Cinemas

Is streaming really killing off the big screen? Greg Foot examines the future of cinemas and considers wonder products and trends that might rise to success.

Greg is joined by experts and entrepreneurs to discuss what is shaping today's everyday technology and what it may look like tomorrow, before the futurist Tom Cheesewright offers his predictions on what cinemas might be like within five, ten and fifty years.

In this episode:

- Tim Richards - the founder and CEO of Vue cinemas
- Patrick von Sychowski - known in the trade as "the Cinema Guru" he's a writer and blogger who works for CinemaNext, the largest installer and upgrader of cinemas across Europe.
- Alexis Scalice - Vice President for Business Development & Entertainment at Cosm which is pioneering 'shared reality' cinematic experiences in large entertainment domes

Among the questions up for consideration:
Why are there more cinemas screenings of films from the past?
Why are plastic popcorn buckets becoming collectors' items?
And could the cinema of the future be a giant, panoramic dome?

Produced by Jon Douglas. Dough is an Audio North production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.