Elijah Wood tells Tom Sutcliffe about his new film No Man of God. Elijah Wood plays criminal profiler Bill Hagmaier in a story based on interview transcripts. Hagmaier is sent by the FBI to visit the serial killer Ted Bundy on death row. A fascinating, troubling relationship develops which becomes all the more intense when the date of Bundy's execution is announced. It's just a week away; Bundy agrees to talk, and he has much to confess.
As lockdown and the pandemic brought concerts to a standstill, many musicians and comedians turned to online live streaming to perform, entertain and connect with audiences. According to YouTube, 78% of British people watched a live stream over the last 12 months. But now as live events return, and with concerns still over safety, have live streams proven they can coexist alongside in-person concerts as a way to feel part of an experience? Musician Paul Smith from Maximo Park and director and filmmaker Oscar Sansom discuss
It’s often said that we’re living in a podcast ‘boom,’ with increased investment from technology giants and big name celebrity signings. But how diverse is the industry itself? The Equality in Audio Pact, launched in 2020, aims to tackle some of the systemic barriers to entry in radio and podcasting for people from under-represented backgrounds. Imriel Morgan is the Founder and CEO of podcast marketing agency Content is Queen- a signatory to the pact- and she’s also an award-winning host of the Wanna Be Podcast. She joins us to give her assessment of diversity and inclusion in the audio industry today.
Front Row reviews the Frasier reboot and performance from folk musician Martin Hayes
Lubaina Himid, Richard Armitage, David Pountney’s new opera
Nigel Kennedy, art gallery labels, how do museums recover stolen art?
Piper Kathryn Tickell performs, film director Terence Davies remembered, author Jhumpa Lahiri, £200 million for Heritage Places
Front Row reviews Philip Guston at the Tate Modern and new film Golda
The Streets, the British Textile Biennial, Kate Prince on her mentor
Patsy Ferran, Rubens & Women, the portrayal of black men in British film
Claudette Johnson, ghosts in literature, the Dutch Golden Age
Víkingur Ólafsson on Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Ken Loach’s The Old Oak
James Graham on Boys from the Blackstuff, and are maestros behaving badly?
Front Row hosts the BBC National Short Story Award Ceremony
Philip Barantini on Boiling Point, The Archers cast on Lark Rise to Ambridge
Live from the Contains Strong Language festival
Marina Abramovic and The Long Shadow reviewed, Dmitry Glukhovsky's The White Factory
Carlos Acosta on the Black Sabbath ballet; Birmingham arts funding; the business of British fashion
Jane Austen fashion, poet Daljit Nagra, musician Alice Phoebe Lou performs live
Paul Simon and Charlie Mackesy, the V&A’s Chanel exhibition and author Kamila Shamsie.
Katherine Rundell on Impossible Creatures, the rise of crafts on social media
The impact of the Hollywood strikes, author K Patrick, the iconic chant from the Halo video game
The British Museum’s missing gems, a drinking game drama, National Short Story Award
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