The Film Programme

A series on soundtracks that broke with the established form for films in their genre.

With Antonia Quirke Writer Jeff Pope on what happened to Laurel and Hardy when they toured provincial theatres in the UK in the 1950s Comedian Lucy Porter discusses the duo know as the female Stan & Ollie, Byron and Garvin. Director Reinaldo Marcus Green reveals the reasons he felt compelled to make Monsters And Men, his drama about the killing of an unarmed African American man by a New York police officer.

A series on soundtracks that broke with the established form for films in their genre.

With Antonia Quirke. Timothée Chalamet talks about avoiding the cliches of playing a drug addict in his new drama Beautiful Boy and what happened to him after the success of Call Me By Your Name. Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos admits he wasn't that interested in historical accuracy when making The Favourite, his award-winning period drama about the court of Queen Anne with its sexual and political intrigue. Poet Rosalind Jana reveals how God's Own Country transformed her life. A truly unique movie is currently being shot in Sheffield, the first film ever to be made by an autistic director. The Dawn Of The Dark Fox is helmed by Michael Smith with Tom Stubbs, set inside Michael's mind. They have recorded an exclusive audio diary of the shoot with producer Alex Usborne.

A series on soundtracks that broke with the established form for films in their genre.