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Is liberty in peril? (63min 19sec )
Jul 4 2008
Listen to the audio from Thursday's Observer/Comment is free debate with David Davis, Henry Porter, Denis MacShane and David Aaronovitch
Film Weekly podcast: Guy Maddin (37min 02sec )
Jul 2 2008
Jason Solomons meets the maverick film-maker to talk about new movie My Winnipeg. Plus: Tom McCarthy, director of Oscar-tipped immigration drama The Visitor
Film Weekly podcast: Edinburgh film festival (36min 32sec )
Jun 27 2008
Jason Solomons presents a special edition from the Edinburgh film festival, featuring animation legend Ray Harryhausen and actor Chiwetel Ejiofor

60 years of the NHS: Lisa's story (7min 08sec )
Jun 22 2008
Lisa Kitteridge and three members of her medical team tell her story
Film Weekly podcast: Brian Cox (34min 47sec )
Jun 19 2008
Jason Solomons meets young London film maker Noel Clarke to talk about his new film Adulthood, and the great British actor Brian Cox talks about his role in the film The Escapist
Film Weekly Podcast: Jason Solomons previews this years Edinburgh film festival (25min 58sec )
Jun 18 2008
Film Weekly Podcast Extra: Jason Solomons talks to the Edinburgh International film festival artistic director Hannah McGill about this year's festival and meet the director and lead actor of the opening film The Edge of Love, John Maybury and Matthew Rhys

Film Weekly podcast: Audrey Tautou (34min 11sec )
Jun 11 2008
Jason Solomons talks to the French actor about fame after Amelie and new film Priceless. Plus mumblecore romance In Search of A Midnight Kiss and reviews of the latest releases
Film Weekly podcast: Celebrating Sir David Lean (29min 03sec )
Jun 5 2008
Jason Solomons meets Sir Alan Parker, James Fox and Prunella Scales at the BFI ahead of a UK-wide tour of the great British director's restored films
David Smith reports from Baghdad on the dangers of being an Iraqi journalist (7min 39sec )
May 30 2008
David Smith, who has been embedded with the US military in Baghdad, meets Iraqi journalists who risk their lives every day

Film Weekly podcast: Ben Affleck (33min 54sec )
May 29 2008
This week Jason Solomons talks to Ben Affleck about his directorial debut Gone Baby Gone and discusses the history of Miramax and independent film with writer Peter Biskind
Film Weekly podcast: Cannes film festival II (36min 15sec )
May 22 2008
In our final broadcast from the Croisette, Jason Solomons talks to Spike Lee about his first European feature, Miracle of St Anna, and Xan Brooks takes a guess at who will take home this year's Palme d'Or
Film Weekly podcast: Cannes film festival special (29min 30sec )
May 15 2008
This week's episode is live from the Cannes film festival, with reviews of Fernando Meirelles's Blindness and an interview with the star of the film, Alice Braga

Film Weekly podcast: Morgan Spurlock and Neil Marshall (34min 30sec )
May 7 2008
Jason Solomons meets Morgan Spurlock to talk about his new documentary Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?. Plus an interview with British director Neil Marshall about his new movie Doomsday
David Smith interviews Second Life creator Philip Rosedale (16min 32sec )
May 4 2008
The Observer's David Smith interviews Second Life creator Philip Rosedale
Film Weekly podcast: John Sayles and Jon Savage (30min 00sec )
May 1 2008
Jason Solomons meets John Sayles to talk about his latest film, Honeydripper. Plus an interview with punk author and writer of a new documentary on Joy Division, Jon Savage