The Film Programme

by BBC Radio 4

The latest releases, the hottest stars and the leading directors, plus news and insights from the film world

The Last Picture Show
Sep 30, 2021 – 56:18
Chris Menges, Local Hero
Sep 23, 2021 – 34:24
Emma Thomas: How Batman Began
Sep 20, 2021 – 27:52
Mark Gatiss: Anthony Hopkins superfan
Sep 14, 2021 – 34:57
Maria Djurkovic
Sep 2, 2021 – 27:39
Hossein Amini on Heat
Aug 26, 2021 – 27:46
Jude Law, Ayten Amin and Mark Jenkin
Aug 19, 2021 – 27:46
Alvin Rakoff
Aug 12, 2021 – 27:50
Juliet Stevenson on Truly, Madly, Deeply
Aug 5, 2021 – 27:54
Francis Lee on My Beautiful Laundrette
Jul 29, 2021 – 27:52
Bruce Robinson: Withnail and me
Jul 22, 2021 – 30:45
Carol Morley on Muriel Box
Jul 19, 2021 – 27:49
David Oyelowo
Jul 8, 2021 – 33:01
Thomas Vinterberg
Jul 1, 2021 – 29:09
Iron Curtain Directors
Jun 24, 2021 – 27:46
Stanley Tucci
Jun 17, 2021 – 27:50
Ousmane Sembene
Jun 10, 2021 – 27:51
Ben Whishaw
Jun 3, 2021 – 27:38
Toby Jones
May 27, 2021 – 27:51
Cinema: open for business
May 20, 2021 – 27:53
Cinema: The Comeback
May 13, 2021 – 27:57
How I directed a movie with Parkinson's Disease
May 6, 2021 – 29:01
Judi, Nicole, Sandra, Kristin, Cate, Fanny, Anna and Francine
Apr 29, 2021 – 27:49
Mark Jenkin & The Köttings
Apr 22, 2021 – 27:45
Chloe Zhao
Apr 15, 2021 – 34:50
The Power
Apr 8, 2021 – 27:51
Antonia and the stars
Apr 1, 2021 – 26:55
Rogue Males
Mar 25, 2021 – 26:50
Francis Lee on Ammonite
Mar 18, 2021 – 26:50
Location, Location, Location
Mar 11, 2021 – 26:46
The World of the Coens
Mar 4, 2021 – 26:48
Kevin Macdonald on The Battle Of Algiers
Feb 25, 2021 – 26:28
Seamus McGarvey's Lockdown Diary
Feb 18, 2021 – 26:31
Christopher Lee on The Lord Of The Rings
Feb 11, 2021 – 26:50
Angela Allen
Feb 4, 2021 – 27:20
Leslie Caron
Jan 28, 2021 – 26:43
The Dig
Jan 21, 2021 – 26:39
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Jan 14, 2021 – 26:50
Ellen Burstyn
Jan 7, 2021 – 27:41
Richard Lester
Dec 31, 2020 – 27:36
Christopher Nolan & Tom Shone
Dec 24, 2020 – 27:52
Lesley Manville
Dec 17, 2020 – 27:49
David Byrne
Dec 10, 2020 – 27:37
Tom Burke on Orson Welles
Dec 3, 2020 – 27:49
Heaven's Gate
Nov 26, 2020 – 27:48
Ron Howard
Nov 19, 2020 – 27:39
Sarah Gavron
Nov 17, 2020 – 27:49
Being A Human Person
Nov 17, 2020 – 27:36
A Bout De Souffle
Nov 12, 2020 – 27:44
Shirley
Oct 22, 2020 – 27:50

Recent Reviews

lilithorin

Always good

Love Antonia and Francine but I’m very much missing all of the other (pre-Covid) contributors. Personally, I can’t get enough of holiday DVD swap or hearing Tim and Larushka discuss ANY film.
Marco Polo Mint

Some good topics and film journalism

I’ve been listening to this for years. Francine Stock the presenter is seasoned and a great interviewer. It’s a small show with quite some pull, getting big name interviewees from film promotion junkets. Scorsese and Schoonmaker for example, but also smaller indie filmmakers and directors. There are features in costume, production design, Foley artists, and a strong concentration of stories from the British film industry. Whereas press junkets often involve rote responses to standard questions, the interviewers here ask more provocative questions. Critics also turn up regularly, and one of my favorite features is when a rerelease of an older film can be revisited and re-evaluated. Not always interesting, but there’s usually a segment that should interest everyone.
Tom Morkes

great show

Really interesting show. Love the topics they cover and the insightful perspectives
CPK80

Effing Orange!

All Right Merchant!