Radical with Amol Rajan. Faith, Hope and Glory. Interview of the Year

About this episode

Listeners discuss the interview with Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan and reflect on the drama series Faith, Hope and Glory, along with a nomination for Interview of the Year featuring Don McCullin.

Listeners have been telling us their thoughts about a recent episode of Radical with Amol Rajan, in which he interviewed Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan, a physician specialising in neurology and clinical neurophysiology. It was an in-depth discussion about the potential dangers of "over-diagnosis" - but some listeners felt that Dr O'Sullivan's views could have been challenged more. We get some answers to your questions. A long-running and award-winning Radio 4 drama series has just come to an end. Faith, Hope and Glory has run for 43 episodes since 2021, and has recently wrapped up telling its ambitious, generation-spanning story about the emergence of modern multicultural Britain. Listeners have been in touch with their thoughts about the series, and so Andrea Catherwood sits down with one of the writers, Roy Williams, and director Jessica Dromgoole, to talk about how they weaved the story together. And lastly, there's another nomination for our Interview of the Year award. Listener Maggie nominates the recent interview with legendary photographer Don McCullin on Radio 4's This Cultural Life, who shared his cultural touchstones while reflecting on his challenging experiences in his early…

People in this episode

Hosts: Amol Rajan, Andrea Catherwood

Guests: Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan, Don McCullin

Topics covered

• interview
• over-diagnosis
• multicultural Britain
• drama series
• photography
• cultural touchstones

Keywords

• over-diagnosis
• neurology
• multicultural Britain
• drama series
• photography
• interview of the year

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Radical, Faith, Hope and Glory, This Cultural Life

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