The Film Programme

With Francine Stock.Controversial director Abel Ferrara takes on the life and death of controversial director Pier Paolo Pasolini, who was murdered 40 years ago, sparking rumours of political assassination.Jerry Rothwell discusses his documentary about the early years of Greenpeace featuring never before seen footage of early confrontations with whaling boats.Neil Brand explains how film music for robots has evolved from avant-garde electronica to show tunes from Hello Dolly.Set decorator Liz Griffiths explains how she found the tools to kill zombies in Shaun Of The Dead in her dad's shed.

With Francine Stock.Liv Ullmann discusses Miss Julie, Ingmar Bergman and Sex And The City, and why she turned down the opportunity to play George Clooney's love interest.Brian Helgeland reveals why he decided to cast Tom Hardy to play both Kray twins, Ronnie and Reggie, in his new bio-pic Legend.Model maker Jose Granell on what it's like to see your best work blown to smithereens and how he built his own miniature submarine from a manual.

With Antonia QuirkeFour members of the Angulo family, the subject of award-winning documentary The Wolfpack, reveal what it was like to be locked up in an apartment by their father and why they turned to movies as a form of escape.As the Directed By Women global festival begins, Catherine Bray and Angie Errigo consider whether it really matters if there are so few female film-makers.David McLeod fills in some of the details of Buster Keaton's long forgotten tour of British theatres in 1951The Film Programme takes a spin with stunt driver Jim Dowdall.

Antonia Quirke hears from listeners who found 15 seconds of fame in the movies, like John Chapman whose hair can be seen in two scenes in Star Wars. Hanja Kochansky rubbed shoulders with Richard Burton in Cleopatra, while Diane Poole was picked from her school playground to take the plum part of Hayley Mills' sister in Whistle Down The Wind. Antonia visits Downham village to meet Diane and her best friend Pam Dyson, who played Pam in the movie. There's the tale of the badly behaved extra and the resident of Notting Hill who was greeted one morning by the sight of Rhys Ifans in his grey underpants on his neighbour's doorstep.

With Antonia QuirkeGreta Gerwig, writer and star of Mistress America, talks about what it's like to write with her romantic partner Noah Baumbach and her life as a teenage fencer and dancer.Judd Apatow discusses his bad taste comedy Trainwreck and why Hollywood has a problem with potty-mouthed, sexually unfettered womenAs someone whose ideal cinematic experience is watching a movie in an empty auditorium on a Tuesday afternoon, Antonia has never understood the appeal of the outdoor screening. So to find out just what all the fuss is about, she braves an open air showing of Withnail And I with critic Tim Robey.

With Antonia QuirkeRadiohead's Jonny Greenwood discusses his score for There Will Be Blood, which he will be performing live in August. He also tells Antonia why he wouldn't like to score a Bond movie or any other blockbuster.Antonia starts the search for people who saw Buster Keaton's tour of British theatres and music halls in 1951, and consults historian Kevin Brownlow.Writer Nat Segnit discusses the changing voice of Al Pacino. Hoo ha !Prop makers FBFX reveals the tricks of their trade, making armour, space suits and creature costumes for the film industry.

With Francine Stock.Fifty years after winning his first award for his film work, Sir Tom Courtenay talks about his latest role, in 45 Years, for which he won the Silver Bear at this year's Berlin Film Festival. The actor talks about his relationship and rivalry with Albert Finney and how he persuaded Omar Sharif to become a life-long fan of Hull City FC.

With Francine StockThe Full Monty and Trainspotting star Robert Carlyle discusses the challenges of directing himself in The Legend Of Barney Thomson and reveals which part of the job made him want to stick a fork in his eye.Up director and producer Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera delve into the mind of a 11 year old for their latest animation, Inside Out, and discuss the research they conducted into human emotions, and the surprising conclusions they came to.Joseph Losey, the director of The Servant and Modesty Blaise, is remembered by his wife Patricia who tells Francine what it was like on board Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor's super-yacht. 'Mes Annees Avec Joseph Losey' by Patricia Losey is available now, in French.

With Francine StockMichael Douglas discusses his first super-hero movie, Ant-Man, and explains why he's become the go-to guy for lengthy monologuesDirector Morgan Matthews explains why he turned his documentary about a maths Olympiad, Beautiful Young Minds, into a feature film, X + Y.Martin Asbury lets light in on the magic of the storyboard artist.

With Francine Stock.Director Justin Simien discusses his controversial comedy Dear White People and Priscilla Igwe of the New Black Film Collective discusses the difficulties of releasing the film in this country.The Film Programme visits Amazing Animals, who train animals and insects, from wolves to flies, for the movies.Listener Jan Johnson reveals how she was promoted from cabbage seller to Julie Christie's double on the set of Far From The Madding Crowd, and why it changed her life.Corrina Antrobus of The Bechdel Test Fest picks her three DVDs of the month.

