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The Light Princess; Paul Klee; Enough Said
Mark Lawson reviews the comedy film Enough Said, starring the late James Gandolfini.
14 Oct 2013,30 mins
Penelope Lively; Julian Fellowes' Romeo and Juliet; Paddy McAloon
Novelist Penelope Lively; Julian Fellowes' Romeo and Juliet; Prefab Sprout's Paddy McAloon
11 Oct 2013,30 mins
Tom Hanks; Alice Munro; Dana Schutz
Mark Lawson talks to Tom Hanks, star of Captain Phillips, a film about modern-day piracy.
10 Oct 2013,30 mins
Jennifer Saunders; The Commitments on stage; Elizabethan portraits
Jennifer Saunders reflects with Mark Lawson on her career so far as she publishes a memoir
09 Oct 2013,30 mins
BBC National Short Story Award; Mark Lewisohn on The Beatles; The Fifth Estate
John Wilson reports live from the BBC National Short Story Award ceremony.
08 Oct 2013,30 mins
John Eliot Gardiner, Le Week-End, Breathless
Le Week-End and Breathless reviewed, and John Eliot Gardiner on his new book about Bach.
07 Oct 2013,30 mins
Anoushka Shankar; TV drama Truckers; Frank Auerbach
Anoushka Shankar on her new album, TV's Truckers reviewed and Frank Auerbach painting.
04 Oct 2013,30 mins
James McAvoy in Filth; Dizzee Rascal; director Lucy Walker; young Poets Laureate
Arts news with John Wilson, including the verdict on James McAvoy in Filth.
03 Oct 2013,30 mins
Saoirse Ronan; Thatcher meets the Queen; Erotic art from Japan
Mark Lawson meets actress Saoirse Ronan, who stars in the film How I Live Now.
02 Oct 2013,30 mins
David Tennant and Gregory Doran; Bill Bryson; Sex on film and TV
Mark Lawson talks to David Tennant as he prepares to play Richard II at the RSC, Stratford
01 Oct 2013,30 mins
Sunshine on Leith; Adil Ray; Malcolm Mackay; Art Under Attack
Mark Lawson reports on Art Under Attack, an exhibition about physical attacks on artworks.
30 Sep 2013,30 mins
Austenland, Stephen Poliakoff, Hannah Kent, Elmgreen and Dragset
Kirsty Lang talks to Stephen Poliakoff, and Viv Groskop reviews romantic comedy Austenland
27 Sep 2013,30 mins
Atlantis; Michael Morpurgo; Hannah Arendt; BBC National Short Story Award
Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including a review of the new family drama Atlantis.
26 Sep 2013,30 mins
Johnny Vegas, William Boyd, BBC Short Story Award
Mark Lawson meets writer William Boyd, as he publishes a new James Bond novel.
25 Sep 2013,30 mins
Fourth Plinth art; Stephen King reviewed; Alfred and Adrian Brendel; BBC Short Story Award
Mark Lawson on the artworks competing to occupy the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square.
24 Sep 2013,30 mins
Hugh Jackman; The Wrong Mans; BBC National Short Story Award 2013
Mark Lawson reviews Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal in the film thriller Prisoners.
23 Sep 2013,30 mins
BBC Short Story Award; Jack Vettriano retrospective; poet John Cooper Clarke
The BBC National Short Story Award 2013 shortlist; Jack Vettriano retrospective review.
20 Sep 2013,30 mins
Woody Allen interview, with Sally Hawkins and Mike Leigh
Mark Lawson interviews Woody Allen, whose new film Blue Jasmine stars Cate Blanchett.
19 Sep 2013,30 mins
David Walliams and Sheridan Smith; poet Dannie Abse at 90; Booker Prize changes
Mark Lawson talks to David Walliams and Sheridan Smith, on stage in a Shakespeare comedy.
18 Sep 2013,30 mins
Sting; Australian art at the Royal Academy
John Wilson reports on a major exhibition of Australian art, on show at the Royal Academy.
17 Sep 2013,30 mins
Derek Jacobi; Naomi Watts on Diana; Orphan Black
Mark Lawson talks to actor Derek Jacobi as he publishes his autobiography.
16 Sep 2013,30 mins
Mark Rylance; prisons on television; actors on songs
Mark Rylance on directing Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones. Plus TV prison dramas.
13 Sep 2013,30 mins
Francis Bacon meets Henry Moore; Manic Street Preachers; Jason Byrne; In a World
Arts news with John Wilson. Francis Bacon and Henry Moore paired in a new exhibition.
12 Sep 2013,30 mins
Mercury Music Prize, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Dennis Kelly
Mark Lawson presents news of the shortlist for the Mercury Prize for album of the year.
11 Sep 2013,30 mins
Lee Evans, White House Down, Man Booker shortlist
John Wilson with news of the shortlist for the Man Booker Prize for fiction.
10 Sep 2013,30 mins
Rush; Ian Hislop and Nick Newman; Thomas Pynchon's new novel
Mark Lawson reviews Rush, a film about the rivalry between Niki Lauda and James Hunt.
09 Sep 2013,30 mins
Cillian Murphy, Mira Nair, revenge songs, Million Second Quiz
Cillian Murphy on TV drama Peaky Blinders; director Mira Nair; revenge songs.
06 Sep 2013,30 mins
Alan Cumming; Marlowe's Edward II; new feminist comedians
National Theatre's Edward II reviewed; Alan Cumming on his new film; new feminist comedy.
05 Sep 2013,30 mins
Actress Tamsin Greig; novelist Jonathan Coe; Martin Bailey on Van Gogh's Sunflowers
Actress Tamsin Greig; novelist Jonathan Coe; Martin Bailey on his Van Gogh discoveries.
04 Sep 2013,30 mins
Stephen Fry; Liz Lochhead on The Great Tapestry of Scotland; The Great Beauty
Stephen Fry on Verdi and Wagner; The Great Beauty - acclaimed at Cannes - reviewed.
03 Sep 2013,30 mins