review the week's cultural highlights including The Master and Margarita at the Barbican in London.
Sat, 17 Mar 12
Duration:
42 mins
Sarfraz Manzoor and his guests novelist Liz Jensen and the writers Susannah Clapp and Giles Fraser review the cultural highlights of the week including Can We Talk About This?
Sat, 10 Mar 12
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests the writers Kamila Shamsie and Louise Doughty and the poet Paul Farley review the week's cultural highlights including Declan Donnellan's film Bel Ami.
Sat, 3 Mar 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests the writers Linda Grant and Miranda Sawyer and academic John Mullan review the week's cultural highlights including The Leisure Society.
Sat, 25 Feb 12
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests the writers Paul Morley, Deborah Moggach and Kevin Jackson review the week's cultural highlights including Capital by John Lanchester.
Sat, 18 Feb 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writer Lisa Appignanesi, historian Dominic Sandbrook and poet Cahal Dallat review the week's cultural highlights including Josie Rourke's production of The Recruiting Officer at the Donmar Warehouse.
Sat, 11 Feb 12
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelist Dreda Say Mitchell, historian Kathryn Hughes and theatre writer David Benedict review the week's cultural highlights including David Cronenberg's film A Dangerous Method.
Sat, 4 Feb 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writers Natalie Haynes and Terence Blacker and anthropologist Kit Davis review the week's cultural highlights including Sean Durkin's film Martha Marcy May Marlene.
Sat, 28 Jan 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writer Ekow Eshun, creative director of the Royal Opera House Deborah Bull and literary critic John Carey review the week's cultural highlights including Alexander Payne's film The Descendants.
Sat, 21 Jan 12
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests the writers David Aaronovitch and Sarfraz Manzoor and the historian Amanda Vickery review the week's cultural highlights including Ralph Fiennes' film adaptation of Coriolanus.
Sat, 14 Jan 12
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests the writers Susan Jeffreys and Jim White and the writer and broadcaster John Tusa review the week's cultural highlights including Steve McQueen's film Shame.
Sat, 7 Jan 12
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests the novelists Deborah Moggach and Michael Arditti and the academic and critic Maria Delgado review the week's cultural highlights including The Iron Lady.
Sat, 24 Dec 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests, Giles Fraser, Kevin Jackson & Kathryn Hughes review the week's cultural highlights, including the film The Artist.
Sat, 17 Dec 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests the writers Lisa Appignanesi and Kamila Shamsie and the theatre critic David Benedict review the week's cultural highlights including Noises Off at the Old Vic.
Sat, 10 Dec 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests the writers Paul Morley and Bidisha and the actor Kerry Shale review the week's cultural highlights including The Ladykillers starring Peter Capaldi at the Gielgud Theatre in London.
Sat, 3 Dec 11
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests the novelist Liz Jensen, the comedian David Schneider and the writer Natalie Haynes review the week's cultural highlights including Martin Scorsese's 3D film Hugo.
Sat, 26 Nov 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests the novelists Dreda Say Mitchell and Louise Doughty and creative director of the Royal Opera House review the week's cultural highlights including Matilda The Musical.
Sat, 19 Nov 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writers Francis Spufford and Miranda Sawyer and musician Pat Kane review the week's cultural highlights including Reasons To Be Pretty by Neil LaBute.
Sat, 12 Nov 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests playwright Mark Ravenhill, anthropologist Kit Davis and film-maker James Runcie review the cultural highlights of the week including Michael Sheen as Hamlet at the Young Vic.
Sat, 5 Nov 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests The novelist Lionel Shriver and the writers Ekow Eshun and Misha Glenny review the week's cultural highlights including John Hodge's play Collaborators.
Sat, 29 Oct 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests the writers Kamila Shamsie and Bidisha and the historian Kathryn Hughes review the week's cultural highlights including The Ides of March starring Ryan Gosling and George Clooney.
Sat, 22 Oct 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelist Deborah Moggach and writers Jim White and Rowan Pelling review the cultural highlights of the week including Lynne Ramsay's film We Need To Talk About Kevin.
