Arts & Ideas

Glenda Jackson on filming Sunday Bloody Sunday


Listen Later

Glenda Jackson plays part of a love triangle in John Schlesinger's follow up to his Oscar winning Midnight Cowboy. The plot written by Penelope Gilliat centres on an artist who has relationships with a female job consultant and a male doctor. Was the 1971 film ahead of its times? Matthew Sweet re-watched it with guests including Glenda Jackson, playwright Mark Ravenhill, film historian Melanie Williams and BFI National Archive curator Simon McCallum. They discuss the different elements of the film, including the score, which features the trio Soave sia il vento from Mozart's opera Così fan tutte, the very precise decor and evocation of late '60s London and filming inside a Jewish synagogue. Glenda Jackson died in June 2023 and we are repeating this discussion to mark her death.

Producer: Fiona McLean

Sunday Bloody Sunday is available on Blu-ray

You can find Matthew Sweet discussing other classics of British Cinema in the Free Thinking archives including

British New Wave Films of the 60s - Joely Richardson and Melanie Williams evaluate the impact and legacy of Woodfall Films, the company behind Look Back in Anger, A Taste of Honey and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09ysnl2
An extended interview with Mike Leigh, recorded as he released his historical drama Peterloo, but also looks back at his film from 1984 Four Days in July https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000tqw
Early Cinema looks back at a pioneer of British film Robert Paul and at the work of Alice Guy https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000dy2b
Philip Dodd explores the novel and film of David Storey's This Sporting Life with social historian Juliet Gardiner, journalist Rod Liddle, writer Anthony Clavane and the author's daughter Kate Storey https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09j0rt6
Samira Ahmed convenes a discussion about British Social Realism in Film https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pz16k

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Arts & IdeasBy BBC Radio 4

  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3

4.3

286 ratings


More shows like Arts & Ideas

View all
Global News Podcast by BBC World Service

Global News Podcast

7,875 Listeners

The LRB Podcast by The London Review of Books

The LRB Podcast

315 Listeners

The Archers by BBC Radio 4

The Archers

1,084 Listeners

Newshour by BBC World Service

Newshour

1,073 Listeners

In Our Time by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time

5,571 Listeners

The Documentary Podcast by BBC World Service

The Documentary Podcast

1,807 Listeners

In Our Time: Culture by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time: Culture

615 Listeners

6 Minute English by BBC Radio

6 Minute English

1,769 Listeners

Learning English Conversations by BBC Radio

Learning English Conversations

1,054 Listeners

The Infinite Monkey Cage by BBC Radio 4

The Infinite Monkey Cage

1,968 Listeners

Great Lives by BBC Radio 4

Great Lives

498 Listeners

Backlisted by Backlisted

Backlisted

586 Listeners

London Review Bookshop Podcast by London Review Bookshop

London Review Bookshop Podcast

131 Listeners

Front Row by BBC Radio 4

Front Row

130 Listeners

Start the Week by BBC Radio 4

Start the Week

160 Listeners

Bookclub by BBC Radio 4

Bookclub

243 Listeners

The TLS Podcast by The TLS

The TLS Podcast

181 Listeners

The Week in Art by The Art Newspaper

The Week in Art

217 Listeners

You're Dead to Me by BBC Radio 4

You're Dead to Me

3,221 Listeners

The Bomb by BBC World Service

The Bomb

1,020 Listeners

A brush with... by The Art Newspaper

A brush with...

146 Listeners

This Cultural Life by BBC Radio 4

This Cultural Life

110 Listeners

Close Readings by London Review of Books

Close Readings

91 Listeners

Past Present Future by David Runciman

Past Present Future

346 Listeners