Acting
Profile. Glenda Jackson. Audio, 13 minutes
Mark Coles profiles actor and former politician Glenda Jackson.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Barrie Rutter. Audio, 34 minutes
Kirsty Young interviews actor and theatre director Barrie Rutter.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Warwick Davis. Audio, 35 minutes
Kirsty Young's castaway is the actor Warwick Davis.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Tom Hanks, actor. Audio, 45 minutes
Tom Hanks, one of Hollywood's best-loved actors, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Shakespeare 400, Shakespeare 400: Shakespeare Beyond London. Audio, 15 minutes
Siobhan Keenan on the importance of touring to Shakespeare and the actors in his plays.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Being Hamlet. Video, 52 minutes
Simon Russell Beale and Adrian Lester discuss this most celebrated and challenging role.
- AttributionBBC
- Available for over a year
Profile. Sophie Okonedo. Audio, 13 minutes
Mark Coles profiles the actress Sophie Okonedo, star of new BBC drama Undercover.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Hugh Bonneville. Audio, 36 minutes
Kirsty Young talks to actor Hugh Bonneville.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. Real Pretenders. Audio, 60 minutes
Film critic Antonia Quirke investigates the evolution of acting.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Susan Calman on Molly Weir. Audio, 30 minutes
Comedian Susan Calman chooses the life of actress Molly Weir.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Incredible Women. Series 4, Mandy Fenwick. Audio, 14 minutes
Rebecca Front introduces us to Mandy Fenwick, the huge child star of the 1980s.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Profile. Maggie Smith. Audio, 13 minutes
Chris Bowlby looks at the life and career of actress Maggie Smith.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Ghost Stories from Theatreland. Audio, 1 minute
Actor Jack Shepherd goes backstage to unearth the strange tales of haunted theatres.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Staging Arthur Miller, Margot Leicester. Audio, 15 minutes
Actress Margot Leicester on her experiences working in the rehearsal room with Miller.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Dame Judi Dench. Audio, 39 minutes
Kirsty Young talks to actress Dame Judi Dench.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Vivien Leigh. Audio, 30 minutes
Barrister Christina Gorna chooses Oscar-winning Vivien Leigh.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Stephen Fry. Audio, 39 minutes
Stephen Fry is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Antonia Quirke on Marlon Brando. Audio, 30 minutes
Marlon Brando - greatest actor of the twentieth century?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Being Orson, Some Kind of Genius. Audio, 15 minutes
Film critic David Thomson explores Orson Welles's complicated relationship with failure.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Being Orson, F for Fake. Audio, 15 minutes
Sarah Churchwell discusses film-maker Orson Welles's capacity for self-mythologising.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year