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Documentary, using dramatised inserts, in which Denise Mina investigates the tortuous and peculiar relationships between horror writer Edgar Allan Poe and the women in his life. Show more
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The Review Show
The Review Show at the Edinburgh Festival - Part 3
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland
In the last of three shows live from the Edinburgh Festival, Kirsty Wark is joined by Paul Morley, Marcel Theroux and Denise Mina to discuss the highlights of the week. Show more
Kirsty Wark and guests review Grid Iron's theatre extravaganza Leaving Planet Earth, Margaret Atwood's novel MaddAddam and a retrospective by video artist Nam June Paik. Show more
Open Book
Justin Cartwright on his novel Lion Heart; Joe Sacco on his graphic novel of The Great War
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Books news with Mariella Frostrup. Justin Cartwright on his novel Lion Heart, Joe Sacco explains why he portrayed the Great War in pictures, and the rise of the graphic novel. Show more
The Review Show
26/01/2014
44 minutes
Reviews include Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street, cycling documentary The Armstrong Lie, artist Martin Creed's show What's the Point of It? and a novel by Stewart Foster. Show more
World War I - Scotland Remembers
Episode 2: A Drumhead Commemoration
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HD
A special programme to remember the estimated 145,000 Scots who lost their lives during WWI. With selected highlights from the drumhead service that took place earlier in the day. Show more
Saturday Review
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher, Anselm Kiefer, An Enemy of the People, Ida
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Tom Sutcliffe and guests review Hilary Mantel's The Assasination of Margaret Thatcher, Ibsen's An Enemy of the People, an Anselm Kiefer retrospective, Ida and Transparent. Show more
Kirsty Wark and guests discuss the BBC drama The White Queen, Neil Gaiman's latest novel, Philip Glass's opera The Perfect American and Ulrich Seidl's Paradise film trilogy. Show more
Open Book
Denise Mina on The Red Road
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Denise Mina talks to Mariella Frostrup about writers using their jobs as the backdrop to their novels, the WWII heroine Agent Marie, and her latest crime novel The Red Road. Show more
Saturday Review
Upstart Crow, Midsummer Night's Dream, Knight of Cups, Louise Erdrich, Mona Hatoum
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Shakespeare meets Blackadder in Upstart Crow, Midsummer Night's Dream at the Globe Theatre, Terrence Malick's Knight of Cups, Louise Erdrich's novel LaRose, and artist Mona Hatoum. Show more
Blood, Sweat and Tears
The Blood-Spotted Tissue
14 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Denise Mina writes the first of three specially commissioned short stories by top crime writers - a murder-mystery about a student found to have ‘flesh in her drains’. Show more
Woman's Hour
Amanda Redman on her latest TV role
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Amanda Redman talks about her new TV role, plus there is discussion on what can be done if domestic violence is suspected. Presented by Jenni Murray. Show more
Open Book
Sir Walter Scott Special from the Royal Opera House
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Mariella Frostrup presents a Sir Walter Scott special from the Royal Opera House, with biographer Stuart Kelly, authors Denise Mina and Allan Massie and actor Emun Elliott. Show more
Comedy about a group of addicts who come together for a weekly session. Tony is the new guy at the group - but who is he and what is his problem? What is Rob’s big news and why is Steph so on edge? Show more
Saturday Review
Beast, The Writer, Curtis Sittenfeld, Rodin and the art of ancient Greece, The Rain
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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British film Beast, The Writer at the Almeida, Curtis Sittenfeld's You Think It, I'll Say It, Rodin and the art of ancient Greece at the British Museum, The Rain on Netflix. Show more
Open Book
Alan Hollinghurst
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Alan Hollinghurst talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel, The Sparsholt Affair. Show more
Series telling the long history of keeping Scotland's peace. A look at the evolution of police detective work, from its early beginnings to landmark cases of the 21st century. Show more
Series telling the long history of keeping Scotland's peace. A look at policing in times of social change, from 18th-century mob rule to the miners' strike of the 1980s. Show more
Start the Week
The Free Thinking Festival at Sage Gateshead
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Cultural discussion programme. Tom Sutcliffe at the Free Thinking Festival at Sage Gateshead with Russell Foster, Denise Mina, Stephen Westaby and Eugenia Cheng. Show more
Free Thinking
Festival 2017
Episode 2: Pinky Lilani, Denise Mina, Jay Griffiths and John Gallagher debate the speed of life
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Pinky Lilani, Denise Mina, Jay Griffiths and John Gallagher compare experiences of life in the fast lane with taking the slow route, whether in business, writing or leisure time. Show more