Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Radio 4,·4293 episodes
Kirsty Lang meets the Italian writer Umberto Eco, as he publishes a new novel.
25 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Mark Lawson talks to Stephan Solzhenitsyn about his father's life and legacy.
24 Oct 2011,·30 mins
John Wilson reviews Spielberg's Tintin and talks to Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys.
21 Oct 2011,·30 mins
John Wilson meets the musician Peter Gabriel, and reassesses the art of Edward Burra.
20 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Mark Lawson interviews Thandie Newton; Romola Garai reviews an exhibition of actresses.
19 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Sir Terry Pratchett on his 50th book, actor Mark Rylance and the film Contagion reviewed.
18 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Lynne Ramsay on directing We Need To Talk About Kevin; Sir Cameron Mackintosh at 65.
17 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Tamsin Greig on her latest stage role; Holy Flying Circus - a TV drama about Monty Python.
14 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers; Simon Mayo and Mark Watson on marathon shows.
13 Oct 2011,·30 mins
John Wilson meets Noel Gallagher, as he prepares to release his first solo album.
12 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Steve Coogan on Alan Partridge's memoirs; Australian film Sleeping Beauty reviewed.
11 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Turner Prize nominee Tacita Dean on her Tate Modern Turbine Hall commission.
10 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Orlando Bloom on The Three Musketeers and Tracy Chevalier on Vermeer.
07 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Des O'Connor back on stage, and Vanessa Redgrave in Driving Miss Daisy.
06 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Kenneth Branagh reflects on his career, as he returns to the stage in his native Belfast.
05 Oct 2011,·30 mins
John Wilson meets legendary singer Johnny Mathis; and photographer David Bailey.
04 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Rowan Atkinson on Johnny English Reborn; Claire Tomalin on the life of Charles Dickens.
03 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Mark Lawson meets the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, as she publishes a new collection.
30 Sep 2011,·30 mins
With Mark Lawson. Actor James Corden on his memoirs; the musical Rock of Ages reviewed.
29 Sep 2011,·30 mins
Mark Lawson reviews the new Lars von Trier film Melancholia, and meets writer Lee Child.
28 Sep 2011,·30 mins
Mark Lawson talks to actor Tim Pigott-Smith as he plays King Lear on stage in Leeds.
27 Sep 2011,·30 mins
News of the Winner of the BBC National Short Story Award; long-lost Pink Floyd tracks.
26 Sep 2011,·30 mins
Martin Scorsese's film about George Harrison; Ruth Negga plays Shirley Bassey on TV.
23 Sep 2011,·30 mins
Mike Leigh's new play at the National Theatre, and A S Byatt on Norse gods.
22 Sep 2011,·30 mins
Tom Stoppard on Travesties; newspaper documentary Page One reviewed.
21 Sep 2011,·30 mins
Tom Hardy in new film Warrior, and Muppets creator Frank Oz.
20 Sep 2011,·30 mins
Ryan Gosling's two new films reviewed and Mike Scott of The Waterboys on Yeats the poet.
19 Sep 2011,·30 mins
Kirsty Lang talks to Dominic West and Clarke Peters about performing Othello in Sheffield.
16 Sep 2011,·30 mins
Mark Lawson talks to Pam Ayres about her life and poems; Stephen Merchant's stand-up show.
15 Sep 2011,·30 mins
Jermaine Jackson on his brother Michael.
14 Sep 2011,·30 mins