Sat, 15 Oct 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writers Lisa Appignanesi and David Benedict and Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral Giles Fraser review the week's cultural highlights including Everything Must Go starring Will Ferrell.
Sat, 8 Oct 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests the novelist Michael Arditti and the writers Natalie Haynes and Kevin Jackson review the week's cultural highlights including The Marriage of Figaro at English National Opera.
Sat, 1 Oct 11
Duration:
42 mins
Sarfraz Manzoor and his guests writers Adam Mars Jones and Susan Jeffreys and art critic Bill Feaver review the week's cultural highlights including John Madden's film The Debt.
Sat, 24 Sep 11
Duration:
42 mins
Sarfraz Manzoor and his guests the writers D.D. Guttenplan and Dreda Say Mitchell and the poet Cahal Dallat review the week's cultural highlights including Mike Leigh's new play Grief.
Sat, 17 Sep 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelist Liz Jensen, critic John Mullan and writer Miranda Sawyer review the week's cultural highlights including Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
Sat, 10 Sep 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests poet Craig Raine, creative director of the Royal Opera House Deborah Bull and literary critic John Carey review the cultural highlights of the week including Jane Eyre.
Sat, 3 Sep 11
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests playwright Mark Ravenhill, writer Kamila Shamsie and poet Paul Farley review the cultural highlights of the week including Gillian Wearing's film Self Made.
Fri, 26 Aug 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and guests review Pedro Almodovar's latest film The Skin I Live In; Alexander Master's book The Genius In My Basement;Bartlett Sher's Broadway production of South Pacific as it comes to London; Memory Remains: 9/11 a photographic exhibition at the Imperial War Museum by artist Francesc Torres; The Museum of Broken Relationships and David Hare's TV spy thriller Page Eight.
Sat, 20 Aug 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writer Natalie Haynes; novelist Louise Welsh and musician Pat Kane review the cultural highlights of the week from the 2011 Edinburgh Festival, including In A Better World
Sat, 13 Aug 11
Duration:
42 mins
Bidisha and her guests comedian David Schneider, novelist Deborah Moggach and theatre writer David Benedict review the week's cultural highlights including Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse.
Sat, 6 Aug 11
Duration:
43 mins
Bidisha and her guests the writers Lisa Appignanesi, Ekow Eshun and Misha Glenny review the week's cultural highlights including A Midsummer Night's Dream at the RSC.
Sat, 30 Jul 11
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writer Gillian Slovo, historian Dominic Sandbrook and anthropologist Kit Davis review the week's cultural highlights including The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes.
Sat, 23 Jul 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests the writers Malorie Blackman, David Aaronovitch and Lindsay Johns review the cultural highlights of the week including Mike Mills' film Beginners.
Sat, 9 Jul 11
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests the historian Kathryn Hughes and the writers Kevin Jackson and Adam Mars Jones review the week's cultural highlights including Terrence Malick's film The Tree of Life.
Sat, 2 Jul 11
Duration:
42 mins
Sarfraz Manzoor and his guests writer Bidisha, actor Kerry Shale and theatre writer David Benedict review the week's cultural highlights including Sam Mendes' production of Richard III at the Old Vic starring Kevin Spacey.
Sat, 25 Jun 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests the writers Susan Jeffreys, D.D. Guttenplan and Miranda Sawyer review the cultural highlights of the week including Bridesmaids.
Sat, 18 Jun 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writer Rowan Pelling, poet Paul Farley and novelist Deborah Moggach review the week's cultural highlights including Ian Rickson's production of Betrayal at the Comedy Theatre in London.
Sat, 11 Jun 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writer Jim White, novelist Patrick Gale and creative director of the Royal Opera House Deborah Bull review the cultural highlights of the week including the revival of Simon Gray's play Butley at the Duchess Theatre in London.
Sat, 4 Jun 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests film-maker James Runcie and writers Lisa Appignanesi and Kevin Jackson review the week's cultural highlights including Josie Rourke's production of Much Ado About Nothing.
