Zadie Smith and Brenda Blethyn live in studio

Zadie Smith on her new essay collection, Brenda Blethyn discusses new film Dragonfly.

An episode of the Front Row podcast, hosted by BBC Radio 4, titled "Zadie Smith and Brenda Blethyn live in studio" was published on November 3, 2025 and runs 42 minutes.

November 3, 2025 ·42m · Front Row

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Zadie Smith talks about the art of the essay, as she publishes a non-fiction collection, Dead and Alive. Brenda Blethyn discusses her new film Dragonfly, for which she's just been nominated for Best Joint Performance at the British Independent Film Awards along with her co-star Andrea Riseborough. In the last of Front Row's interviews with the authors shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Samira talks to Andrew Miller about his novel The Land in Winter, set in the Big Freeze of I962-3. Film scholar Ian Christie discusses the work of the experimental British documentary filmmaker Peter Watkins, who has died at the age of 90. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Harry Graham

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Zadie Smith talks about the art of the essay, as she publishes a non-fiction collection, Dead and Alive.

Brenda Blethyn discusses her new film Dragonfly, for which she's just been nominated for Best Joint Performance at the British Independent Film Awards along with her co-star Andrea Riseborough.

In the last of Front Row's interviews with the authors shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Samira talks to Andrew Miller about his novel The Land in Winter, set in the Big Freeze of I962-3.

Film scholar Ian Christie discusses the work of the experimental British documentary filmmaker Peter Watkins, who has died at the age of 90.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Harry Graham

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