Acting
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
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
Let's Go Round Again - The Story of The Magic Roundabout. Audio, 30 minutes
Sophie Thompson and Phyllida Law celebrate 50 years of The Magic Roundabout.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Dame Judi Dench. Audio, 45 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, 45 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
Inside No. 9. Series 2, Seance Time. Video, 28 minutes
Having never consulted the spirit world before, Tina isn't quite sure what to expect.
- AttributionBBC Two
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Being Orson, Why Citizen Kane Matters. Audio, 15 minutes
Film critic Peter Bradshaw gives his personal take on Orson Welles's film Citizen Kane.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Being Orson, He that Plays the King. Audio, 15 minutes
Exploring Orson Welles's Shaksepeare film trilogy: Macbeth, Othello and Chimes at Midnight
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Being Orson, Boy Wonder. Audio, 15 minutes
Simon Callow tracks Orson Welles's transformation from schoolboy to prodigy.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Profile. Aidan Turner. Audio, 13 minutes
Mark Coles profiles Aidan Turner, the Irish actor playing Poldark.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. British Film Comedians, Alastair Sim. Audio, 15 minutes
Columnist and historian Simon Heffer discusses the life and work of actor Alastair Sim.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Mark Rylance. Audio, 43 minutes
Actor Mark Rylance is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
