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Danny Brocklehurst on Brassic, Why are fewer people taking English A level?, Fisherwomen
Bafta winner Danny Brocklehurst on new comedy drama Brassic.
22 Aug 2019,28 mins
Conductor John Wilson, Interior design, The Wizard of Oz
Conductor John Wilson on composer Erich Korngold, and the art of interior design.
21 Aug 2019,28 mins
Antonio Banderas, Philippa Gregory and V.V. James on witches in literature, umbrellas in chinese culture
Antonio Banderas on playing film director Pedro Almodovar in Pain and Glory.
20 Aug 2019,28 mins
Louise Doughty, Robert Icke's The Doctor, Edinburgh Festival Highlights
Louise Doughty, Robert Icke's The Doctor and Edinburgh festival highlights.
19 Aug 2019,28 mins
The true story behind blockbuster film Jaws, Benjamin Zephaniah, Catherine Cohen's cabaret
The true story behind Jaws, Benjamin Zephaniah, Catherine Cohen, self-care at the Fringe.
16 Aug 2019,28 mins
Basil Brush, Christina Bianco, Climate Change theatre and new musicals at Edinburgh Fringe
As the Fringe becomes increasingly woke, can artists stay both entertaining and right on?
15 Aug 2019,42 mins
Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio, How to listen to a symphony, black paint controversy, 14th August cultural events
Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio on their film Tarantino's Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
14 Aug 2019,28 mins
Live from the Edinburgh Festivals
Henning Wehn, Ambrose Parry, Travis Alabanza on stage at the Edinburgh Festivals
13 Aug 2019,28 mins
Lemn Sissay, Queen Victoria's piano, Euphoria
Poet Lemn Sissay on his new memoir, and Queen Victoria's grand piano
12 Aug 2019,28 mins
Cary Grant and Notorious, Festival cancellations, Movement directors, Anna Symon
Cary Grant's Notorious restored, the role of movement directors, Anna Symon on Deep Water
09 Aug 2019,28 mins
The art of calligraphy, conductor Martyn Brabbins, Playmobil: The Movie
Paul Antonio on the art of calligraphy, and Proms conductor Martyn Brabbins
08 Aug 2019,28 mins
Candace Bushnell, Dance about rugby, Concern over the captioning of audiobooks, New play 8 Hotels
Sex and the City writer Candace Bushnell, dance about rugby, Paul Robeson drama 8 Hotels
07 Aug 2019,28 mins
Toni Morrison remembered, the Sound of Space in Music
Stig Abell and guests pay tribute to the American writer Toni Morrison.
06 Aug 2019,28 mins
The Crucible, the music of Peterloo, Patrick Bronte and DA Pennebaker
A new ballet interpretation of The Crucible, and two musical perspectives on a massacre.
05 Aug 2019,28 mins
Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw, Téa Obreht, Kathy Hinde, Dalia Stasevska
We review Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw and Kathy Hinde composes with sounds from a bog
02 Aug 2019,28 mins
k.d. lang, paying inheritance tax with art, ceramicist Magdalene Odundo
k.d. lang reveals that she is retiring from music now that the muse has left her.
01 Aug 2019,28 mins
Notre-Dame organist Olivier Latry, Gurinder Chadha, Rupert Everett's Uncle Vanya
Notre-Dame's organist Olivier Latry on the recent fire, and film director Gurinder Chadha
31 Jul 2019,28 mins
Herman Melville and Moby Dick, Luddite rebellion on stage, TV's I Am the Night
The great whaling novel Moby Dick and - is there something to be said for Luddism?
30 Jul 2019,28 mins
Blacking-up in opera, How to watch Shakespeare, Fiona Kidman, Carlos Cruz-Diez
Blacking-up in opera, How to watch Shakespeare, Fiona Kidman's novel and Carlos Cruz-Diez.
29 Jul 2019,28 mins
Horrible Histories, Barbara Strozzi at 400, Barney Norris, V&A and Extinction Rebellion
Horrible Histories review, Barbara Strozzi at 400 and Extinction Rebellion at the V&A.
26 Jul 2019,28 mins
Oklahoma!, Audience behaviour, Mercury Prize shortlist
Oklahoma! at Chichester Festival Theatre. And is audience behaviour getting worse?
25 Jul 2019,28 mins
The Booker Prize Longlist, A Tea Journey at Compton Verney gallery, Fashion influenced by TV
A look at the 2019 Booker Prize longlist. Plus the influence of TV on high street fashion.
24 Jul 2019,28 mins
The Current War, How culture affects relationship expectations, Experimental novels, Cool culture
The Current War, culture and relationships, experimental novels, and cool culture
23 Jul 2019,28 mins
Macy Gray, Morris Dance Protest at Parliament, Libraries - Threatened and Reprieved
Macy Gray talks, performs work from her latest album, Ruby, and sings her huge hit, I Try.
22 Jul 2019,28 mins
Fab 5 Freddy, Laurie Anderson, Summer reads, film trailers
Hip hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy on the hidden black figures of Italian Renaissance art.
19 Jul 2019,28 mins
Illuminated River, Jon Favreau on The Lion King, RIBA Stirling shortlist
Why the River Thames is about to become the world's longest artwork
18 Jul 2019,28 mins
Conductor Karina Canellakis, a review of Channel 4 drama series I Am... and the director of cricket documentary The Edge
Karina Canellakis on conducting the first night of the Proms.
17 Jul 2019,28 mins
Philip Glass and Phelim McDermott, Political knitting, Black women in theatre, Statues of performers
The power of knitting as protest and a huge statue of Ed Sheeran is unveiled in Moscow.
16 Jul 2019,28 mins
Dominic Dromgoole, new theatres, Karina Ramage
Dominic Dromgoole, new theatres, Karina Ramage.
15 Jul 2019,26 mins
Deborah Moggach, Elsinore computer game, Ivo van Hove, Can high notes shatter glass?
Deborah Moggach on new novel The Carer
12 Jul 2019,28 mins