Podcast appearances and mentions of rebecca nicholson

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2014 44:34

Rebecca Nicholson reports from the desert storm of Coachella. Plus tracks from Courtney Barnett, Lana Del Rey and Linkin Park

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Media Talk podcast - TV Lair special

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2014 27:14

Wondering what to watch – and avoid – this week on TV and catch-up? Rebecca Nicholson and John Plunkett review Babylon, Salamander and Line of Duty. Plus Emily Mortimer discusses her new Sky Living show Doll and Em.

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Media Talk podcast: autumn TV special

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2013 31:26

As the nights draw in, the Guardian's Rebecca Nicholson and Tom Meltzer flip through the TV schedules and discuss programmes such as Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. airing this autumn

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Hugh Jackman; The Wrong Mans; BBC National Short Story Award 2013

Front Row: Archive 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2013 28:34

With Mark Lawson Hugh Jackman returns to our cinema screens this week, starring alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in the thriller Prisoners, about a man who takes the law into his own hands when his young daughter goes missing. Jackman discusses his latest role, a far cry from playing Jean Valjean in Les Miserables. The Wrong Mans is a new TV comedy drama written by and starring James Corden and Horrible Histories' Mathew Baynton, about two office workers who accidentally get entangled in a criminal conspiracy. Rebecca Nicholson reviews. The next writer in Front Row's series of interviews with the contenders for the BBC National Short Story Award 2013 is Lisa Blower, whose story is about a disastrous family trip to Barmouth. You can hear her story tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday). Last night the Netflix drama House of Cards became the first internet streamed programme to win an Emmy Award, as its director David Fincher picked up Best Director of a Drama Series. And Breaking Bad, also available on Netflix, won Outstanding Drama Series. Mark talks to Ted Sarandos, head of content for the video on demand service, about the change in how we consume entertainment. Producer Timothy Prosser.

Music Weekly podcast: Glastonbury preview 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2013 23:21

In the first of four special editions of the Guardian music podcast, Alexis Petridis, Kieran Yates and Rebecca Nicholson preview the year's biggest music festival. Plus, Tim Jonze talks to revellers as they arrive at camp and there's a live track by Rokia Traore

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Media Talk podcast: Woolwich attack coverage and Boris ban lifted

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2013 42:07

John Plunkett digests the week's media news with Roy Greenslade, Helen Zaltzman and Paul Robinson. Plus, Rebecca Nicholson celebrates a return to form for Mad Men

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Media Talk podcast: let's rock – a new station is born

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2013 30:14

John Plunkett speaks to John Myers, founder of a new radio station for rockers. Plus, Jemima Kiss previews the Facebook phone and Rebecca Nicholson torrents Game of Thrones.

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Music Weekly podcast: Alt-J win the Mercury prize

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2012 32:46

Favourites Alt-J walk away with the Mercury prize - but are they the real winners? Alexis Petridis considers the fate of previous winners, while Rebecca Nicholson reports from the red carpet

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Thomas Keneally, Dan Stevens, 25 years of Michael Palin's TV travels

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2012 28:29

With Mark Lawson. Thomas Keneally, who won the Booker Prize for Schindler's Ark, discusses the inspiration for his new novel The Daughters of Mars. Set in 1915, the book focuses on two Australian sisters who join the war effort as nurses, bringing a guilty family secret with them. Keneally talks about his technique of taking historic subjects and showing them from an individual perspective. Dan Stevens, best known for his role as Matthew Crawley in ITV's Downton Abbey, is making his first appearance on Broadway. He plays the charming suitor Morris Townsend in a revival of The Heiress, a play based on Henry James' novel Washington Square. He reflects on making Broadway history as the first actor to take a break from performing to judge the Man Booker prize. Michael Palin's career after Monty Python has taken him literally around the world. For 25 years he has been making travel documentaries, starting with Great Railway Journeys of the World, and his latest series takes him to Brazil. Rebecca Nicholson and Chris Dunkley discuss Palin's global exploration over the decades. Producer Olivia Skinner.

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Music Weekly podcast: Jim Jones Revue and Jens Lekman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2012 44:56

Kieran Yates discusses the week's music news with Michael Hann and Rebecca Nicholson. Plus interviews with Jim Jones Revue and Swedish indiepop artist Jens Lekman

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Emma Watson in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Turner Prize, Hunted

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2012 28:35

With Mark Lawson. Emma Watson returns to the big screen in a new film The Perks of Being a Wallflower, in which a young man falls for Sam (played by Watson) while under the protective eyes of two fellow students who take him under their wing. Rebecca Nicholson reviews. The 2012 Turner Prize exhibition opens tomorrow, featuring works by the four shortlisted artists. Spartacus Chetwynd, Luke Fowler, Paul Noble and Elizabeth Price are competing for the £25,000 award. Art critic Jackie Wullschlager gives her verdict. The production company behind Spooks and Ashes To Ashes now bring us Hunted, a TV drama series which focuses on a highly-skilled operative for an elite private intelligence firm. She has faced a threat to her life which might have been an inside job. Gabriel Tate reviews. And as Halifax-based theatre company Northern Broadsides celebrate their 20th anniversary, founder Barrie Rutter and company members reflect on their tradition of performing classic plays in northern voices in non-velvet spaces. Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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Alice Cooper, Clive Owen, and TV drama Person of Interest

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2012 28:12

With Mark Lawson. Actor Clive Owen discusses his latest role in Shadow Dancer, the new film from director James Marsh (Man on Wire, Project Nim). Set in 1990s Belfast, a member of the IRA (played by Gillian Anderson) turns informant in order to protect her son. Alice Cooper's School's Out went to number one in the UK pop charts 40 years ago this week. The American rock star reflects on his career, including encounters with Salvador Dali, George H W Bush, John Lennon and Johnny Depp. Created by JJ Abrams (Lost) and Jonathan Nolan (The Dark Knight Rises), Person of Interest is a TV crime drama in which a former CIA agent - played by Jim Caviezel - is recruited by a billionaire to prevent violent crimes in New York City. Rebecca Nicholson reviews. Producer Ella-mai Robey.

