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The Arts Hour Episodes

  1. The Arts Hour in Delhi, India

    How tolerant is Indian Culture of new ideas?

  2. Sona Jobarteh

    West Africa's first ever kora virtuoso.

  3. Michael Soi

    Michael Soi paints Nairobi at night how he sees it

  4. Dele Sosimi, Juliette Binoche, Beardyman

    "Everything in Europe, America, Asia is upside down.' - Dele Sosimi

  5. Rachel Brown, Stephen Fry, Carlos Gamerro

    "I kind of just like to blend genres together" - Rachel Brown

  6. Sylvie Guillem, Calvin Harris, Petina Gappah

    International ballet star Sylvie Guillem explains why she’s hanging up her pointe shoes.

  7. Marlon Brando, Iris Apfel, Aziz Ansari

    "Inferiority, I've been very close to it all my life." - Marlon Brando

  8. The Mahotella Queens, Sara Paretsky, Tiken Jah Fakoly

    The Mahotella Queens; Choman Hardi; Japanese comedy; Sara Paretsky; Tiken Jah Fakoly.

  9. Placido Domingo, Amy Poehler, Harper Lee

    Placido Domingo on his opera competition Operalia and actor Amy Poehler on Inside Out

  10. Toni Morrison, Hyeonseo Lee, Jake Gyllenhaal

    Toni Morrison looks back at her formative influences and author Hyeonseo Lee on defecting

  11. Caine Prize Winner, Kendrick Lamar, Pather Panchali

    Zambian writer Namwali Serpell wins Caine Prize and rapper Kendrick Lamar on his career

  12. Claudia Rankine, Sunjeev Sahota, Sandra Bullock

    'Do we call out the things that we know are unacceptable?' - poet Claudia Rankine

  13. Amy Winehouse, James Taylor, Gene Simmons

    "I've been through times where I've had to write everything down" - Amy Winehouse

  14. Nuruddin Farah, Jung Chang, Seun Kuti

    'I said to myself 'this is the easiest job ever!' - Sean Kuti

  15. Melissa McCarthy, Yasmina Khadra, Souad Massi

    Spies, a world of writers and African music

  16. Taylor Swift, David Oyelowo, Amanda Palmer

    'You have to not eat a lot of food after a show ... you'll get tour fat' Taylor Swift

  17. Abderrahmane Sissako, George Clooney, Saud Alsanousi

    How to age gracefully according to George Clooney, and Abderrahmane Sissako on Timbuktu

  18. Mr Vegas, Amir Amirani, Yoko Ono, U2

    Yoko Ono on the art of 1960s New York, Amir Amirani's film 'We Are Many', Mr Vegas and U2

  19. Jon Stewart, Antonio Sanchez

    Comedian Jon Stewart on film making and the drummer Antonio Sanchez

  20. Philip Glass, Bapsi Sidhwa, Julia Wolfe

    Philip Glass on his life and music and novelist Bapsi Sidhwa on Pakistan and Partition

  21. Blur, Valeria Luiselli, Roy Andersson

    The best global arts coverage from across the BBC.

  22. Toni Morrison, Noura Mint Seymali, Julie Fowlis

    Toni Morrison's latest novel God Help The Child and Noura Mint on ancient griot music

  23. Irvine Welsh, Billie Holiday, Des Bishop

    The best global arts coverage from across the BBC.

  24. Russell Crowe, Tracey Emin, Vidhu Vinod Chopra

    Russell Crowe on directing The Water Diviner, and Tracey Emin's unmade bed

  25. Shobana Jeyasingh

    Indian choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh on merging classical ballet and Eastern movement

  26. Chigozie Obioma, Kenneth Branagh, Prince

    Chigozie Obioma on his novel The Fishermen and Kenneth Branagh on Cinderella movie

  27. Kubra Khademi, Ayelet Gundar Goshen, Anne Tyler

    Performance artist Kubra Khademi, Israeli novelist Ayelet Gundar and author Anne Tyler

  28. Bjork, Aowen Jin, Coco Mbassi

    Bjorn on her new album, Aowen Jin on Factory Girls and why Coco follows her heart

  29. Jonas Kaufmann, Beau Willimon, Noah Stewart

    An opera theme with singers Jonas Kaufmann, Noah Stewart and Ailyn Pérez

  30. Lebo Mashile, Maziar Bahari, Kate Tempest

    Poet Lebo Mashile on post-apartheid writers and news from the Zanzibar music festival

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