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Call The Midwife creator Heidi Thomas, Nick Park on new Wallace & Gromit film, Organs discussion
Call The Midwife creator Heidi Thomas, Nick Park on the new Wallace & Gromit film, Organs.
16 Dec 2024,43 mins
Review: The Devil Wears Prada, 100 Years of Solitude, The Universal Theory
Novelist Linda Grant and critic Jason Solomons join Samira for our review edition.
12 Dec 2024,42 mins
Jesus and Mary Chain, The politics of pantomime & Video games of the year
Jesus and Mary Chain talk to Kirsty Wark about their career. Plus the politics of panto.
11 Dec 2024,42 mins
Daniel Craig and Luca Guadagnino, Public Service Broadcasting perform live
The star and director of the film Queer, Public Service Broadcasting, AI and audio books
10 Dec 2024,42 mins
Kelsey Mann on Inside Out 2, Humphrey Bogart documentary, Susan Chardy
Kathryn Ferguson on her new Bogart doc plus Peter Bradshaw on the Golden Globe nominations
09 Dec 2024,42 mins
Review: Rumours, The Importance of Being Earnest, Grand Theft Hamlet
Review: The Importance of Being Earnest play and films Rumours and Grand Theft Hamlet.
05 Dec 2024,42 mins
New Makar, future of musical theatre, arts funding in Scotland
Kirsty Wark speaks to Scotland's new Makar and discusses new musical theatre initiatives.
04 Dec 2024,42 mins
Richard Curtis's new film, Purple Heart Warriors audio drama, Turner Prize announcement
Richard Curtis on loving Christmas, and who will win the Turner Prize?
03 Dec 2024,42 mins
Reopening of Notre-Dame, Jacob Collier, Marshall Brickman, King Winter's Birthday
Agnes Poirier on the five-year restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris.
02 Dec 2024,42 mins
Review: Beatles 64, Electric Dreams @ Tate Modern, The Agency
Beatlemania hits America in Beatles '64, art meets tech in Electric Dreams and The Agency.
28 Nov 2024,42 mins
Donny Osmond, Orhan Pamuk, Puccini's centenary
Kate Molleson speaks to Nobel Prize-winning writer Orhan Pamuk and to Donny Osmond.
27 Nov 2024,42 mins
Edward Berger on Conclave, Ganavya performs, Tim Robey on film flops
Conclave director Edward Berger, Tim Robey on cinematic disasters, Ganavya performs
26 Nov 2024,42 mins
Sigourney Weaver & Selina Cadell, Art forgery on the rise? Nitin Sawhney
Sigourney Weaver and Selina Cadell on Shakepeare's The Tempest and 50 years friendship.
25 Nov 2024,42 mins
Review: Wicked, Cher's memoir, Maddaddam ballet
Natalie Jamieson and Matt Cain join Tom to review Cher: The Memoir, Wicked and Maddaddam.
21 Nov 2024,42 mins
Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream, Celebrity Children's Books and the Art and Writing of Maud Sulter
Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream, and celebrity children's books.
20 Nov 2024,41 mins
Kathryn Tickell, Liverpool's carbon neutral gigs, drag queen romance film Layla
Kathryn Tickell on revisiting her debut album, 40 years on.
19 Nov 2024,42 mins
Malala Yousafzai, The art of writing recipes, Rebecca Hall
Malala on her new documentary, recipes by writers and Rebecca Hall on drama The Listeners.
18 Nov 2024,42 mins
Paul Mescal on Gladiator II, Murakami's latest novel, Test Tube baby drama Joy
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
14 Nov 2024,42 mins
American guitarist Pat Metheny, Tribute to actor Timothy West, and Does Glasgow look after its built heritage?
American guitarist Pat Metheny, and a tribute to actor Timothy West.
13 Nov 2024,41 mins
Winner of the 2024 Booker Prize announced live from the ceremony
Which of the six shortlisted authors will win the 2024 Booker Prize?
12 Nov 2024,28 mins
Booker Shortlisted Authors
Interviews with the authors shortlisted for tonight's Booker Prize.
12 Nov 2024,41 mins
Ronnie Wood, the rise and fall of boybands, Mishka Momen
Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood talks about his other career as an artist.
11 Nov 2024,42 mins
Review: The Piano Lesson, Florence 1504, Jonathan Coe's The Proof of My Innocence
We review The Piano Lesson, the latest film from Denzel Washington and his family.
07 Nov 2024,42 mins
Pauline Black, Waters Rising at Perth Museum, and Posthumously Completing a Loved One's Creative Work
Pauline Black, Waters Rising at Perth Museum & Posthumously Completing a Loved One's Work
06 Nov 2024,42 mins
Christopher Reeve documentary, Booker author Samantha Harvey on Orbital, Art auction news
Super/Man: Christopher Reeve documentary, Booker author Samantha Harvey, Art auction news.
05 Nov 2024,42 mins
Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch, political satire in US elections, how to write a book
Meet the stars of new film Day of the Jackal, and remember Quincy Jones.
04 Nov 2024,42 mins
Review: film: Anora; theatre: Dr. Strangelove; book: Ali Smith's Gliff
Award winning film Anora and the stage production of Dr. Strangelove reviewed.
31 Oct 2024,42 mins
Billy Crystal, Marina Diamandis, Nordic Music Festival
Actor Billy Crystal, singer-songwriter and poet Marina Diamandis, response to the Budget.
30 Oct 2024,42 mins
Hugh Grant on Heretic, Yael van der Wouden's The Safekeep, future of housing design
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
29 Oct 2024,42 mins
Sir Steve McQueen on Blitz, Italian Renaissance drawings, Rachel Kushner on Creation Lake
Steve McQueen on his World War II film Blitz, starring Saoirse Ronan.
28 Oct 2024,42 mins