Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Radio 4,·4295 episodes
New interviews with Judi Dench, Sam Mendes, Hilary Mantel, Sheridan Smith and more.
21 Dec 2012,·30 mins
The Impossible reviewed; comedian Simon Amstell; Ed Vaizey and Tom Morris on arts funding.
20 Dec 2012,·30 mins
Barry Norman reviews Dustin Hoffman's Quartet; singer Katy Carr; pick of comedy DVDs.
19 Dec 2012,·30 mins
Salman Rushdie on the film of his novel Midnight's Children; Victoria Wood on Joyce Hatto.
18 Dec 2012,·30 mins
Mark Lawson with Toby Jones, David O Russell and a review of the Life of Pi film.
17 Dec 2012,·30 mins
Martin Freeman interviewed on The Hobbit, and musical recommendations from 2012.
13 Dec 2012,·30 mins
Novelist William Boyd; tribute to Ravi Shankar; playwright Martin Crimp; video games pick.
12 Dec 2012,·30 mins
Director Paul Thomas Anderson on The Master; dramatist Jim Cartwright; the power of three.
11 Dec 2012,·30 mins
Danny Boyle switches on his Front Row neon artwork; TV drama thirtysomething remembered.
10 Dec 2012,·30 mins
Writer Paul Auster; Tom Robinson plays Beck's sheet music album; comedian Trevor Noah.
07 Dec 2012,·30 mins
The Bodyguard musical, Dave Brubeck remembered, and Jeff Park on the latest crime fiction.
06 Dec 2012,·30 mins
An all-female staging of Julius Caesar and Mike Bartlett on his first TV drama.
05 Dec 2012,·30 mins
Turner Prize winner Elizabeth Price, Ben Folds, and the Charles Dickens museum reopens.
04 Dec 2012,·30 mins
Martin McDonagh's film Seven Psychopaths; Beryl Bainbridge's paintings; best choir sizes.
03 Dec 2012,·30 mins
Kirsty Lang reports on The Mouse and His Child, the RSC's new show for family audiences.
30 Nov 2012,·30 mins
Roddy Doyle on his new novella, Boris Godunov at the RSC, and singing sisters The Staves.
29 Nov 2012,·30 mins
Daniel Radcliffe in TV series A Young Doctor's Notebook, plus Oliver Sacks and The Hunt.
28 Nov 2012,·30 mins
A new Great Expectations; Bryan Ferry; the creators of TV shows Peep Show and Fresh Meat.
27 Nov 2012,·30 mins
Sports Book of the Year, Clint Eastwood back on screen, Evening Standard Theatre Awards.
26 Nov 2012,·30 mins
Brian Eno, Michael Hoffman, and Spike Lee's new Michael Jackson documentary.
23 Nov 2012,·30 mins
Choreographer Matthew Bourne, John Lithgow in The Magistrate, and Benjamin Britten.
22 Nov 2012,·30 mins
The Mousetrap at 60; Calixto Bieito on Carmen; contemporary Russian art.
21 Nov 2012,·30 mins
Arts news with John Wilson, including news of the shortlists for the Costa Book Awards.
20 Nov 2012,·30 mins
Derek Jacobi on Last Tango in Halifax, new film End of Watch, Denise Mina's Dragon Tattoo.
19 Nov 2012,·30 mins
Jimmy Page interview; 60 years of natural history on TV; The Secret of Crickley Hall.
16 Nov 2012,·30 mins
Ben Elton, Danny Boyle on regional theatre funding cuts, and early computer art.
15 Nov 2012,·30 mins
The Effect, a new play by Lucy Prebble starring Billie Piper, plus the final Twilight film
14 Nov 2012,·30 mins
A Bigger Splash, plus a new play about Edward Thomas, and photography from the Middle East
13 Nov 2012,·30 mins
Quentin Blake on his career as he approaches 80, and the dark charisma of Adolf Hitler.
12 Nov 2012,·30 mins
Jeff Wayne on The War of the Worlds, the RSC's The Orphan of Zhao, and Crime Stories on TV
09 Nov 2012,·30 mins
