The Film Programme: Radio Content

I have been set the task of looking at the content of a radio documentary/programme. The one I have chosen to look at is a podcast from The Film Programme, it was released this week by BBC Radio 4 and talks to Terry Gilliam

The Film Programme, is a weekly programme broadcast on a Friday and it is hosted by Francine Stock.

The content of the show was structured as follows:

• Standard BBC Podcast jingle
• Francine Stock giving brief intro/history of Gilliam
• Clip from his new film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus featuring Heath Ledger
  
• Stock speaking of Ledger's death and the effect on Gilliam's filming
• Interview between Gilliam and Stock about how the film came about and the concept of the "imaginarium"
• Another clip from film then fade back to interview about cast
  
• Continuation of interview talking more about Ledgers death and how it changed him & the film.
• Questions from Stock to Gilliam about how other actors getting involved.
• Stock talks to Gilliam about future projects
• Further clip from film
• Interview continues to compare his work
• Gilliam discussing the state of Hollywood
• Interview ends with clip from film
• Stock closes programme with what is going on in next weeks programme.

The programme has quite a simple structure and if it werent for the clips from the films they are talking about it would be quite monotonous, however it does have very in depth interviews and is very informative considering it only lasts between 25-30mins.