Matthew Bannister on
Jamal Edwards, the young music entrepreneur whose YouTube channel supported the careers of grime and rap stars like Dave, Skepta and Stormzy.
P.J. O’Rourke, the conservative American satirist who applied his barbed wit to reporting from the world’s trouble spots.
Romaine Hart, whose Screen on the Green cinema gave a platform to ar ... Show More
Oct 3
Dame Jane Goodall, Tony Harrison, Lord Menzies Campbell, Danny Thompson
Matthew Bannister onDame Jane Goodall, the primatologist and environmental campaigner who changed our understanding of animal behaviour. Chris Packham pays tribute.Tony Harrison, the Yorkshire born poet who took his writing to new audiences through theatre and TV. Michael Rosen a ... Show More
27m 46s
Sep 26
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, John Stapleton, Mary Elizabeth Dodd, Claudia Cardinale
Matthew Bannister onSir Nicholas Grimshaw, the architect who designed the international terminal at London’s Waterloo Station and the Eden Project.John Stapleton, the TV presenter who fronted Watchdog with his wife and ITV’s breakfast and daytime shows. His friend Greg Dyke pays ... Show More
27m 34s
Sep 19
Robert Redford, Barbara Harvey, Rosa Roisinblit, Stuart Craig
Matthew Bannister on:Robert Redford, the film star who believed his striking good looks could be a curse as well as a blessing.Barbara Harvey, the mediaeval historian who revealed fascinating details of the lives of the monks of Westminster Abbey.Rosa Roisinblit, one of Argentina ... Show More
27m 49s
Dec 2021
Playwright James Graham on Best of Enemies; Lamb film review; The Belarus Free Theatre; remembering actor Antony Sher
Britain’s foremost writer of political drama, James Graham, has written a new play ‘Best of Enemies’, about the television debates in the US in 1968 between the right wing thinker William Buckley Jr. and Gore Vidal, the left wing writer. When they began yelling at each other rati ... Show More
41m 50s
Nov 2023
Gladiator Circus World (Side B)
"It's a gladiator f**king circus.”—yasiin bey
Hosted by: Talib Kweli, yasiin bey, and Dave Chappelle
Featuring the world premiere of original Black Star music
Featuring, in order of appearance: Questlove, Radio Rahim, Lamorne Morris, and Jon Hamm
Contains audio clips featuring Al ... Show More
21m 42s
Feb 2016
Trumbo, Ma Rainey's Black Botton, Vinyl, Martin Parr at Hepworth Wakefield, When Breath Becomes Air
Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's acclaimed career came to a crushing halt in the late 1940s when he and other Hollywood figures were blacklisted for their political beliefs. Starring Bryan Cranston as Trumbo, Jay Roach's film tells the story of the Oscar winning writer's relationship ... Show More
41m 55s
May 2021
How to Inspire (Side A)
“How do you keep a despondent person alive?”—Dave Chappelle
Hosted by: Talib Kweli, yasiin bey, and Dave Chappelle
Featuring, in order of appearance: Radio Rahim, Mo Amer, Chris Rock, Donnell Rawlings, Jarobi White, and Questlove
Contains audio clips featuring Robin Williams and ... Show More
23m 56s
Sep 2022
Hip hop, lies and the ultimate prize, part 1
The Scottish rappers who fooled the music industry.
Gavin Bain was one half of Silibil N’ Brains, a Californian rap duo on the cusp of greatness.
But there was a problem - the story of these hip hop stars was fake. Gavin’s never even been to America. Film clips: The Mask/Chuck Ru ... Show More
49m 39s