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Last broadcast on Thu, 1 Sep 2011, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
With Kirsty Lang, who talks to acclaimed film director, composer and writer Mike Figgis as he programmes a festival at the Royal Opera House.
Alexi Kaye Campbell's new play The Faith Machine, starring Hayley Atwell and Ian McDiarmid, explores the relationship between capitalism and faith. Journalist and broadcaster Sarfraz Manzoor reviews.
Pianist Gwilym Simcock won both the BBC Jazz and British Jazz Awards in 2005, and was the first jazz musician to become a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist. Now up for the Mercury Prize for his album Good Days at Schloss Elmau, he explains why titles are so important, using the piano as a percussion instrument, and why football is the perfect antidote to music.
Agnes Poirier reviews new French film The Hedgehog, inspired by the novel by Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog.
Producer: Jack Soper.
The Faith Machine
The Faith Machine is at the Royal Court Theatre, London until 1 October 2011.
Gwilym Simcock
Good days at Schloss Elmau by Gwilym Simcock is out now.
The Barclaycard Mercury Prize winner is announced on Tuesday 6 September 2011.
Mike Figgis
Deloitte Ignite – Curated by Mike Figgis is at the Royal Opera House London, 2 September 2011 to 4 September 2011.
The Hedgehog
The Hedgehog is in selected cinemas from Friday 2 September 201, certificate 12A.
Chapters
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Chapter 1
Sarfraz Manzoor reviews Alexi Kaye Campbell's new play The Faith Machine.
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Chapter 2
Acclaimed film director, composer and writer Mike Figgis talks to Kirsty Lang as he programmes a festival at the Royal Opera House.
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Chapter 3
Agnes Poirier reviews new French film The Hedgehog, inspired by the novel by Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog.
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Chapter 4
Pianist Gwilym Simcock won both the BBC Jazz and British Jazz Awards in 2005, and is now up for the Mercury Prize for his album Good Days at Schloss Elmau.
Broadcast
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Thu 1 Sep 201119:15
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