Ukraine Unbroken - New Plays Responding to the War

The full scale invasion of Ukraine began four years ago today. Ukraine Unbroken is an evening of five new plays written in response to the war. David Edgar talks about his, Five Day War, which imagines the puppet government waiting to move in when Kviv falls, and the other dramas. Between the plays Ukrainian musician Mariia Petrovska sings and plays the bandura. She talks about her involvement and the bandura, the national instrument that was once banned. And Mariia plays and sings live in the studio.

As Oscar-winning British cinematographer Sir Roger Deakins looks back at his career through his visual memoir Reflections: On Cinematography, he talks to Samira about his practical and inventive approach to working on many iconic films such as 1984, O Brother Where Art Thou, 1917, tackling sci fi on Bladerunner 2049 and Bond with Skyfall.

The government has announced the introduction of new legisation to introduce monitoring by Ofcom of streaming services. Front Row explores the implcations of this.

And we consider the novels selected for the International Booker Prize longlist, announced today with writer and head judge Natasha Brown. The books in contention are:

The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran by Shida Bazyar, translated from German by Ruth Martin

We Are Green and Trembling by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, translated from Spanish by Robin Myers

The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje, translated from Dutch by David McKay

The Deserters by Mathias Énard, translated from French by Charlotte Mandell

Small Comfort by Ia Genberg, translated from Swedish by Kira Josefsson

She Who Remains by Rene Karabash, translated from Bulgarian by Izidora Angel

The Director by Daniel Kehlmann, translated from German by Ross Benjamin

On Earth As It Is Beneath by Ana Paula Maia, translated from Portuguese by Padma Viswanathan

The Duke by Matteo Melchiorre, translated from Italian by Antonella Lettieri

The Witch by Marie NDiaye, translated from French by Jordan Stump

Women Without Men by Shahrnush Parsipur, translated from Persian by Faridoun Farrokh

The Wax Child by Olga Ravn, translated from Danish by Martin Aitken

Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated from Mandarin Chinese by Lin King

Presenter: Samira Ahmed

Producer: Julian May