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Cash Carraway on BBC drama Rain Dogs, the might of the UK gaming industry, Kidnapped on stage
Cash Carraway on her comedy-drama Rain Dogs, the UK gaming industry, Kidnapped on stage
29 Mar 2023,42 mins
Musician Natalie Merchant, poet Victoria Adukwei Bulley, library funding
Musician Natalie Merchant, poet Victoria Adukwei Bulley, library funding.
28 Mar 2023,42 mins
Barbara Demick on North Korea; Dungeons and Dragons controversy; folk musicians Hack-Poets Guild
The controversy surrounding fan-made content inspired by the hit game Dungeons and Dragons
27 Mar 2023,42 mins
Steven Knight on Great Expectations, After Impressionism at the National Gallery
Steven Knight on Great Expectations, the After Impressionism exhibition reviewed.
23 Mar 2023,42 mins
Touchstones Rochdale art gallery's radical 80s history, James Shapiro on Shakespeare
The radical history of Rochdale Art Gallery in the 1980s.
22 Mar 2023,42 mins
Danny Lee Wynter and play Black Superhero; badly behaved theatre audiences; violinist Pekka Kuusisto
Danny Lee Wynter on his play; Pekka Kuusisto plays live; theatre audience etiquette.
21 Mar 2023,42 mins
Lisa O’Neill performs live, Dance of Death from the National Theatre of Norway
Lisa O'Neill performs live, Dance of Death from the National Theatre of Norway, FESPACO.
20 Mar 2023,42 mins
Richard Eyre on his film Allelujah, and climate change TV drama Extrapolations reviewed
Richard Eyre on his film Allelujah, TV series Extrapolations, southern US black artists.
16 Mar 2023,42 mins
Scottish-Iranian film Winners, playwright Calum L MacLeòid, neurodiversity and creativity
Scottish-Iranian film Winners, playwright Calum L MacLeòid, neurodiversity and creativity.
15 Mar 2023,42 mins
Diversity at the Oscars and Baftas; plays and the cost of living; children's books; Phyllida Barlow
After the Oscars and Baftas, Tom discusses diversity at awards and in the film industry.
14 Mar 2023,42 mins
Author Percival Everett, director Pravesh Kumar on Little English
Percival Everett's novel Dr No; Pravesh Kumar on film Little English; Yeats & smartphones.
13 Mar 2023,42 mins
Film My Sailor, My Love; Atwood’s Old Babes In The Wood; Baillie Gifford prize; Nicole Flattery
Reviews of My Sailor My Love and Margaret Atwood’s new collection; Baillie Gifford winners
09 Mar 2023,41 mins
Pioneering play Top Girls turns 40, do publishers owe a duty of care to memoirists? and the benefits of stopping the show
Pioneering play Top Girls turns 40, and do publishers have a duty of care to memoirists?
08 Mar 2023,36 mins
Daniel Mays on a new production of Guys and Dolls, and how accessible are venues and film sets for performers?
Daniel Mays in Guys and Dolls, making film and TV sets more accessible for performers.
07 Mar 2023,42 mins
Steven Moffat and Lucy Caldwell on writing about the Hadron Collider
Steven Moffat and Lucy Caldwell on writing short stories inspired by the science of Cern.
06 Mar 2023,42 mins
Daisy Jones & The Six on TV. Lukas Dhont’s film Close. Edmund De Waal on potter Lucie Rie
Reviews of Daisy Jones And The Six and Close, plus ceramicist Edmund de Waal on Lucie Rie.
02 Mar 2023,42 mins
Barry Male Voice Choir, new play Romeo and Julie, WNO’s Blaze of Glory and Welsh culture minister Dawn Boden
Barry Male Voice Choir, WNO’s Blaze of Glory and Welsh culture minister Dawn Boden.
01 Mar 2023,42 mins
Tracy-Ann Oberman, Director Michael B Jordan, Oldham Coliseum
Tracy-Ann Oberman on playing Shylock, Creed III's Michael B Jordan, and theatre funds.
28 Feb 2023,42 mins
Conductor Antonio Pappano on Puccini’s Turandot and the Ukrainian cabaret artists performing in exile
Antonio Pappano on Turandot, and the Ukrainian cabaret artists performing in exile.
27 Feb 2023,42 mins
Immersive David Hockney art and Korean film Broker reviewed; artist Mike Nelson; AI-generated writing
Immersive Hockney art, Korean film Broker, installation artist Mike Nelson, AI writing.
23 Feb 2023,42 mins
New film The Strays, artists Chila Kumari Singh Burman and Dawinder Bansal, Janet Malcolm’s photography memoir
New film The Strays and artists Chila Kumari Singh Burman and Dawinder Bansal.
22 Feb 2023,42 mins
Michael Douglas, culture in Ukraine a year after invasion, visual effects and animation in the UK
Oscar-winner Michael Douglas talks about his new film, Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania.
21 Feb 2023,42 mins
Hugh Jackman, Kevin Jared Hosein, the future of opera
Hugh Jackman, Kevin Jared Hosein, the future of opera.
20 Feb 2023,42 mins
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On, Alice Neel, Spitting Image
Animation Marcel The Shell With Shoes On, Alice Neel's art, Al Murray on Spitting Image
16 Feb 2023,42 mins
Asif Kapadia's dance film Creature; the Barbellion Book Prize winner; South Asian and South East Asian galleries in Manchester
Director Asif Kapadia on collaborating with choreographer Akram Khan on the film Creature
15 Feb 2023,42 mins
Tracy Chevalier on Vermeer exhibition; live v streaming theatre audiences; American poet A. E. Stallings; The King's Singers
Author Tracy Chevalier on the major Vermeer exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
14 Feb 2023,42 mins
Kate Prince on her suffragette musical, the art of casting, set design at the Brits.
Kate Prince on her suffragette musical, the art of casting, set design at the Brits.
13 Feb 2023,42 mins
Georgia Oakley director of Blue Jean, Burt Bacharach obituary, Salman Rushdie's Victory City and Peter Doig exhibition reviewed
Georgia Oakley on her film Blue Jean about the impact of Section 28 on a teacher and pupil
09 Feb 2023,42 mins
The Reytons, film-maker Saim Sadiq, The Beekeeper of Aleppo
The Reytons on making a number 1 album, film-maker Saim Sadiq, The Beekeeper of Aleppo.
08 Feb 2023,42 mins
Les Dennis and Mina Anwar, writer Tania Branigan, Kerry Shale on Yentl
Les Dennis and Mina Anwar, writer Tania Branigan, and Kerry Shale on Yentl.
07 Feb 2023,42 mins