Join Will Gompertz, BBC Arts Editor as he talks to contemporary artists Michael Craig-Martin and Mat Collishaw about the use of technology in art and the release of the Art Fund’s Art Guide app, the most comprehensive guide to seeing art across the UK.
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An inclusive podcast with exclusive guests. A collection of experiences and views from friends and peers in the creative arts and beyond. Hosted by @sagarradia @amritaacharia1
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Edith Devaney, co-curator of "David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture" at the Apple Store Covent Garden in London. Will Gompertz, BBC Arts Editor, joins Edith for a discussion about the artist and the exhibition including Hockney’s impressive use of the iPad.
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For more than a decade two mugshots of fugitive environmentalists have sat amongst airplane hijackers, bombers and murders on the FBI’s Most Wanted Domestic Terrorists list. One of the photos is of a tall, hipster looking engineer from Seattle. He’s wearing a red shirt, has a light shadowy beard. His name: Joseph Mahmoud Dibee. The other photo is of a young white woman with thick eyebrows, piercing brown eyes and long brown hair. Across her back is a large tattoo: a bird with its wings outst ...
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Editor of The Chiswick Calendar Bridget Osborne spent many years as a journalist at the BBC before setting up The Chiswick Calendar website - ChiswickCalendar.co.uk - in 2014. Having produced many interviews, from actors and entertainers on BBC Radio 4's Midweek programme to politicians and heads of state on BBC World News TV's HARDtalk, she's completely at home talking to interesting people about everything from their childhood recollections to their impact on the world stage.
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A home for all the untold travel stories. In The Rough Guide to Everywhere we chat to people from around the world with inspiring travel tales to tell, and get the odd dispatch from Rough Guides writers on the road. The series is hosted by Rough Guides editor Aimee White (Twitter: @aimeefw). Use #roughguidespod to spread the word on Twitter. As featured on the BBC.
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Join us for intersectional feminist chat with remarkable women in film from director Amma Asante to multi-award winning composer Nainita Desai. Hosted by F-Rated founder, Holly Tarquini and BBC World Service presenter, journalist Anu Anand exploring all aspects of the film industry by talking to some of the brilliant women who shape the stories we see on screen.
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2020 Visions is a six part series presented by Rys Farthing and K. Biswas charting Britain's future. Episode 1: The Political Future. Guests: Labour’s Jon Cruddas MP; human rights activist Peter Tatchell; ConservativeHome editor Jonathan Isaby, psephologist Professor John Curtice; Dr Madsen Pirie, Director of the free-market Adam Smith Institute; LibDem Voice editor Stephen Tall; David Babbs of campaign organisation 38 Degrees, and the New Statesman’s Laurie Penny. Episode 2: Poverty, inequa ...
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Recorded live at the Scottish Students on Screen event March 14th 2008, this podcast features interviews with attendees, speakers and film students on where they see film and cinema heading in this new media age.
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Lose yourself in a story of obsession, 40 years of night life and 4,000 years of human connection. In The Portal Martin Green, Wils Wilson, and David Greig have woven together a tale of love, music, drugs and deceit. Two obsessive recordists, and lovers torn apart by circumstance; Etteridge and Angela left us the most incredible collection of 20th century documentation ever made. From 1947 to 1988 they never met. They recorded any and every aspect of London nightlife, from war-time dance-hal ...
