The Film Programme

With Antonia Quirke.Novelist Naomi Alderman and screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz discuss the film adaptation of Alderman's debut novel Disobedience, a lesbian love story set in the orthodox Jewish community of Hendon. And Naomi reveals why she became an extra in her own movie.The Star And Shadow cinema in Newcastle was a converted furniture showroom rebuilt entirely by volunteers who had little or no experience of bricklaying, drilling or grouting.The building took years to complete and was 15 months behind schedule, but is finally open. Antonia, who helped to drill some of the concrete floor, returns to the site to show one of her favourite movies to a local film club called Losing The Plot.

A series on soundtracks that broke with the established form for films in their genre.

With Antonia QuirkeLuca Guadagnino reveals his plans to turn Call Me By Your Name into a long-running saga that will span decades, and how he was inspired to re-make Suspiria even before he’d seen Dario Argento’s original in 1977.Neil Brand shows us how Alan Silvestri's score for Back To The Future changed the game for adventure movies.As 9 To 5 returns to cinemas and Working Girl celebrates its 30th anniversary, Gaylene Gould and Anna Smith chart the movie stereotypes of working women.

With Antonia Quirke.Mike Leigh's Peterloo documents the massacre in St Peter's Field, Manchester in 1819 when the British cavalry charged at peaceful protesters with sabres drawn. Production designer Suzie Davies reveals why they couldn't film in the actual location, or indeed in Manchester, but somewhere highly unlikely.Poet Bridget Minamore discusses what it was finally like to watch a movie and see herself reflected in the screen.Paleoclimatologist Kate Hendry tells Antonia why Denis Quaid gets her job all wrong in the climate change drama The Day After Tomorrow.

With Antonia Quirke.Utoya director Erik Poppe talks about his one-shot re-enactment of the right-wing terrorist attack in Norway in 2011, and reveals why he had three survivors by his side at all times during filming.As Some Like It Hot returns to cinemas, Larushka Ivan-Zadeh and Tim Robey discuss the best last lines in cinema history. Or at least try to, because nobody's perfect.

Melody Bridges and Caitlin Benedict on the problematic fave that is the movie musical.

With Francine Stock.In the second edition of her new series, Moving Image, Francine Stock talks to director Carol Morley about the film that has influenced her the most - Jane Campion's debut Sweetie. Writer Ellen Cheshire provides backstory on the iconic director... and they are joined by a mystery guest.

With Antonia Quirke.Halloween comes early as composer Neil Brand reveals how John Carpenter's score for his 1978 horror classic changed the sound of horror in the movies.Poet Don Paterson waxes lyrical about Jean Cocteau's Orphee and reveals why poets rarely make good film-makers.Gomorrah director Matteo Garrone discusses his latest drama set in the Italian underworld, Dogman, which won the award for best actor at this year's Cannes Film Festival and best dog at the Palme Dog awards, which is also held annually in the French resort.

With Antonia QuirkeRupert Everett approaches the final chapter on his passion project about Oscar Wilde as The Happy Prince is released for home entertainment. He reflects on a journey that has lasted years and reveals why we should listen to the birdsong on the soundtrack and why it has such personal significance for him.La La Land director Damien Chazelle on why he decided to make a film about the moon landing and how he tried to make it as authentic as humanly possible. He also reflects on the evening last year when his musical was mistakenly given the Oscar for best picture.Historian Kate Williams takes up arms in Pitch Battle as she nominates a historical figure that deserves the movie treatment - a female Irish pirate who stood up to Elizabeth I.

Antonia Quirke talks to Bradley Cooper about his re-make of A Star Is Born, which he co-wrote, directed and starred in. He reveals how the first ten minutes of the film came to him in a dreamSusie Boyt, author of My Judy Garland Life, and Professor Richard Dyer take us through the other three versions of A Star Is Born, and reveal the title of the movie that started it all.Comedian Rosemary Fletcher takes a critical look at the phenomena known as "women in refrigerators".

Caitlin Benedict and Melody Bridges debate the hot issue of the day: should The King and I be thrown into the bin of history?

In the first of the new Moving Image series, Francine Stock talks to a filmmaker about a movie that continues to inspire them. This month, director Paul King reveals the influence of Powell and Pressburger's The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp on his two Paddington adaptations. Legendary editor and Michael Powell's widow, Thelma Schoonmaker reveals the influence of Colonel Blimp on Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull. Historian Ian Christie supplies the backstory to the film that Churchill tried to scupper.

With Antonia Quirke.Glenn Close reveals that she would like to see a re-make of Fatal Attraction in which her character Alex is more misunderstood than monster.Agnes Varda looks back at the faces and places that have fascinated her over a 60 year career as one of France's leading film-makers. Her co-director on Faces, Places, the artist known as JR, talks about their friendship that bridges a 55 year age gap and reveals why he has a crush on her.

Tim Robey and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh plug the gap in their knowledge of monster movies by finally catching up on the North Korean epic Pulgasari, which was made by a married couple who were kidnapped from South Korea on the orders of Kim Jong-Il.

Antonia Quirke visits Redcar, where they are re-creating the famous five minute, one-shot scene from Atonement of British soldiers evacuating Dunkirk , but without the budget of a blockbuster movie. There she talks to extras who were in the original and to to director Richard DeDomenici who specialises in thrifty versions of famous movies and scenes. Seamus McGarvey, the cinematographer of the 2007 drama, explains how they got that famous shot.Antonia talks to real life cowboy and rodeo champion Brady Jandreau about The Rider, a fictionalised account of his return to the sport after a serious head injury.

With Antonia Quirke.Desiree Akhavan discusses her new film about gay conversion therapy, The Miseducation Of Cameron Post, and her misgivings about lesbian drama Blue Is The Warmest Colour.

With Antonia Quirke.Oscar winner Pawel Pawlikowski talks about his award-winning tale of amour fou in communist Poland, Cold War.Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn on designing the sound of John Krasinski's A Quiet Place, a thriller in which a family must remain silent to avoid giant predators. As it is re-released to mark its 30th anniversary, Terence Davies discusses his acclaimed Distant Voices, Still Lives.

Antonia Quirke presents a special edition of The Film Programme with Spike Lee.They discuss his latest award-winning film, BlacKkKlansman, based on the improbably true story of an African-American cop who infiltrated the Klu Klux Klan. They talk about racism, the power of the moving image and the gift left for him by his late friend Prince.Gaylene Gould gives us a beginner's guide to Spike Lee.

With Antonia Quirke.Sir Richard Eyre discusses his re-union with novelist Ian McEwan with the release of The Children Act, three decades after they collaborated on The Ploughman's Lunch.Marc Forster discusses Christopher Robin, his take on what happened to Winnie The Pooh's friend after he left Hundred Acre Wood and got a job in the cityLarushka Ivan-Zadeh and Rosemary Fletcher discuss the cross-over between children's and grown-up's movies.

With Antonia Quirke.Antonia talks to Heathers director Michael Lehmann, as the dark high school comedy is back in cinemas for its 30th anniversary. Catherine Bray and Angie Errigo trace its influence, from Mean Girls to The Craft.Kevin Brownlow talks about the film he began as a 17 year old and finished 8 years later. It Happened Here, which imagined what would have happened if the Nazis had invaded Britain, was shot on Sundays with a cast of non-professional actors and passers-by, and was funded by the meagre wages from his lowly office job.