Peter CurranPeter Curran

Peter Curran

Peter is a writer, producer, broadcaster and publisher with a host of BBC Radio 4 credits, including the long running hit, Bunk Bed.

Peter is a regular host of BBC Radio 4's Saturday live. He has written and presented many arts and culture programmes for TV and radio including a long stint presenting Radio 4's Loose Ends.
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Peter is a regular host of BBC Radio 4's Saturday live. He has written and presented many arts and culture programmes for TV and radio including the long running hit Bunk bed, and a long stint presenting Radio 4's Loose Ends.

Recent radio documentaries include: The Past is a Foreign Country; Collecting the Troubles; Some Kind of Man; Letters From America and Telling Tales. In 2017, he was nominated for two Audio Production Awards – as Best Arts Documentary Maker, and best Digital Producer. Peter has also worked as a host and interviewer for live events, notably chairing sessions at the Laugharne Literary Festival. He regularly presents Pick Of The Week on Radio 4.

Radio

Telling Tales
Celebrity Guest
BBC Radio 42019
Collecting the Troubles at the Ulster Museum
Writer and presenter
BBC Radio 42018
One To One
Presenter
BBC Radio 42017
Some Kind of Man
Presenter
BBC Radio 42017
Pick of the Week
Presenter
BBC Radio 42017 — 2019
Archive Hour on the Driverless Car
Presenter
BBC Radio 42017
Some Kind Of Man
Writer/Presenter
BBC Radio 4 (in production)2017
Hersey's Hiroshima
Writer/Presenter
BBC Radio 4 (currently on BBC iPlayer)2016
Inconspicuous Consumption
Writer/Presenter
BBC Radio 4 (currently on BBC iPlayer)2016
The Human Jukebox
Presenter
BBC Radio 32015
The Pick of the week
Presenter
BBC Radio 42015
The Lipinski
Producer / Presenter
BBC Radio 42015
Bunk Bed Series 1-9
Writer/ Host
BBC Radio 42014 — 2023
Party!
Interviewer
BBC Radio 42013
The Fleadh
Presenter / Writer
BBC Radio 42013
Shot in Belfast
Presenter / Writer
BBC Radio 42013
Men's Music
Presenter / Writer
BBC Radio 5Live2013
Enfield Electric
Presenter / Writer
BBC Radio 42013
Men & Bereavement
Presenter / Writer
BBC Radio 5Live2013
City Teachers (series)
Presenter
BBC Radio 42011
From Our Own Correspondent
Reporter
BBC Radio 42011
The Foghorn: A Celebration
Presenter / Writer
BBC Radio 42011
The Tribes of Science (series)
Presenter / Writer
BBC Radio 42011
Saturday Live
Presenter / Writer
BBC Radio 42010 — 2023
Excess Baggage
Presenter / Writer
BBC Radio 42010
Based On A True Story
Presenter / Writer
Whistledown/BBC Radio 42010
The Electric Ride (series)
Presenter / Writer
Whistledown/BBC Radio 42010
The Friday Night Arts Show
Presenter
BBC Radio 22009
Spinal Tap: Back From The Dead
Writer / Performer
BBC Radio 22009
Radio 4 Annual Boxing Day Quiz
Writer/Chair
BBC Radio 42008 — 2011
Loose Ends
Presenter / Writer
BBC Radio 42007 — 2011
State of Emergency (series)
Presenter / Writer
BBC Radio 42006
The Big Picture Film Show
Presenter
BBC London2001 — 2004
The Peter Curran Show
Presenter
BBC GLR1993 — 1999

Television

The Trouble With... (series)
Writer / Contributor
BBC1 NI2015
Slack Sabbath
Presenter / Writer
BBC1 NI2013
Maiden City Voyage
Presenter / Writer
BBC1 NI2013
Education USA
Presenter
Brook Lapping/TTV2009
Dirt Is Good
Producer/Presenter
Lowe International2007
The Teaching Challenge (series 1 - 5)
Producer / Director
Brook Lapping / TTV2007 — 2011
Restoration Nation NI
Presenter
BBC 42005
Building The Best
Presenter
Wall To Wall/Discovery2005
Killing Time
Presenter
Century Films/C42000
Culture Fix
Presenter
BBC Knowledge1999
When Art Went Pop
Presenter / Writer
BBC 21999
The Business Cafe
Presenter / Writer
OU/BBC21999
Edinburgh Nights
Reporter
BBC 21998
Personal Passions (3 x series)
Presenter / Writer
OU/BBC21998 — 2002

Podcast and Online Content

The Language of Comedy
Director
2015

News

David Quantick's All My Colours

11th April 2019

Next week sees the publication of David Quantick's latest novel, All My Colours, and as part of the promotion, David will be appearing at Waterstone's Tottenham Court Road branch, where he will be in conversation with Peter Curran

Bunk Bed Season 6

5th April 2019

If you haven't done so already, and you're in need of some top class radio entertainment, have a listen to the new series of BBC Radio 4's Bunk Bed, featuring our own Peter Curran and Patrick Marber - it really is top quality

Some Kind of Man with Peter Curran

15th August 2017

Peter Curran's one off radio show, Some Kind of Man is now available for your listening pleasure on the BBC Radio 4 website:

Peter Curran on the News Quiz

17th May 2017

Peter Curran made his debut on BBC Radio 4's News Quiz this week, as a panellist on the show presented by Miles Jupp