on BBC Radio 4 later today on the programme called The Archive Hour. It's on at 8pm British time. If you miss the live version here you can listen again for 7 days here


Alan Parker offers a personal impression of David Lean on the centenary of the director's birth. Lean's screen credits range from Brief Encounter to A Passage to India. Directors Hugh Hudson and Mike Figgis join Alan to unravel a career spanning five decades. Archive interviews highlight the life and work of this dedicated disciplinarian whose eye for visual perfection often meant his actors didn't feel part of the picture.