Best of the Week Podcast

‘The Valley of the Squinting Windows’ is an adaptation of Brinsley MacNamara's book that was banned in 1918. Director Michael Scott and Mary Wheldon, the daughter-in-law of MacNamara join Oliver in studio. The play comes to the Gaiety Theatre this November. 

The stories and headlines that grabbed Ryan's attention. 

This week Dave Anthony picks a paper from a day in history and reads it to co-host Gareth Reynolds and guest, comedian Beth Stelling

New episodes of The Past Times will be right here every Thursday.

Poet Kathleen Jamie, whose tenure as Scotland's Makar, or National Poet, recently came to an end, talks about her new collection of poems written in Scots, The Keelie Hawk. Composer Helen Grime, soprano Claire Booth and author Zoe Gilbert chat about the world premiere of Folk, an ...  Show more

Stephen Fry helps Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo celebrate ten years of movie reviews on 5 live. Including Mark's reviews of the new releases including Keira Knightley's 'brittle' performance in romantic drama Last Night, and the much-anticipated X-Men prequel First Class.Plus your ...  Show more

This week, novelist and playwright Caryl Phillips remembers his friendship with the magnificent James Baldwin; and Robert Potts on the ingenious return of George Smiley.The works of James Baldwin'Karla's Choice', a John le Carré novel, by Nick HarkawayProduced by Charlotte Pardy ...  Show more