The Film Programme

{{short description|British radio programme (2004–2021)}}

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| presenter = Francine Stock
Antonia Quirke

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The Film Programme was a British film review radio programme, broadcast weekly on BBC Radio 4, from 2004 to 2021, presented by Francine Stock.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006r5jt|title=The Film Programme|work=BBC Online|access-date=23 January 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/programme/rbg4/the-film-programme|title=The Film Programme|work=Radio Times|access-date=23 January 2014}}

Overview

The programme had a number of regular contributors, including Neil Brand{{cite web|url=http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/archive/2013/07/title-137714-en.html|title=Silent movie star honoured|date=July 2013|publisher=Aberystwyth University|access-date=23 January 2014}} and Rosemary Fletcher.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

The programme's BBC Programme Identifier was b006r5jt.

Its regular presenters included Francine Stock and Antonia Quirke.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

It was confirmed in September 2021 that the programme was to be axed and replaced by a new show with the title Screenshot to be hosted by Mark Kermode and Ellen E Jones.{{cite web |url=https://www.filmstories.co.uk/news/ellen-e-jones-mark-kermode-to-host-new-radio-4-film-show/ |title=Ellen e Jones, Mark Kermode to host new Radio 4 film show |website=www.filmstories.co.uk |date= 13 September 2021|access-date=1 October 2021}} The last scheduled programme was broadcast on 30 September 2021, co-hosted by Francine Stock and Antonia Quirke.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

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