Sat, 28 May 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests literary critic John Carey and writers Natalie Haynes and Sarfraz Manzoor review the critical highlights of the week including One Man Two Guvnors at the National Theatre
Sat, 21 May 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests playwright Mark Ravenhill, novelist Louise Doughty and cultural historian Sir Christopher Frayling review the week's cultural highlights including Thomas McCarthy's film Win Win.
Sat, 14 May 11
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelists Gillian Slovo and Michael Arditti and writer Ekow Eshun review the week's cultural highlights including A Delicate Balance and A Screaming Man
Sat, 7 May 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests poet Craig Raine and writers Susan Jeffreys and David Aaronovitch review the week's cultural highlights including Joe Wright's film Hanna and At Last by Edward St Aubyn.
Sat, 30 Apr 11
Duration:
42 mins
Kenneth Branagh's new film Thor; Jane Harris' novel Gillespie and I; Told By An Idiot's experimental theatre production And The Horse You Rode In On; The Shadow Line on TV and Radio 4's documentary Lebanon: The Next Generation.
Sat, 23 Apr 11
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42 mins
SR 23 Apr 11: The week's cultural highlights Sat, 23 Apr 11 Duration: 43 mins Tom Sutcliffe and his guests: author Linda Grant, BBC diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall and novelist Michael Arditti review the week's cultural highlights including Little Eagles at Hampstead Theatre and the film How I Ended This Summer.
Sat, 16 Apr 11
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelists Liz Jensen and Dreda Say Mitchell and art critic Bill Feaver review the cultural highlights of the week including London Road at the National Theatre.
Mon, 11 Apr 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests actor Kerry Shale, novelist Deborah Moggach and academic John Mullan review the week's cultural highlights including the Danish Afghan war documentary Armadillo and Wastwater at the Royal Court
Sat, 2 Apr 11
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelist Louise Doughty, literary critic John Carey and writer Kevin Jackson review the cultural highlights of the week including Cause Celebre at the Old Vic and Room at the Top on BBC4
Sat, 26 Mar 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests historian Amanda Vickery, novelist Adam Mars Jones and film-maker James Runcie review the cultural highlights of the week including 3D films by Werner Herzog and Wim Wenders
Tue, 22 Mar 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writers Iain Sinclair and Natalie Haynes and anthropologist Kit Davis review the cultural highlights of the week including Neil LaBute's new play In A Forest Dark and Deep.
Sat, 12 Mar 11
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests creative director of the Royal Opera House Deborah Bull, poet Cahal Dallat and writer Miranda Sawyer review the cultural highlights of the week including Doug Liman's film Fair Game and November by Sean O'Brien.
Sat, 5 Mar 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests cultural historian Sir Christopher Frayling and writers Rowan Pelling and Ekow Eshun review the cultural highlights of the week including The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium.
Sat, 26 Feb 11
Duration:
43 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writer David Aaronovitch, historian Kathryn Hughes and comedian Danny Robins review the week's cultural highlights including Frankenstein at the National Theatre in London and Animal Kingdom.
Sat, 19 Feb 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelists Terence Blacker and Deborah Moggach and theatre writer David Benedict review the week's cultural highlights including Anna Nicole at the Royal Opera House
Sat, 12 Feb 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests poet Craig Raine and writers Susan Jeffreys and Kevin Jackson review the week's cultural highlights including True Grit and The Children's Hour.
Sat, 5 Feb 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writers Bidisha and Sarfraz Manzoor and musician Pat Kane review the week's cultural highlights including The Fighter and Channel 4 drama The Promise.
Sat, 29 Jan 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelist Liz Jensen, historian Dominic Sandbrook and critic John Mullan review the cultural highlights of the week including Boardwalk Empire on Sky Atlantic and Biutiful.
Sat, 22 Jan 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests playwright Mark Ravenhill, academic and critic Maria Delgado and novelist Michael Arditti review the cultural highlights of the week including Black Swan and David Vann's novel Caribou Island.
Sat, 15 Jan 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writer Paul Morley, novelist Dreda Say Mitchell and broadcaster and cleric Richard Coles review the cultural highlights of the week including Blue Valentine and Linda Grant's novel We Had It So Good.
