Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Radio 4,·4294 episodes
Mark Lawson reports from Edinburgh on the talking points of the Festival and Fringe so far
15 Aug 2012,·30 mins
Interview with Alanis Morissette, review of Take This Waltz, and music for the cactus.
14 Aug 2012,·30 mins
Rock star Alice Cooper, actor Clive Owen, and new US crime drama Person of Interest.
13 Aug 2012,·30 mins
Kirsty Lang interviews violinist Nicola Benedetti and reviews a TV drama about Paralympics
10 Aug 2012,·30 mins
Jack Whitehall's latest comedy reviewed, Edinburgh fringe so far, bartering for theatre.
09 Aug 2012,·30 mins
Bourne writer Tony Gilroy, large-scale public theatre, Jackpot review.
08 Aug 2012,·30 mins
John Wilson remembers the composer Marvin Hamlisch and the art critic Robert Hughes.
07 Aug 2012,·30 mins
New Pixar animated film Brave, Mike Scott of the Waterboys, and pop stars changing names.
06 Aug 2012,·30 mins
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time onstage, Alan Davies, Olympic puppeteers
03 Aug 2012,·30 mins
Kirsty Lang reports on a new RSC staging of Much Ado About Nothing, starring Meera Syal.
02 Aug 2012,·30 mins
John Wilson pays tribute to Gore Vidal and visits the William Morris Gallery.
01 Aug 2012,·30 mins
Mark Thomas on his father's love of opera; Bernard of Hollywood's Marilyn Monroe photos.
31 Jul 2012,·30 mins
Novelist James Kelman; the verdict on Mark Wahlberg in Ted; Greeks v Trojans at the RSC.
30 Jul 2012,·30 mins
London in the eyes of international photographers; Newton Faulkner; writer Louis Nowra.
27 Jul 2012,·30 mins
Mark Rylance as Richard III reviewed, novelist Herman Koch, and Searching for Sugarman.
26 Jul 2012,·30 mins
The Man Booker Prize longlist; The Doctor's Dilemma reviewed; director Fernando Meirelles.
25 Jul 2012,·30 mins
Mark Lawson speaks to writer Colin Dexter and reviews David Starkey on The Churchills.
24 Jul 2012,·30 mins
Ruby Wax, the latest commission for Tate Modern's Turbine Hall, and The Lorax reviewed.
23 Jul 2012,·30 mins
The Owl and the Pussycat becomes a floating opera, plus Steptoe and Son on stage.
20 Jul 2012,·30 mins
Rapper Ice-T, Tom Hanks' new web project and Monica Mason's farewell to the Royal Ballet.
19 Jul 2012,·30 mins
Madonna's tour reaches the UK, Simon Russell Beale in Timon of Athens, poet Julia Copus.
18 Jul 2012,·30 mins
Hattie Morahan and Dominic Rowan on booing at the theatre, John Lydon and literary letters
17 Jul 2012,·30 mins
Verdict on The Dark Knight Rises, Tate Modern's new Tanks, and film-maker Asif Kapadia.
16 Jul 2012,·30 mins
Eoin Colfer, Catherine the Great's treasures, and the loneliness of the classical soloist.
13 Jul 2012,·30 mins
Mark Lawson meets sculptor Antony Gormley as a new exhibition, Still Standing, opens.
12 Jul 2012,·30 mins
Poet James Fenton interviewed; festival insurance in wet weather; author Nicola Barker.
11 Jul 2012,·30 mins
Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis interviewed; Keira Knightley in an apocalyptic rom-com.
10 Jul 2012,·30 mins
Magic Mike reviewed; crime writer Andrea Camilleri; Twenty Twelve creator John Morton.
09 Jul 2012,·30 mins
Amy Winehouse and Katy Perry documentaries; William Fiennes on Joseph Mitchell; Sam Lee.
06 Jul 2012,·30 mins
Bryn Terfel on Welshness; new scores for Hitchcock; Sinbad on TV; The Shard on opening day
05 Jul 2012,·30 mins