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ARCHIVE ON 4 - PARIS WITH MARIANNE (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 3rd January 2026
For journalist and writer Jude Rogers, when Marianne Faithfull died 12 months ago, the memory of one particular afternoon came flooding back - a visit to Marianne's Paris flat in the summer of 2018, where the legendary singer, actress and writer reflected on a life that had been endlessly mythologised. This Archive on 4 returns to that meeting to tell the fuller story of a woman far more complex than the clichés that followed her for decades.
Through rare interviews, music and testimony from those closest to her - including her grandson Oscar Dunbar, collaborators Ed Harcourt and Barry Reynolds, writer and performer Jennifer Saunders, and school friend Sally Oldfield - the programme traces Marianne's journey from convent schoolgirl to sixties pop icon, from tabloid scapegoat to homeless addict, and from the ferocious comeback of Broken English to her late, revelatory albums.
At the heart of the programme is Marianne Faithfull's own voice - witty, abrasive, vulnerable and fiercely intelligent. She speaks about love, loss, ageing, creativity and survival, and about the damage done by a culture that reduced her to a muse, a scandal, or a cautionary tale. This is an artist who insisted on being taken seriously - and who, against the odds, kept making extraordinary work to the very end.
Presenter: Jude Rogers
Producer: Victoria Ferran
Executive Producer: Susan Marling
A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 2 - 10. MARIANNE FAITHFULL (320kbs-m4a/132mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 28th November 2017
Another chance to hear Marianne Faithfull discussing the music that changed her life.
Matt Everitt leads Marianne through a warm, engaging look at a career which has spanned five decades. She has worked with many great musicians including David Bowie and Dr. John, Blur and PJ Harvey.
Marianne discusses the music she grew up with - including Chuck Berry and the Everly Brothers - and the way it influenced her solo work. She also covers her forays into country music, her love of jazz, and explains why she received a credit on the Rolling Stones' song Sister Morphine. The singer also talks about her past drug problems and the way that she has now made peace with difficult periods in her life.
First broadcast in May 2011.
Marianne Faithfull - Broken English [Island]
The Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown [Acuff-Rose Opryland]
Joan Baez - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
Marianne Faithfull - As Tears Go By [London]
Marianne Faithfull - Come & Stay With Me [London]
Marianne Faithfull - North Country Maid
The Rolling Stones - Not Fade Away [London]
The Rolling Stones - Sister Morphine
Hank Williams - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Marianne Faithfull - The Ballad Of The Soldier's Wife
Billie Holiday - The Man I Love
Marianne Faithfull - Strange Weather
Dr. John - I Walk On Guilded Splinters [Rhino]
Marianne Faithfull - The Threepenny Opera: Pirate Jenny
Marianne Faithfull - Kissin Time
Marianne Faithfull - Before The Poison
Marianne Faithfull - The Old House [Dramatico]
Marianne Faithfull - I'm Into Something Good
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake [Island]