Front Row - Alan Moore On His Latest Novel The Great When

FRONT ROW - ALAN MOORE ON HIS LATEST NOVEL THE GREAT WHEN (320kbs-m4a/33mb/14mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 15th Sepotember 2025

Creator of V for Vendetta and Watchmen, Alan Moore is probably the world's most acclaimed writer of comic books, a medium he now eschews. Moving into novels, he has explored his hometown Northampton in widely praised work like Jerusalem, but his latest - The Great When - is an otherworldly exploration of literary London, inspired by the psychogeography of Iain SInclair and horror writing of Arthur Machen.

Chain Reaction Series 1 - 6. Alan Moore Interviews Brian Eno

CHAIN REACTION SERIES 1 - 6. ALAN MOORE INTERVIEWS BRIAN ENO (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 30th June 2017

The acclaimed writer and the influential musician in the tag talk show, where this week's guest is the next interviewer.

Chain Reaction Series 1 - 5. Stewart Lee Interviews Alan Moore

CHAIN REACTION SERIES 1 - 5. STEWART LEE INTERVIEWS ALAN MOORE (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 23rd June 2017

The dry comedian and the acclaimed comic-book writer in the tag talk show, where this week's guest is next week's interviewer.

Paperback Writers - Alan Moore (Graphic Content)

PAPERBACK WRITERS - ALAN MOORE (GRAPHIC CONTENT) (320kbs-m4a/258mb/1hr52mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 4th October 2019

Alan Moore, the legendary comic book writer shares two hours of his favourite music and chats to producer and writer Richard Norris about the important part it's played in his life and work.

With titles like Watchmen, V for Vendetta, From Hell and The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Alan has transformed the genre over 40 years of varied work. Hear him talk about writing, alongside his wide-ranging passion for music, magic, art labs and plenty else in between.

Expect tracks from Captain Beefheart, Joni Mitchell, X-Ray Spex, The Residents, Patti Smith and Sleaford Mods. Plus some of the music he's made himself over the years.

This kicks off 6 Music's Graphic Content season, where we celebrate comics and graphic novels through October. Author Neil Gaiman is in the hot seat on Sunday 6th October, with an hour of music that has shaped him as a person and a writer. Hannah Berry, the UK's current Comics Laureate takes over the reins the following week. And Castlevania creator Warren Ellis completes the line up with an hour of his favourite music on 20th October.

Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues [CBS]
Four Tops - Walk Away Renée [Polygram Tv]
The Velvet Underground - Beginning To See The Light [Verve]
Syd Barrett - Late Night [Harvest]
Buffy Sainte-Marie - God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot [Vanguard]
The Mothers Of Invention - Who Needs The Peace Corps [Verve]
Captain Beefheart - Big Eyed Beans From Venus
David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday [EMI]
Alan Moore & Tim Perkins - No. 1 With A Bullet [RE:]
Joni Mitchell - The Jungle Line [Asylum]
Annette Peacock - I'm The One [RCA Victor]
Patti Smith - Break It Up [Arista]
X-Ray Spex - The Day The World Turned Day-Glo
The Residents - Constantinople [Ralph]
Pat Fish & Alan Moore - Trampling Tokyo
Brian Eno & John Cale - Spinning Away [Warner Bros.]
Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding [Rough Trade]
Sleaford Mods - McFlurry [Harbinger Sound]
Alan Moore & Joe Brown - The Decline Of The English Murder [Occupation]