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George Miller, Miranda July, Orchestral Qawwali Project
Mad Max director George Miller and the visual artist and film-maker Miranda July.
20 May 2024,42 mins
Review: Big Cigar on AppleTV, Elton John’s photos at V&A, animated/live action film If
The Big Cigar, Elton John’s Fragile Beauty, film IF plus the Dylan Thomas Prize winner.
16 May 2024,42 mins
John Cleese's Fawlty Towers on stage, Beatrice Harrison, Cannes
John Cleese talks to Tom Sutcliffe about adapting his classic sitcom for the stage.
15 May 2024,42 mins
Withnail and I on stage, Women & Art at Tate Britain, Alan Murrin
Withnail and I on stage, 400 years of women in art, Alan Murrin on Ireland before divorce
14 May 2024,42 mins
Damian Barr on Maggie & Me, Italian neorealist film, A.I. and Fake Art
Maggie & Me adapted for stage and how A.I. is tackling fake art online.
13 May 2024,42 mins
La Chimera, Bodkin, a new novel called Great Expectations reviewed
Boyd Hilton and Jo Hamya review.
09 May 2024,42 mins
Sir Stephen Hough, Arab Strap, can authors make money?
Pianist and composer Stephen Hough, the future of publishing, Scottish band Arab Strap.
08 May 2024,42 mins
Party Games play, 200 years of Beethoven’s 9th, literary editing
200 years of Beethoven’s Symphony No 9, a political comedy and the art of literary editing
07 May 2024,42 mins
Sir Alan Ayckbourn, Jeremy Deller, Scarborough Spa Orchestra
Scarborough Bank Holiday Special.
06 May 2024,44 mins
The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Marc Quinn at Kew, The Fall Guy,
Naomi Alderman and Jason Solomons join Tom Sutcliffe to review this week's highlights.
02 May 2024,42 mins
Spirited Away at London Coliseum, Eurovision build-up, terminal diagnosis films
Antonia Quirke talks to John Caird and Maoko Imai about adapting Spirited Away for stage.
01 May 2024,42 mins
Michelangelo exhibition at British Museum, Jembaa Groove perform, Inside Number 9
Michelangelo: the last decades, Reece Shearsmith and Jembaa Groove.
30 Apr 2024,39 mins
Hanif Kureishi, Ingrid Persaud, Arts Council funding
As a stage version of the Buddha of Suburbia opens at the RSC, we talk to Hanif Kureishi.
29 Apr 2024,42 mins
Pet Shop Boys, review of Challengers film and Expressionists exhibiition
Pet Shop Boys new album, Zendaya's film Challengers, Expressionists at Tate Modern.
25 Apr 2024,42 mins
The Legend of Ned Ludd, Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, Mohammad Barrangi
The Legend of Ned Ludd, Women's Fiction Prize shortlist, Degas and Monet at The Walker.
24 Apr 2024,42 mins
Women and Shakespeare, best beach reads, Black British music exhibition
Women and Shakespeare, best beach reads, black British music exhibition
23 Apr 2024,42 mins
Designer Sir Kenneth Grange, Taylor Swift's new album, Venice Art Biennale
Taylor Swift's new album reviewed, designer Sir Kenneth Grange, the Venice Biennale
22 Apr 2024,43 mins
London Tide with music by PJ Harvey, Salman Rushdie's story of survival: Knife and tenor Ian Bostridge
Salman Rushdie's Knife, London Tide and Baby Reindeer reviewed.
18 Apr 2024,42 mins
Lionel Shriver's new book Mania, Tyrell Williams on Red Pitch
Lionel Shriver on her new book, Mania, and Red Pitch playwright Tyrell Williams.
17 Apr 2024,42 mins
Sir John Akomfrah, bicentenary of Byron's death and sped-up music
Sir John Akomfrah at Venice Art Biennale, 200 years since Byron's death, sped-up music.
16 Apr 2024,41 mins
The Book of Clarence, Liberation Squares, Northern Ireland's filming boom
Jeymes Samuel's Biblical comedy, Sonali Bhattacharyya play, Northern Ireland filming boom.
15 Apr 2024,42 mins
Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black and Percival Everett's James reviewed
Ranjit Singh at the Wallace collection and the BAFTA games awards
11 Apr 2024,42 mins
Folk musician Martin Simpson, movie icon Anna May Wong, and classical music leaders criticise Arts Council England
Movie icon Anna May Wong, folk musician Martin Simpson and funding classical music
10 Apr 2024,42 mins
Nathan Hill, Maggie Rogers, International Booker shortlist
Nathan Hill on his novel Wellness. Plus singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers.
09 Apr 2024,42 mins
Yinka Shonibare, Sean Shibe, cinema and digital decay
Yinka Shonibare, Sean Shibe, cinema and digital decay
08 Apr 2024,42 mins
Beyonce’s new album Cowboy Carter, Netflix drama Ripley, Io Capitano movie reviewed
Beyonce’s new album Cowboy Carter, Netflix drama Ripley, Io Capitano movie reviewed.
04 Apr 2024,42 mins
50 years of ABBA’s Waterloo, Harewood House exhibition, Trevor Griffiths remembered, the rise of eco fiction and drama
ABBA's Waterloo at 50, Harewood House on colour, tracking the rise of eco fiction.
03 Apr 2024,42 mins
Dev Patel on Monkey Man, which books are on the curriculum?
Dev Patel's directing debut Monkey Man. Are teenagers reading the right books at school?
02 Apr 2024,42 mins
The National Gallery at 200
Samira Ahmed explores the National Gallery which celebrates its bicentenary on May 10.
01 Apr 2024,42 mins
Steven Knight drama This Town reviewed, The Perth Museum re-opening
Drama This Town, designer Enzo Mari exhibition and Perth Museum.
28 Mar 2024,42 mins