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In episode 6, we spoke to Amma Asante about growing up in racist London with her Ghanaian parents; being on Grange Hill as a child actor; going to secretarial college where she wrote her first script to get her typing speed up; and her trip to LA where she had a meeting with execs at a big studio. In this episode, we spoke to her about her first di…
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Briony Hanson - British Council's Director of Film
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Episode 10 of the F-Rated podcast features a conversation with Briony Hanson, the British Council's Director of Film. Holly Tarquini, the founder of the F Rating, hosts the episode solo since her colleague Anu Anand is away. Briony Hanson's impressive background includes directing the Script Factory Training Organisation, heading Tyneside Cinema an…
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Multi-award winning film editor, Úna Ní Dhonghaíle ACE, BFE is best known for her work on the Oscar winning film 'Belfast', Bafta winning series 'The Crown' Series 1 and 2 and 'Three Girls', 'Stan and Ollie', 'Wallander', 'The Missing' Series 1, 'Dr Who', Roddy Doyle's 'Rosie', amongst many others. She has worked on the leading lights of British dr…
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Philippa Lowthorpe is a three times Bafta winning TV and Film Director. She became the first woman to win a Bafta for Best Director at the Bafta Television Awards in 2013. She was awarded her second directing BAFTA in 2018 for Three Girls, the highly acclaimed and multi award-winning TV Series which won 5 Baftas in total. She was lead director of t…
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RTS award winning composer Nainita Desai is a World Soundtrack Awards, Ivor Novello, BIFA and Cinema Eye Honors nominee; a Bafta Breakthrough Brit, and the IFMCA Breakthrough Composer of the Year. Amongst various Bafta, Oscar and Emmy acclaimed productions, Nainita's recent projects include Oscar 2020 nominated and Bafta & Cannes winning feature do…
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Amma Asante MBE is a multi-award winning writer and director who won a BAFTA for her first film, A Way of Life (2004). This made Amma the first Black director to win a BAFTA Film Award for writing and directing a feature film. The film went on to garner 17 additional awards worldwide, including FIPRESCI, and Grand Jury prizes. Her follow up movie, …
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Gaby Chiappe is an experienced TV writer. She has written extensively for long-running series such as Family Affairs, Doctors, EastEnders, Casualty, Survivors and many more. She also wrote for the series Lark Rise to Candleford, Shetland, Vera and created and wrote (with Alexander Perrin) the series The Level for ITV and more recently The Beast Mus…
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Weaving the world around her into intricate stories, Sarah’s many short films have screened internationally and won major awards. Her BAFTA-nominated directorial debut, Brick Lane, earned her The Alfred Dunhill Talent Award at the London Film Festival. Sarah went on to direct, Suffragette, featuring Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Meryl Stree…
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Helen O'Hara - critic, writer, broadcaster
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Helen O’Hara has been working as a film journalist for over fifteen years, after qualifying as a barrister and immediately getting bored. She started her film writing career on the staff of Empire, the world’s biggest film magazine, and remains their editor-at-large and co-host of the Empire podcast, where she can be found weekly singing the praise…
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Meet your hosts, Holly Tarquini & Anu Anand
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Released on International Women's Day 2023 - of course and featuring Buffy the dog (of course she's called Buffy!). Holly Tarquini began her career in television, spending over a decade in London as a Producer/Director of documentaries and unscripted programmes and series. After setting up and running a guest-house for yoga students in India, she m…
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We hear from producer, Rebecca O’Brien who has been an independent film producer for thirty-five years. Prior to becoming a producer she worked her way up through the industry in various production roles including location manager on MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE (1985) and production manager on some early Channel 4 films. Rebecca has produced fourteen f…
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What we have in store for you with our new F(eminist)-Rated Podcast! cf0d315226eae3f30b84347ab8b1e7e76bd1c069
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In the final episode of Series 3 we are joined by Raheem aka Dosa Cat. A choreographer and performer, Raheem aka Dosas Cat talks to us about the world of drag, plus his new feature film coming out very soon!By Sagar Radia & Amrita Acharia
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Episode 8-and-a-half: Extraordinary collateral consequences
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An update on Joseph Mahmoud Dibee, who on November 1st 2022 was sentenced. CREDITSPresenter: Leah SottileProducer: Georgia CattWritten by: Leah Sottile and Georgia CattMusic and Sound Design: Phil ChannellMusic including theme music by Echo Collective, composed performed and produced by Neil Leiter & Margaret Hermant; recorded, mixed and produced b…
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Known for her roles in shows such as His Dark Materials, Cleaning Up, and Trauma, Jade Anouka joins us on Rule Not The Exception where we discuss motherhood, her love for theatre access and awareness, and her love of Shakespeare!By Jade Anouka, Amrita Acharia, Sagar Radia
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A Journey of Discovery with Naomi J. Ogawa
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Soon to be seen on Netflix's Wednesday, Naomi J. Ogawa comes onto Rule Not The Exception as we explore her short but successful journey so far!By Naomi J Ogawa, Sagar Radia, Amrita Acharia
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The mother of Josephine Sunshine Overaker - the remaining fugitive environmentalist - tells her story. And a change of plea from Joseph Dibee means he’s able to talk in a way he hasn’t before, including about a night he said he'd never speak of. CREDITSPresenter: Leah SottileProducer: Georgia CattWritten by: Leah Sottile and Georgia CattFact Checki…
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Australian actor and screenwriter, Daniel Monks shares his journey on the podcast where we delve into what acting means to him, and how his disability has influenced his outlook on life and workBy Daniel Monks, Sagar Radia, Amrita Acharia
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Episode 7: When the Fed met the Radical. Again.
