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Review: Leigh Bowery exhibition, The Summer with Carmen film, Michael Amherst's novel The Boyhood of Cain
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
27 Feb 2025,42 mins
Anjelica Huston, Tim Roth and British Museum Director Nicholas Cullinan
Kirsty Wark talks to Anjelica Huston about Agatha Christie's Towards Zero.
26 Feb 2025,41 mins
New medical drama Berlin ER, Stacy L Smith, German Elections, Santanu Bhattacharya
New medical drama Berlin ER, Stacy L Smith on more women leading Hollywood films.
25 Feb 2025,42 mins
25 Years of 21st Century: Theatre
The performing arts - first 25 years of the 21st century on the stage.
24 Feb 2025,42 mins
Review: A Thousand Blows, Richard II, Perspectives by Laurent Binet
Thursday's review with Tom Sutcliffe and critics John Mullan and Caroline Frost.
20 Feb 2025,42 mins
25 Years of 21st Century: Art and Architecture
Kirsty Wark and guests on how art and architecture have evolved over the last 25 years.
19 Feb 2025,42 mins
Muhammad Ali in South Shields, Sheila Fell exhibition in Cumbria, Dame Myra Hess
Muhammad Ali in South Shields, Sheila Fell exhibition in Cumbria, Dame Myra Hess.
18 Feb 2025,42 mins
Walter Salles on I'm Still Here, Matt Goss performs live, The Face magazine exhibition at National Portrait Gallery
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
17 Feb 2025,42 mins
Review: Bridget Jones; Linder Stirling exhibition; Memoir of a Snall animation
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
13 Feb 2025,42 mins
Future of TV soaps, Joseph O'Connor's new book, stage version of Murakami short stories
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
12 Feb 2025,42 mins
25 Years of 21st Century: Books
Zadie Smith, Andrew O'Hagan, Harriett Gilbert and Philip Jones on the books of the century
11 Feb 2025,42 mins
Robert de Niro, Gladiators exhibition, Festen: Mark Anthony Turnage and Lee Hall's new opera
Robert De Niro on thriller Zero Day, his TV series debut.
10 Feb 2025,42 mins
Review: The Last Showgirl, Oedipus, Nobel author Han Kang's novel We Do Not Part
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
06 Feb 2025,42 mins
September 5 director Tim Fehlbaum, new Motherland spin-off TV series Amandaland, the history of Slapstick
September 5 director Tim Fehlbaum, new TV series Amandaland, the history of Slapstick.
05 Feb 2025,41 mins
25 Years of 21st Century: Film and Television
How film and television have changed in the first 25 years of this century.
04 Feb 2025,41 mins
Director Coralie Fargeat on The Substance, Josephine Baker's autobiography, poet Anne Carson on Elektra on stage
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
03 Feb 2025,42 mins
Review: Mike Leigh's Hard Truths, Inside No. 9 on stage, film Saturday Night
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
30 Jan 2025,42 mins
Jane Austen's sister, artist Chila Kumari Singh Burman, football in fiction
Jane Austen's sister Cassandra, artist Chila Kumari Singh Burman, football in fiction.
28 Jan 2025,42 mins
25 Years of 21st Century: Music
How music and and the music industry has been transformed in the last 25 years.
27 Jan 2025,42 mins
Review: supernatural thriller film Presence, Edmund White's sex memoir and Brazil! Brazil! at the Royal Academy
Tom is joined by Rowan Pelling and Tim Robey to review the highlights of the week.
23 Jan 2025,43 mins
James Graham on Brian & Maggie, The Merchant of Venice, Live music from Julie Fowlis and Karine Polwart
James Graham on Brian & Maggie, Merchant of Venice, live music from Karine Polwart.
22 Jan 2025,42 mins
Anora director Sean Baker, Caryl Phillips's new novel, Somerset House exhibition on Soil
Sean Baker on Anora, Caryl Phillips's new novel, an exhibition on Soil at Somerset House.
21 Jan 2025,42 mins
The Brutalist director Brady Corbet and star Adrien Brody, Sidney Poitier season at BFI
Adrien Brody and Brady Corbet talk about The Brutalist.
20 Jan 2025,42 mins
Review: Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, TS Eliot prize poetry, Italian wartime film Vermiglio
Lemn Sissay and Rhianna Dhillon review this week's cultural highlights.
16 Jan 2025,42 mins
Franz Ferdinand play in the studio, Richard Price on his new novel Lazarus Man, verdict on BAFTA nominations
Franz Ferdinand play live, author Richard Price and news of this year's BAFTA nominations.
15 Jan 2025,42 mins
Vivaldi's Four Seasons reimagined, impact of L.A. fires on culture, Leigh Whannell's new horror film, Dead Ink Books
Vivaldi's Four Seasons reimagined, LA fires, Leigh Whannell's new horror, Dead Ink Books
14 Jan 2025,42 mins
Michael Sheen, Matthew Bourne on Oliver! and ghostwriting
Samira Ahmed talks to Michael Sheen about his plans for the Welsh National Theatre.
13 Jan 2025,42 mins
Review: Angelina Jolie's Maria, AL Kennedy's novel Alive in the Merciful Country, Architecton documentary
Review: Maria, A.L. Kennedy's Alive in the Merciful Country and Architecton.
09 Jan 2025,42 mins
Asif Kapadia's dystopian film 2073, anthology comic marks 25 years since armed forces "gay ban" lifted, Nick Frost in Get Away
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
08 Jan 2025,42 mins
Jesse Eisenberg & Kieran Culkin on their film A Real Pain, improving visual literacy in school, how Jerry Springer changed TV
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
07 Jan 2025,42 mins