{"id":10320,"date":"2010-12-22T23:52:11","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T23:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=10320"},"modified":"2010-12-23T08:57:31","modified_gmt":"2010-12-23T08:57:31","slug":"bbc-radio-4-film-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2010\/12\/22\/bbc-radio-4-film-season\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Radio 4 Film Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Radio 4<\/a><\/strong> have announced details of their forthcoming film season<\/a> which features various material from the BBC archives.<\/p>\n

Running from January 14th-29th<\/strong>, there will be a range of programmes exploring the past, present and future of cinema.<\/p>\n

Mohit Bakaya, Commissioning Editor, BBC Radio 4, says:<\/p>\n

\u201cToday people can watch films outdoors, in living rooms, in multiplexes, on phones, on planes, in cars… almost anywhere. And the digital revolution is changing how films are made and who the filmmakers are. Giving insight into this dynamic industry, Radio 4\u2019s special season of programmes takes listeners to the heart of cinema and explores where our relationship with film is heading.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The season includes programmes presented by historian and film critic David Thomson<\/a>, broadcaster Francine Stock<\/a>, artist filmmaker Isaac Julien<\/a>, filmmaker Asif Kapadia<\/a>, broadcaster Barry Norman<\/a>, writer, journalist and broadcaster Matthew Sweet<\/a>, with contributions from producer Sir David Puttnam<\/a>, director Ken Loach<\/a> and director Sam Mendes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Radio 4\u2019s The Film Programme<\/a> and regular arts programme Front Row<\/a> will also be supporting the season with special features on film.<\/p>\n

To coincide with the season, the Radio 4 website has released over two hundred interviews with contemporary film stars, directors and producers broadcast on the network since 2002 via the Radio 4 Film Interview Collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Interviewees include: Ben Affleck, Clint Eastwood, Gwyneth Paltrow, Charlize Theron, the Coen Brothers, Helena Bonham Carter and Renee Zellweger.<\/p>\n

In addition BBC Archive<\/a> is also releasing a large collection of radio interviews with the stars of the ‘Golden Age’ of American cinema.<\/p>\n

Hollywood Voices<\/a> features broadcasts and unedited interviews with film stars of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, many of which are being made available in full for the first time.<\/p>\n

This collection of interviews features Harold Lloyd, James Cagney, Debbie Reynolds and Rita Hayworth.<\/p>\n

Further highlights include a ’round table’ with Charlie Chaplin; conversations with Buster Keaton and Louise Brooks on the early days of American cinema; a fiery exchange with Bette Davis; and an insight into the power of music courtesy of Alfred Hitchcock.<\/p>\n

Two galleries of photos from the BBC stills library also provide a rare glimpse of Hollywood in and around the BBC from 1930-1970.<\/p>\n

Film season programme information is as follows:<\/p>\n