BBC Radio 3 New Year's Eve 12:00 Sunday 31 December Private Passions Johnny Flynn

He’s currently starring as Richard Burton in the play The Motive and the Cue, the story of how Burton and Sir John Gielgud clashed as they staged Hamlet on Broadway in 1964.

Johnny has also released four albums with his band Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit. He composed the theme song for the acclaimed TV series Detectorists, and more recently he’s collaborated with the nature writer Robert MacFarlane on two folk albums: Lost in the Cedarwood and The Moon Also Rises. His musical choices include Paul Robeson, Sondheim and Bizet.

Official Folk Albums Chart Top 40 for October 2023; No.1 THE MOON ALSO RISES JOHNNY FLYNN & ROBERT MACFARLANE