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Living Sculpture Daniel Lismore, Severance and The Real Charlie Chaplin reviewed, Lady Joker crime thriller
Artist Daniel Lismore's exhibition Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already Taken in Coventry
17 Feb 2022,42 mins
Richard Bean on Hull Truck at 50, portrayal of autism on screen, Sheila Heti
One Man Two Guvnors writer Richard Bean on his new play for Hull Truck Theatre at 50.
16 Feb 2022,42 mins
British dance post-pandemic, Pissarro, Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton
What is the future of post-pandemic British dance?
15 Feb 2022,42 mins
Michael Morpurgo's Private Peaceful on stage, Barbellion prize-winning author Lynn Buckle, singer-conductor Barbara Hannigan
Adapting Michael Morpurgo's World War I novel Private Peaceful for the stage.
14 Feb 2022,42 mins
Drive My Car film review, Shakespeare's problem plays, the Great Yarmouth arts scene
Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi's films Drive My Car and Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy reviewed.
09 Feb 2022,42 mins
The resurgence of black and white films, Oscar nominations and Hannah Silva
Black and white films, Oscar nominations and Hannah Silva.
08 Feb 2022,42 mins
Yard Act's debut album, writer Esi Edugyan, Jason Katims on the TV series As We See It
James Smith, lead singer of breakthrough band Yard Act on their debut album The Overload.
07 Feb 2022,42 mins
The Eyes of Tammy Faye & novel They reviewed, Brass Eye anniversary
The Eyes of Tammy Faye starring Jessica Chastain reviewed.
03 Feb 2022,42 mins
Erin Doherty on new drama Chloe, Andrei Kurkov on culture in Ukraine, true crime podcasts
Erin Doherty on her latest role as a social media obsessed stalker in new BBC drama Chloe.
02 Feb 2022,42 mins
Bastille perform live, independent book sellers, Costa Book Awards Book of the Year Winner
Bastille perform live and discuss their new sci-fi-influenced album Give Me the Future
01 Feb 2022,42 mins
Van Gogh Self Portraits, Joanna Hogg on The Souvenir Part II, Dr Semmelweis
Van Gogh and his self portraits discussed, ahead of a major exhibition
31 Jan 2022,42 mins
Romola Garai, Almodóvar's Parallel Mothers & Francis Bacon: Man and Beast reviewed
Romola Garai on her directorial debut, horror film Amulet
27 Jan 2022,42 mins
Isabel Allende on her new novel Violeta, Freya McClements on the play The White Handkerchief, William Sitwell and Façade,
Isabel Allende on her latest book, Violeta, a fictional account of one woman’s life.
26 Jan 2022,42 mins
Martin Freeman on The Responder and Cultural Levelling Up
Actor Martin Freeman and writer Tony Schumacher on new drama The Responder.
25 Jan 2022,42 mins
Olly Alexander, Honorée Fannone Jeffers, Femi Elufowoju jr on Rigoletto
Olly Alexander on his new album. Femi Elufowoju jr on Rigoletto. Honorée Fannone Jeffers.
24 Jan 2022,42 mins
Ciarán Hinds, Nightmare Alley and The Gilded Age reviewed, the latest Serpentine exhibition on the gaming platform Fortnite
Ciarán Hinds on Kenneth Branagh's Belfast. Nightmare Alley and The Gilded Age reviewed.
20 Jan 2022,42 mins
Munich: The Edge of War, Australia, Jo Browning Wroe on her novel, A Terrible Kindness
Munich: The Edge of War, Jo Browning Wroe on her novel, A Terrible Kindness.
19 Jan 2022,42 mins
Tilda Swinton, secrecy in screen casting, proposed cuts at Stoke museums
Tilda Swinton on her new film Memoria
18 Jan 2022,42 mins
Adrian Lester on Trigger Point; Heal and Harrow perform live; northern writing prizes
Adrian Lester joins Samira Ahmed to discuss his new police drama, Trigger Point.
17 Jan 2022,42 mins
Boiling Point and Hanya Yanagihara's To Paradise reviewed, Costa Children's Award winner Manjeet Mann
One-take kitchen drama Boiling Point and Hanya Yanagihara's novel To Paradise reviewed.
13 Jan 2022,42 mins
Ascension, John Preston on Robert Maxwell and is vinyl manufacturing at breaking point?
Ascension, John Preston on Robert Maxwell and the downside of the vinyl boom.
12 Jan 2022,42 mins
Winner of TS Elliot Prize for Poetry, Unboxed, Folk at the Hampstead Theatre
Joelle Taylor fresh from winning the 2021 TS Eliot Prize for Poetry.
11 Jan 2022,42 mins
Sheffield Crucible Theatre at 50, Philosophy in the Gallery, Self Esteem
50 years of Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. Plus Sheffield pop star Self Esteem.
10 Jan 2022,41 mins
Joe Wright on Cyrano, Costa poetry winner Hannah Lowe, A Hero
Director Joe Wright on his new musical Cyrano.
06 Jan 2022,42 mins
Andrea Arnold, Claire Fuller, Afghanistan National Institute of Music
Filmmaker Andrea Arnold on her new documentary, Cow.
05 Jan 2022,42 mins
The Costa Book Awards, Julia Ducournau on Titane, disabled access to arts and culture
We announce the winners of the 50th annual Costa Book Awards.
04 Jan 2022,42 mins
Joan Didion remembered, Call the Midwife, The Tragedy of Macbeth and a review of the year in culture
Call the Midwife writer and creator Heidi Thomas on the art of the Christmas special.
23 Dec 2021,42 mins
Paul Thomas Anderson, Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden, Postcard from Doncaster
Paul Thomas Anderson talks about his new film Licorice Pizza.
22 Dec 2021,42 mins
Anything Goes, Live arts venues under Omicron, The Princess Bride
Anything Goes, Live arts venues under Omicron, The Princess Bride
21 Dec 2021,42 mins
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kehinde Wiley, Christmas book gifts
Maggie Gyllenhaal on her new film, The Lost Daughter.
20 Dec 2021,42 mins