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Jane Quimby was one of the FBI agents on Operation Backfire, the investigation that busted the Earth Liberation Front and so-called Family. One of those she put behind bars was Chelsea Gerlach – sentenced to nine years and now living with the weight of that word ‘terrorist’. Now, they’re ready to talk in a way they couldn’t before. CREDITSPresenter…
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Poised, experienced and talented are just a few ways to describe Sudha Bhuchar. We speak about her early days in theatre, setting up Tamasha Theatre Company, and wanting to see more roles for older actors. A beautiful conversation that isn't one to be missed!By sudha bhuchar, amrita acharia, sagar radia
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As they visit the site of an ELF arson twenty-five years ago, Leah and Georgia meet inhabitants of a town that two years ago was lost to forest fire. The Earth Liberation Front had a clear line they wouldn’t cross: they would never cause any physical harm. And they never did. As climate change bears down they ask - where is the line now? A time whe…
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From the streets of Nepal to winning the nation's hearts on Masterchef, chef Santosh Shah joins us on Rule Not The Exception as we talk about his humble beginnings, working in India and how he managed to compete on the UK's most prestigious cookery competition, Masterchef: The ProfessionalsBy Sagar Radia & Amrita Acharia
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During a visit to Eugene, Oregon - a city that brought key people and ideas in this story together - Leah and Georgia find something unexpected. CREDITSPresenter: Leah SottileProducer: Georgia CattWritten by: Leah Sottile and Georgia CattFact Checking: Rob ByrneMusic and Sound Design: Phil ChannellMusic including theme music by Echo Collective, com…
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In this week’s podcast, we sit down with the inimitable & multi-award winning musician and composer Nitin Sawhney. His bodies of work spans every corner of the artist fields be it scores for film & television, the stage, video games as well as his own discography of albums like ‘Beyond Skin’ which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary with a spe…
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In 2005 Joe Dibee fled America – leaving everything behind. Speaking in Summer 2021, as he awaits what he hopes will be a trial date, Joe tells Leah and Georgia about life out of reach of the FBI, and his eventual capture in Cuba. As they faced - or face - years behind bars, Leah Sottile explores what that word, terrorist, meant for the environment…
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Casting director Jatinder Chera comes onto the podcast as he explores the new world of casting. Having recently worked at The National Theatre Jatinder talks to us about his push for representation and diversity in casting process.By jatinder chera, amrita acharia, sagar radia
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More than fifteen years ago a woman, authorities call an eco-terrorist, slipped through the fingers of the FBI and vanished. Leah Sottile meets the agent she evaded, who’s made it his mission to see her caught before he retires. CREDITSPresenter: Leah SottileProducer: Georgia CattWritten by: Leah Sottile and Georgia CattFact Checking: Rob ByrneMusi…
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Actor/Writer Ambreen Razia is going from strength to strength and we got a chance to sit down with her to discuss her writing process, her drive for excellence and how she's making her mark both on the page and on camera!By Ambreen Razia, Amrita Acharia, Sagar Radia
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For over a decade, Joseph Dibee’s mugshot stared out from the FBI’s Most Wanted Domestic Terrorists list. He’s charged with crimes in connection to an underground cell that was known as The Family, whose actions committed in the name of the Animal Liberation Front and Earth Liberation Front would see them called terrorists. In 2005 the then Deputy …
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A Symphonic Act with Prasanna Puwanarajah
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We sit down with one of the stars of Amazon's show, Ten Percent. An acclaimed actor, writer and director, Prasanna gives us an insight into his views of the biz and how he went from doctor to director!By prasanna puwanarajah, Sagar Radia, Amrita Acharia
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An underground group of radical environmentalists become a domestic terror priority. Then two go on the run. And this series goes in an unexpected direction. CREDITSPresenter: Leah SottileProducer: Georgia CattWritten by: Leah Sottile and Georgia CattFact Checking: Rob ByrneMusic and Sound Design: Phil ChannellMusic including theme music by Echo Co…
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For over a decade, a pair of mugshots have lived side by side on the FBI’s website, on its list of America’s Most Wanted Domestic Terrorists. The government says these fugitives were part of an eco-terrorist movement that in 2005 the then Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI called the number one domestic terrorism threat in America. And now one of…
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We'd love your feedback, fill out the survey here Support The Portal here or via Patreon BONUS EPISODE: Martin Green explores how you make a fictional podcast in a pandemic. Featuring chats with director Wils Wilson, and actors Alison Peebles & Anna Russell-Martin. This episode contains some strong language. *SPOILER WARNING* There's a few spoilers…
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'The War Against the BBC' with Patrick Barwise & Peter York
