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Saturday Review

A podcast by: BBC Radio 4

Presenter Tom Sutcliffe and guests offer sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events

Our American listeners can also listen to Saturday Review at our American site

300 Episodes

The Nest, The Truth, The Bass Rock, Cranach at Compton Verney and Home Entertainment Recommendations
Published 2020-03-21

Misbehaviour, On Blueberry Hill, Abi Dare, Warhol, Breeders and Kate+Koji
Published 2020-03-14
Hilary Mantel, The Mikvah Project, Sulphur and White, Among The Trees
Published 2020-03-07
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire, Women Beware Women, Christos Tsiolkas, Leon Spilliaert, Noughts and Crosses
Published 2020-02-29
Midnight Family, Masculinities exhibition, Actress by Anne Enright, Far Away by Caryl Churchill, I Am Not Okay With This
Published 2020-02-22
Stoppard -Leopoldstadt, Emma, Philip Hensher, Steve McQueen - Tate Modern, The End
Published 2020-02-15
Mr Jones, Death of England, The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates, British Baroque, This Life
Published 2020-02-08
Ingmar Bergman, The Lighthouse, William Gibson, The Art, Design and future of Fungi, Art on the BBC
Published 2020-02-01
David Copperfield, Welkin, Motherwell, Pregnancy exhibition, Windermere Children
Published 2020-01-28
Beckett triple bill, Bombshell, Avenue 5, American Dirt, Tullio Crali
Published 2020-01-18
1917, London International Mime Festival, King Gary, Ismail Kadare, Saad Qureshi,
Published 2020-01-11
Little Women, War Of The Worlds Immersive Experience, Untitled Goose Game, Graphic novels, podcasts
Published 2020-01-04
Listeners' cultural highlights of 2019
Published 2019-12-28
Cats, Susan Hill's Ghost Story, Martin's Close, Nora Ephron's I Feel Bad About My Neck, Gypsy
Published 2019-12-21
Aquarela, Swive, Robert Musil, Theaster Gates, Sticks and Stones
Published 2019-12-13
Fairview at Young Vic, So Long My Son, Annette Hess, John Walker, A Very Scandi Scandal
Published 2019-12-07
The Nightingale, My Brilliant Friend, Lee Child, Troy: myth and reality, Upright
Published 2019-11-30
Dear Evan Hansen, Feast & Fast, Greener Grass, Irenosen Okojie, Ken Burns' Country series
Published 2019-11-23
The Gangster The Cop The Devil, Touching the Void, Romesh Gunesekera, Gold Digger, George IV : Art and Spectacle
Published 2019-11-16
The Report, Shook, The Topeka School, 24/7 exhibition, The Morning Show
Published 2019-11-09

Presenter Tom Sutcliffe and guests offer sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events

300 Episodes

The Nest, The Truth, The Bass Rock, Cranach at Compton Verney and Home Entertainment Recommendations

Misbehaviour, On Blueberry Hill, Abi Dare, Warhol, Breeders and Kate+Koji

Hilary Mantel, The Mikvah Project, Sulphur and White, Among The Trees

Portrait Of A Lady On Fire, Women Beware Women, Christos Tsiolkas, Leon Spilliaert, Noughts and Crosses

Midnight Family, Masculinities exhibition, Actress by Anne Enright, Far Away by Caryl Churchill, I Am Not Okay With This

Stoppard -Leopoldstadt, Emma, Philip Hensher, Steve McQueen - Tate Modern, The End

Mr Jones, Death of England, The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates, British Baroque, This Life

Ingmar Bergman, The Lighthouse, William Gibson, The Art, Design and future of Fungi, Art on the BBC

David Copperfield, Welkin, Motherwell, Pregnancy exhibition, Windermere Children

Beckett triple bill, Bombshell, Avenue 5, American Dirt, Tullio Crali

1917, London International Mime Festival, King Gary, Ismail Kadare, Saad Qureshi,

Little Women, War Of The Worlds Immersive Experience, Untitled Goose Game, Graphic novels, podcasts

Listeners' cultural highlights of 2019

Cats, Susan Hill's Ghost Story, Martin's Close, Nora Ephron's I Feel Bad About My Neck, Gypsy

Aquarela, Swive, Robert Musil, Theaster Gates, Sticks and Stones

Fairview at Young Vic, So Long My Son, Annette Hess, John Walker, A Very Scandi Scandal

The Nightingale, My Brilliant Friend, Lee Child, Troy: myth and reality, Upright

Dear Evan Hansen, Feast & Fast, Greener Grass, Irenosen Okojie, Ken Burns' Country series

The Gangster The Cop The Devil, Touching the Void, Romesh Gunesekera, Gold Digger, George IV : Art and Spectacle

The Report, Shook, The Topeka School, 24/7 exhibition, The Morning Show