Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Radio 4,·4293 episodes
Mark Lawson announces the Costa Book Award category winners and talks to Colin Firth.
04 Jan 2011,·30 mins
Oscar-winning film and stage director Danny Boyle in conversation with Mark Lawson.
03 Jan 2011,·30 mins
Mark Lawson hosts the Front Row Quiz, questioning two teams on their arts knowledge.
31 Dec 2010,·30 mins
Mark Lawson reports on prequels and sequels, with Bret Easton Ellis and Scott Turow.
30 Dec 2010,·30 mins
John Wilson talks to two of the year's musical successes, Tinie Tempah and Plan B.
29 Dec 2010,·30 mins
Kirsty Lang reports on why so many films and TV dramas are 'Based on a True Story'.
28 Dec 2010,·30 mins
Mark Lawson focuses on Alfred Hitchcock's complex working relationship with women.
27 Dec 2010,·30 mins
Mark Lawson unwraps more interviews with the names behind the year's arts headlines.
24 Dec 2010,·30 mins
Mark Lawson unwraps interviews with the names behind the arts headlines of the year.
23 Dec 2010,·30 mins
With John Wilson, including a review of Little Fockers and a selection of rock biographies
22 Dec 2010,·30 mins
With John Wilson, including an interview with the Oscar-nominated actress Anne Hathaway.
21 Dec 2010,·30 mins
Kirsty Lang reviews Peter Weir's film The Way Back, starring Colin Farrell.
20 Dec 2010,·30 mins
Veteran comedian Ronnie Corbett talks to Mark Lawson.
17 Dec 2010,·30 mins
Mark Lawson discusses the pioneering video artist Nam June Paik and meets poet Les Murray.
16 Dec 2010,·30 mins
Mark Lawson talks to poet Les Murray and reviews the film Catfish.
15 Dec 2010,·30 mins
With John Wilson, who interviews comedian Russell Howard, and reassesses Norman Rockwell.
14 Dec 2010,·30 mins
Kirsty Lang reviews Burlesque and offers the pick of new fiction for young children.
13 Dec 2010,·30 mins
With Kirsty Lang, who reviews Matilda, a new RSC musical based on the book by Roald Dahl.
10 Dec 2010,·30 mins
Kirsty Lang reviews new Christmas shows in Bristol and Liverpool plus Olympic park poetry.
09 Dec 2010,·30 mins
Derek Jacobi stars in a new staging of King Lear. Lenny Henry returns to comedy.
08 Dec 2010,·30 mins
Mark Lawson is at the launch of the Cultural Olympiad, and interviews comedian Harry Hill.
07 Dec 2010,·30 mins
Mark Lawson talks to Catherine Tate and reviews Sofia Coppola's film Somewhere.
06 Dec 2010,·30 mins
With Kirsty Lang, including a review of the remake of Upstairs Downstairs.
03 Dec 2010,·30 mins
Kirsty Lang talks to mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli and comedian Simon Amstell.
02 Dec 2010,·30 mins
Mark Lawson talks to Alex Ross about classical and pop music and Richard Eyre about farce.
01 Dec 2010,·30 mins
Comedian Ricky Gervais; Megamind reviewed; and the William Hill Sports Book of the Year.
30 Nov 2010,·30 mins
With Mark Lawson, including news of the winner of the BBC National Short Story Award.
29 Nov 2010,·30 mins
Bryan Ferry, novelist Anne Enright and the Royal Opera House's new project.
26 Nov 2010,·30 mins
Celebrity photographer Albert Watson and rap at the British Library.
25 Nov 2010,·30 mins
Mark Lawson interviews Eddie Izzard and reviews The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's' Nest.
24 Nov 2010,·30 mins