BAFTA

Sir David Attenborough and producer Anthony Geffen talk to journalist Boyd Hilton about their latest landmark wildlife series on Sky, which tells the story of nature's greatest aeronauts.

Recorded at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly on Monday 5 January 2015.

Ethan Hawke first came to prominence in the BAFTA Best Film winner Dead Poets Society (1989). His performance in Training Day (2002) opposite Denzel Washington earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He is acclaimed for his long-running collaboration with filmmaker Richard Linklater on the Before Sunrise, Before Sunset and Before Midnight series and Boyhood.

In his Life In Pictures interview, he talks to Boyd Hilton about his early admiration for actor River Phoenix, collaborating with visionary directors Peter Weir and Richard Linklater, and taking twelve years to shoot the 2014 hit Boyhood.

Recorded at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly on 18 December 2014.

The Danish filmmaker delivers BAFTA's flagship annual film lecture, and speaks about attending film school with Lars Von Trier, why precision is more important than grandeur, and the importance of the UK film industry. Chaired by Anna Smith.

Scherfig began her career directing award-winning commercials and television dramas in her native Denmark. Her first feature as director, The Birthday Trip, was screened at the 1991 Berlin International Film Festival and won awards at festivals worldwide. In 2000, Scherfig wrote and directed Denmark's fifth official ‘Dogme’ film, Italian for Beginners. Scherfig’s first English-language film was Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself in 2002 and has been followed by a string of successful British-funded films including An Education (2010), One Day (2011), and The Riot Club (2014), adapted from Laura Wade's play Posh. Scherfig is currently directing Astronaut Wives Club, a 10 episode drama series for ABC Studios.

Recorded at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly on 15 December 2014.

It's the final podcast of the year! If you've enjoyed listening to The Guru in 2014, then sit back, put your feet up and switch on those Christmas lights as we pull together our favourite bits from the year in this festive round up.

BAFTA-nominated and Grammy Award-winning composer David Arnold is best known for scoring five Bond films including; Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough, Die Another Day, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.

Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall on 2 December 2014, supported by Avid.

Julie Walters has earned a multitude of awards including seven BAFTAs and a BAFTA Fellowship, a Golden Globe, an Olivier, two International Emmys and two Academy Award nominations, with credits including Educating Rita (1983), Billy Elliot (2000) and Mo (2010).

In the first event in BAFTA's new 'Life in Television' strand, Walters spoke to journalist James Rampton about getting started at Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre Company, collaborating with Victoria Wood, and why fame isn't as desirable as it seems.

Recorded at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly on Thursday 4 December 2014.

On the week of the BAFTA Children's Awards, we talk to the people battling for children's attention in TV. We speak to Controller at CBBC Cheryl Taylor about why there needs to be more family show on mainstream TV, plus Ben Smith discusses his career in Children's TV + beyond.

Hosted by Rhianna Dhillon.

This month in the Guru EDIT we look at some of the unusual highlights from the BAFTA and BFI Screenwriters' Lecture Series. Inside: Emma Thompson on failure, James Schamus on the history of copyright, and Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight on screenplay structure.

Published on 30 October 2014.

It's festival fever this month as Rhianna Dhillon dives into the BFI London Film Festival! She speaks to director Mike Leigh about making Mr. Turner, as well as its actors Dorothy Atkinson + Marion Bailey about working without a script. Festival director Clare Stewart talks about the hidden gems in this year's programme, and filmmaker Carol Morley (The Falling) + her producer Cairo Cannon discuss their festival strategies.

Published on 16 October 2014.

It's festival fever this month as Rhianna Dhillon dives into the BFI London Film Festival! She speaks to director Mike Leigh about making Mr. Turner, as well as its actors Dorothy Atkinson + Marion Bailey about working without a script. Festival director Clare Stewart talks about the hidden gems in this year's programme, and filmmaker Carol Morley (The Falling) + her producer Cairo Cannon discuss their festival strategies.

Published on 16 October 2014.