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Crow with Handspring puppets, guitarist Milos, Mark Wallinger

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2012 28:33

With Kirsty Lang. The Handspring Puppet Company, the creators of the award-winning War Horse horses, have turned to Ted Hughes' sequence of Crow poems for their new show, combining puppetry, music, dance and extracts of the verse. It's part of the London 2012 Festival. Bidisha reviews. In the week that Jimmy Carr has apologised for taking part in tax avoidance schemes, the comedy critic Stephen Armstrong explains why successful comedians have always been rich and why they've always needed to hide it. Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger has a large-scale solo show Site opening at the Baltic in Gateshead this week, to be followed next month by a film commission at Turner Contemporary in Margate, and a collaboration with the Royal Opera House and the National Gallery in London on a new ballet based on paintings by Titian. In his studio Wallinger takes stock of his workload and has the latest news on his plan to erect a 50-metre high statue of a white horse in the Kent countryside. Gordon Ramsay goes to Brixton prison in his new TV series Gordon Behind Bars, as he attempts to set up a successful food business with the prisoners, giving himself a deadline of six months. Rebecca Nicholson reviews. Milos Karadaglic is a classical guitarist from Montenegro. Generally known as just Milos, he was the UK's best-selling classical recording artist last year, and Gramophone magazine's Young Artist of the Year. With a new CD of Latin American music and a BBC Proms concert this summer, he talks about his love for the guitar and the importance of looking after his nails.

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06/06/2012

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2012 28:47

With Mark Lawson, Woody Allen has allowed his life and creative process to be documented on-camera. With unprecedented access, filmmaker Robert Weide followed the notoriously private film legend over a year and a half; discussing topics including his creative choices and response to his critics, the split with Mia Farrow and reveals that when he finished Manhattan he didn't like the film and didn't want it to be shown. Antonia Quirke assesses what we learn about the prolific film maker. American writer Richard Ford's new novel Canada opens in the vast landscape of Great Falls, Montana, in the 1950s, where a young solitary child Dell Parsons' world is turned upside-down when his parents commit a bank robbery. Richard Ford discusses the background to the book, and why readers usually have a five-year wait for his next novel. Two comedies with women in the starring roles are coming to our television screens. Dead Boss was co-written by and stars Sharon Horgan as a woman who has been falsely imprisoned for murdering her boss. Sally Phillips takes the lead in Parents, a sit-com about returning back to the family home, with her own teenage children. Rebecca Nicholson reviews. And, the novelist Joanne Harris and Professor Roger Luckhurst pay tribute to the author of Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury, whose death has been announced. Producer Claire Bartleet.

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Clive James and The Cabin in the Woods film review

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2012 28:42

With Mark Lawson, Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon co-wrote his latest film in three days. The Cabin in the Woods takes on the seemingly familiar story of five friends staying in a remote cabin where unexpected things happen, and promises surprises. Crime writer Mark Billingham gives his verdict. Clive James found fame as a critic, TV presenter and memoirist, but has also written and published poetry for more than 50 years. He discusses his new collection of verse Nefertiti in the Flack Tower. Two TV shows with high-profile names attached are about to arrive on our screens. Ricky Gervais stars in his new comedy Derek, which is set in an old people's home. The American musical drama Smash is co-produced by Steven Spielberg, and is set behind the scenes of a new Broadway show. Rebecca Nicholson reviews. Madani Younis is the new artistic director of the Bush Theatre, London, a venue with a strong reputation for developing new writers. He discusses his plans and reflects on how his own background shapes his approach to his work. Producer Claire Bartleet.

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Aardman Animations' Pirate film; Jodi Picoult; Ben Okri

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2012 28:37

With Mark Lawson. Hugh Grant leads the cast providing the voices for Aardman Animations' latest film The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, which takes the lawless seafarers from the shores of Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. Mark Eccleston reviews. Novelist Jodi Picoult discusses her new book, which focuses on a pair of siblings trying to decide whether or not to remove life support from their father. She reflects on her approach to fiction, and the response she received from the Christian right in the USA to her last novel. Madonna's twelfth album, M.D.N.A, is a new collection of tracks aimed at the dancefloor, and released ahead of an international tour this summer. Rebecca Nicholson gives her verdict. Booker Prize-winning writer Ben Okri has published his first new collection of poetry for 13 years, with many of the poems featuring dedications. He considers the process of dedicating verse, and we hear from one of his dedicatees, musician and producer Brian Eno. Producer Nicki Paxman.

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Charlize Theron in Young Adult; Kate Grenville

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2012 28:47

With Mark Lawson. Charlize Theron plays a writer of teen literature who returns to her small hometown to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart, in her new film Young Adult. But things don't go according to plan. The film is directed by Jason Reitman, who also brought us Juno and Up in the Air. Ryan Gilbey reviews. The Orange Prize-winning novelist Kate Grenville discusses her novel Sarah Thornhill in which she returns to early Australia and the story of the Thornhill family, whose story she told in her novel The Secret River. The Singing Detective, the TV drama series written by Dennis Potter and starring Michael Gambon, returns to our screens 26 years after it was first shown. Chris Dunkley and Rebecca Nicholson re-assess this TV classic. And writer Joanne Harris visits a new exhibition in Sheffield with a focus on the family, with artists ranging from William Hogarth to Rachel Whiteread. Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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Hajj at the British Museum