Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Radio 4,·4290 episodes
With Kirsty Lang, including an interview with renowned tenor José Carreras.
15 May 2009,·30 mins
With Rick Wakeman on his musical memoirs and a report on overnight events at museums.
14 May 2009,·30 mins
Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. With Beth Ditto on being a feminist icon.
13 May 2009,·30 mins
With Mark Lawson. Includes a review of US TV drama Lie To Me, starring Tim Roth.
12 May 2009,·30 mins
An interview with writer Edna O'Brien. RIBA Trust Annual Lecture. Angels & Demons review.
11 May 2009,·30 mins
With comedian Rob Brydon, Welsh national poet Gillian Clarke and a review of Coraline.
08 May 2009,·30 mins
Arlene Phillips reviews a new documentary about the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
07 May 2009,·30 mins
Actress and director Samantha Morton on her experiences of being raised in care homes.
06 May 2009,·30 mins
Lord Puttnam announces the shortlist for the Art Fund Prize for best museum or gallery.
05 May 2009,·30 mins
Armando Iannucci and Simon Beaufoy discuss topicality in their work with Mark Lawson.
04 May 2009,·30 mins
Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Includes an interview with actor Jim Broadbent.
01 May 2009,·30 mins
Graham Coxon discusses the Blur reunion and there's a review of classic farce Rookery Nook
30 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Poet Wendy Cope and composer Roxanna Panufnik discuss their collaboration.
29 Apr 2009,·30 mins
With John Wilson, Including a review of Helen, an art-house film about teenage identity.
28 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Actress Kitty McGeever; Raiders of the Lost Ark - The Adaptation; author KM Peyton.
27 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Brian Eno on the afterlife, Gillian Slovo reviews Endgame and Gavin Hood on Wolverine.
24 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Guy Garvey and Francis Rossi recall rock stars' dodgy digs.
23 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Natalie Haynes reviews the revival of TV comedy Reggie Perrin.
22 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Manic Street Preachers, portraits of President Obama. Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth.
21 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Max Hastings reviews State of Play; The Sun's online radio station; Afghanistan on stage.
20 Apr 2009,·30 mins
With John Wilson. Musician Christy Moore, author Philipp Meyer, William Blake exhibition.
16 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Including an interview with Martin Gore, who reflects on three decades with Depeche Mode.
15 Apr 2009,·30 mins
With writers Martin Amis and Jay McInerney, a review of In the Loop and Maureen Lipman.
14 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Poet and Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney is in conversation with Mark Lawson.
13 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Alan Ayckbourn reflects on a career in which he has written 72 full length plays.
10 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Including Philip Glenister on the second series of Ashes to Ashes.
09 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Arts news and reviews with John Wilson.
08 Apr 2009,·30 mins
John Wilson presents, with guest writer Margaret Drabble; plus a new Handel exhibition.
07 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
06 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Monsters v Aliens; Billy Bragg; extreme theatre.
03 Apr 2009,·30 mins