Review: Alien Earth series plus Rom-Com Materialists
Noah Hawley on bringing the sci fi-franchise Alien to the small screen as Alien: Earth.
An episode of the Front Row podcast, hosted by BBC Radio 4, titled "Review: Alien Earth series plus Rom-Com Materialists" was published on August 7, 2025 and runs 41 minutes.
August 7, 2025 ·41m · Front Row
Summary
Noah Hawley talks about creating Alien: Earth which is the first ever TV series based on the blockbuster Alien films created by Ridley Scott. Film critic Rhianna Dhillon and poet and editor Tristram Fane Saunders join Tom Sutcliffe to review the series. They also review Celine Song's new romantic comedy-drama Materialists starring Dakota Johnson as a New York Matchmaker. And John Burnside's final collection of poetry, The Empire of Forgetting. Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Claire Bartleet
Episode Description
Noah Hawley talks about creating Alien: Earth which is the first ever TV series based on the blockbuster Alien films created by Ridley Scott. Film critic Rhianna Dhillon and poet and editor Tristram Fane Saunders join Tom Sutcliffe to review the series.
They also review Celine Song's new romantic comedy-drama Materialists starring Dakota Johnson as a New York Matchmaker.
And John Burnside's final collection of poetry, The Empire of Forgetting.
Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Claire Bartleet
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