We are joined by the poet Katrina Porteous and the writer and editor Patrick Galbraith to discuss Norman Lewis’s account... more

Rupert Everett joins us to discuss David Niven's memoir The Moon’s a Balloon. This show represents the fulfilment of a long cherished... more

Sam Leith, author of The Haunted Wood: A History of Childhood Reading, returns to Backlisted to discuss two novels by Nicholas... more

Happy Hallowe'en 2024! Join John, Andy and Nicky, plus guests Andrew Male and Dr Laura Varnam - AKA the Backlisted... more

Author Will Hodgkinson and actress and director Caroline Catz join Andy and John to discuss James Young's Nico: Songs They Never... more

This episode features a live recording made at Foyles in London, where John was joined on stage by Una McCormack,... more

This episode explores the third novel by the nonagenarian American writer Lore Segal which was originally published in 1985 by Knopf... more

The waiting is nearly over! Ahead of Backlisted Season 3 - and our tenth anniversary year - John, Andy and... more

A classic episode from 2018 with a new introduction. This week John and Andy are joined by actor and director Sam... more

Slang lexicographer extraordinaire Jonathon Green joins John and Andy in this episode originally recorded in 2016 to discuss Absolute Beginners,... more

Despite the team's somewhat complex relationship with the idea of ‘summer’, this episode is full of seasonal recommendations. Andy previews Intermezzo,... more

At long last, it's our Agatha Christie show! We are joined by Caroline Crampton, writer and host of the Shedunnit... more

Children's writer Rachael King and novelist Richard Blandford join John and Andy for a discussion of Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr, the... more

Author Rose Ruane (This Is Yesterday, Birding) picks Gaining Ground AKA Abra (1978) by Canadian feminist writer Joan Barfoot. One day, seemingly on a whim,... more

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Dr Martin Shaw and Dr Laura Varnam... more

The work of Douglas Adams - comic genius, futurologist and erstwhile hitchhiker - is the subject of this episode of... more

Novelist Alex Michaelides (The Silent Patient, The Fury) joins Andy and John to discuss Ford Madox Ford's classic novel The Good Soldier (1915),... more

John Grindrod, author of Concretopia, joins John Mitchinson and Andy Miller to discuss Memento Mori, the third novel by Muriel... more

This episode is a free sample of our subscriber only show, Locklisted, because the next episode of Backlisted has been... more

For this episode we are joined by the writer, Noreen Masud, author of the acclaimed memoir, A Flat Place (currently shortlisted for... more