Sat, 8 Jan 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelist Louise Doughty, literary critic John Carey and comedian Natalie Haynes review the cultural highlights of the week including The King's Speech and Paul Bailey's novel Chapman's Odyssey.
Sat, 1 Jan 11
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests Director of the National Theatre of Scotland Vicky Featherstone, Director of the Serpentine Gallery Julia Peyton-Jones and writer and Artistic Director of the Bath Literature Festival James Runcie look at the future of funding for the arts and ask if the new austerity is a problem - or an opportunity? Historian Dominic Sandbrook, theatre critic David Benedict, former Chairman of the Arts Council Sir Christopher Frayling; Chairman of the UK Film Council Tim Bevan and CEO of Faber & Faber Stephen Page also offer their views on what happens to the cultural life of the nation when the purse-strings are tightened.
Sat, 18 Dec 10
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests the writers Kevin Jackson and Bidisha and the historian Kathryn Hughes review the cultural highlights of the week including A Flea In Her Ear at the Old Vic and Norman Rockwell's America at the Dulwich Picture Gallery
Mon, 13 Dec 10
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests crime novelist Denise Mina, comedian and writer Doc Brown and journalist Matthew D'Ancona review the week's cultural highlights including Season's Greetings at the National Theatre and The Tourist.
Sat, 27 Nov 10
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests critics Bill Feaver and John Mullan and comedian Natalie Haynes review the week's cultural highlights including The American, starring George Clooney, and Sir Peter Hall's production of The Rivals.
Sat, 20 Nov 10
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests musician Pat Kane, writer Rowan Pelling and novelist and film-maker James Runcie review the cultural highlights of the week including Fela! at the National Theatre and Palme d'Or winning film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Sat, 13 Nov 10
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests poet Craig Raine, writer Antonia Quirke and theatre writer David Benedict review the cultural highlights of the week including Don Giovanni at English National Opera and Accused - Jimmy McGovern's new drama series on BBC1.
Sat, 30 Oct 10
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writers Kevin Jackson and David Aaronovitch and novelist Dreda Say Mitchell review the cultural highlights of the week including The Kids Are Alright and the British Art Show 7 in Nottingham
Sat, 23 Oct 10
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelists Terence Blacker and Liz Jensen and writer and broadcaster Paul Morley review the cultural highlights of the week including Adam Elliot's film Mary and Max and Tribes by Nina Raine at the Royal Court in London.
Sat, 16 Oct 10
Duration:
42 mins
Sarfraz Manzoor and his guests writer John Lanchester, poet Cahal Dallat and novelist Louise Doughty review the week's cultural highlights including The Social Network.
Sat, 9 Oct 10
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelist Deborah Moggach, literary critic John Carey and architectural critic and writer Tom Dyckhoff review the week's cultural highlights including award-winning documentary Restrepo and Jenny Erpenbeck's novel Visitation
Sat, 2 Oct 10
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writer Linda Grant, comedian Natalie Haynes and cultural historian and writer Sir Christopher Frayling review the week's cultural highlights including Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and Nemesis by Philip Roth
Sat, 25 Sep 10
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests comedian David Schneider, writer Bidisha and director of the ICA Ekow Eshun review the cultural highlights of the week including Hamlet at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield and Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
Tue, 21 Sep 10
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writer Miranda Sawyer, critic John Mullan and academic and critic Maria Delgado review the cultural highlights of the week including Debra Granik's film Winter's Bone and Design For Living at the Old Vic.
Sat, 11 Sep 10
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests poet Craig Raine, historian Kathryn Hughes and writer David Aaronovitch review the cultural highlights of the week including the Stephen Frears film Tamara Drewe and John le Carre's new novel Our Kind of Traitor.
Mon, 6 Sep 10
Duration:
42 mins
Tom Sutcliffe's guests this week are writers Iain Sinclair and Vesna Maric, and the art critic Bill Feaver, reviewing Tiny Kushner by Tony Kushner; Certified Copy; This Is England '86; Walking to Hollywood by Will Self; and Resonance and Renewal - Shipbuilding on the Clyde by Stanley Spencer.
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