With Francine Stock.Back To The Future composer Alan Silvestri reveals why he's added 15 minutes of music to the original score for a new screening of Back To The Future.The producer and editor of Amy, James Gay-Rees and Chris King, discuss the skill and ethics of editing a documentary about the life of singer Amy Winehouse, and respond to criticism about the film from her father Mitch.Antonia Quirke visits the National Portrait Gallery's exhibition about Audrey Hepburn to see if it has changed her mind about an actress that she's always considered over-rated.The job of Colourist is relatively new but increasingly important in the film industry, and Adam Glasman explains the tricks of his trade.Listener Alan Wilding reveals his 15 seconds of movie fame - he was Brigitte Bardot's double.

With Francine Stock.Lisa Simone discusses a new and intimate documentary about her mother Nina SimonePeter Bogdanovich talks about his old friend Orson Welles and reveals why he is finishing a film that Welles began four decades ago.Director Alex Gibney discusses his controversial documentary about Scientology, Going ClearCritic Scott Jordan Harris picks his DVDs of the month.

With Francine Stock.Live Live Cinema perform The Little Shop Of Horrors in studio. The four band members play various instruments and all the characters as well as performing the sound effects and lip-synching to the dialogue on screen. They show Francine how it's done.Virtual Reality could well be the future of documentaries, according to film-makers Richard Nockles and Gabo Arora. Francine dons a headset and takes a virtual tour of London by crane.The road to the Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire and The King's Speech began at the Toronto Film Festival, which is becoming increasingly important for British film-makers with their eyes on the prize. Cameron Bailey and Piers Handling are in London this week from Toronto to watch 65 films all vying to get into the festival. Only 8 will make it. They take Francine through the decision-making process.

Director of the National Theatre Rufus Norris talks about the film adaptation of 'London Road'Francine Stock visits the Sheffield Documentary Festival to talk to Oscar nominated film maker Joshua Oppenheimer about his latest work 'The Look of Silence'. Fellow documentary maker John Akomfrah discusses the psyche of non fiction film making.Director John Boorman on 'Queen and Country' and how movie making has changed.Presenter Francine Stock. Producer Ruth Sanderson.

With Antonia Quirke.The Film Programme gathers listeners' memories of the day that a film crew rolled into town or took over their street. Antonia Quirke hears from Mr Turner production designer Suzie Davies who transformed a land-locked house in Hertfordshire into the painter's Thames-side residence, by the simple expedient of digging up the garden and filling it with enough water to make it look like a river. And talks to the home's owner, Gloria Thompson, about what it was like to see your manicured lawn dug up.Antonia also visits Lyme Regis, famously used in The French Lieutenant's Woman and Persuasion, and hears from a shop-keeper who kept the Victorian facade built by an art director twenty years after the crew had left the town. The final stop of the tour is Carnforth Station, the prime location of Brief Encounter, which welcomes thousands of visitors every year to their recreation of the famous refreshment room where Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard first met.

With Francine Stock.Director Brad Bird discusses Tomorrowland, in which George Clooney searches for a mythical city of the future created by the finest minds of their generation.Director Ana Lily Amirpour discusses her Iranian vampire spaghetti western, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night.Abderrahmane Sissako talks about the political context of his drama Timbuktu, in which an African town is taken over by a jihadist group.Tim Robey and Clare Binns report from the Cannes Film Festival.

With Francine Stock.As Mad Max hits the road again, Kim Newman trawls through his favourite post-apocalyptic cliches.Director Olivier Assayas discusses his drama Clouds Of Sils Maria, which he wrote for his friend Juliette Binoche, and reveals why he also cast Twilight star Kristen Stewart.Critic Tim Robey and film buyer Clare Binns look forward to this year's Cannes festival.Larushka Ivan-Zadeh makes her pick of this month's DVDs.

With Francine StockPeter Firth talks about bringing Spooks to the big screen and a film career that's included Equus and Roman Polanski's Tess and tells Francine why his mother was proud of his nude scenes in the stage production of Equus.Neil Brand explains why a famous Italian opera provided the unlikely soundtrack for the boxing movie Raging BullDirector Celine Sciamma explains why she auditioned over 300 non-professional actresses to play the lead in her hard-hitting Parisian tale of gang life, GirlhoodGlen Cathard and Peter Hanson reveal some secrets of ADR (automated dialogue replacement) and why most movies are re-dubbed after shooting.

With Francine StockFesten director Thomas Vinterberg discusses his latest adaptation of Far From The Madding Crowd and why he hasn't seen all of John Schlesinger's 1967 version with Terence Stamp and Julie Christie.Cinematographer Christopher Doyle reveals some tricks of his trade and tells Francine what's the colour of love.Director Krzysztof Zanussi talks about what it was like working under state censorship in communist-era Poland.Critic Sophie Monks-Kaufman makes her pick of the best DVDs of the month.

With Francine Stock.Avengers' director Joss Whedon discusses the challenges of writing a film with not one, not two, but eight super-heroes.Swedish auteur Roy Andersson on A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence and why the Swedes are really glum.As part of the BBC's Get Creative campaign, Francine tries her hand at making sound effects with household objects, ably assisted by Foley artist Barnaby Smyth.In the week that The Falling is released, Kier-La Janisse and Sandra Hebron consider the depiction of mass hysteria in cinema history, from The Devils to Picnic At Hanging Rock.