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Patrick Barwise, Emeritus Professor of Management and Marketing at London Business School and cultural commentator Peter York argue that the BBC is in peril as never before. Journalist Bridget Osborne discusses 'The War Against the BBC' with the two authors in a podcast for the Chiswick Book Festival in association with The Chiswick Calendar. 'The …
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In the Series 2 finale we sit down with legend in the game, Russell Tovey. We speak about auditioning, The History Boys, and why it's important to diversify your skills.By Russell Tovey, Amrita Acharia, Sagar Radia
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We sat down with 1/4 of '4 Brown Girls Who Write' Sheena Patel! We had a candid chat on sharing your voice, the power of vulnerability and their unapologetic poetry.By sagar radia, sheena patel, amrita acharia
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Wanting It Bad Enough with Naroop Jhooti
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Naroop Jhooti joins us for episode 8 talking all things photography, having the hunger to win, and his no-excuse mentality!By Naroop Jhooti, Sagar Radia, Amrita Acharia
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A Person Like You with Himesh Patel
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Star of Danny Boyle's, Yesterday and Eastenders alumni, Himesh Patel chats with the Rule Not The Exception podcast in Episode 7.By Amrita Acharia, Sagar Radia, Himesh Patel
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Genuine Hospitality with Sunaina Sethi
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Sunaina Sethi of JKS restaurants comes onto the podcast talking all things food, wine, the strength of differences & making bold choices in work and life.By Sagar Radia & Amrita Acharia
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Searching Through Spirituality with David Jonsson
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One of the star's of HBO/BBC's new drama Industry, David Jonsson talks to us about his short but fruitful journey so far, including his beginnings in East London, and his love for the stage.By Amrita Acharia, David Jonsson, Sagar Radia
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Since his breakout role in BBC's The Informer, Nabhaan Rizwan has gone from strength to strength. We got a chance to catch up with him discussing all things acting, music and how to stay encouraged.By Sagar Radia, Amrita Acharia, Nabhaan Rizwan
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The Fearless Perspective with Moyo Akande
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In episode 3 with Moyo Akande we delve into her fearlessness, why the industry needs re-training, and producing her own work alongside her sister.By Sagar Radia, Moyo Akande, Amrita Acharia
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How It Started The last piece of the puzzle arrives with MG. The very last recording Angela ever made. Put your headphones on for this dramatic story & exceptional orchestration, that will whisk you away somewhere else entirely Content Warning: The Portal contains strong language, references to drugs and alcohol. If you’d like to support the podcas…
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The Wave Stops Hidden in the tapes we hear a conversation that took 24 years to happen. Put your headphones on for this dramatic story & exceptional orchestration, that will whisk you away somewhere else entirely Content Warning: The Portal contains strong language, references to drugs and alcohol. If you’d like to support the podcast please share …
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Taking The Thought To Court With Anjli Mohindra
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Anjli Mohindra joins us on the podcast as we talk about identity, mental health and learning to ask more of ourselves.By Anjli Mohindra, Sagar Radia, Amrita Acharia
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The Fall Out Secrets are fine until people find them out. Things come to light for Angela and Etteridge which may cause them to part forever. Put your headphones on for this dramatic story & exceptional orchestration, that will whisk you away somewhere else entirely Content Warning: The Portal contains strong language, references to drugs and alcoh…
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Angela Goes Out on Her Own Angela gets better and better at her job and exciting opportunities come her way. Etteridge is struggling to keep up. Put your headphones on for this dramatic story & exceptional orchestration, that will whisk you away somewhere else entirely Content Warning: The Portal contains strong language, references to drugs and al…
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In the opening episode of series 2 we sit down with actor/filmmaker, Yasen Atour on his journey as an actor, teacher and mentor.By Sagar Radia, Amrita Acharia, Yasen Atour
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The Hoving Angela persuades Etteridge to try out the ancient ritual of The Hoving. The result is more than either of them bargained for. Put your headphones on for this dramatic story & exceptional orchestration, that will whisk you away somewhere else entirely Content Warning: The Portal contains strong language, references to drugs and alcohol. I…
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Angela Comes to Oxford In an effort to escape her violent family, Angela comes to Oxford. Etteridge, delighted, but rather surprised gives her a job as his assistant. Put your headphones on for this dramatic story & exceptional orchestration, that will whisk you away somewhere else entirely Content Warning: The Portal contains strong language, refe…
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