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Aladdin composer Alan Menken, Amitav Ghosh, Georgia boycott
Alan Menken on creating the music for Disney's Aladdin, The Little Mermaid and Pocahontas
30 May 2019,28 mins
David Tennant and Michael Sheen, Scottish Smallpiper Brìghde Chaimbeul, Youth Music Projects
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
29 May 2019,28 mins
Lenny Henry, Posy Simmonds, When They See Us
Lenny Henry on his latest stage role in King Hedley II, and graphic artist Posy Simmonds
28 May 2019,28 mins
Drag Becomes Her, The moon in the arts, Restoration tragedy at the RSC
BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon, how the moon has inspired artists, RSC's Venice Preserved
27 May 2019,28 mins
Anish Kapoor, Beanie Feldstein, Vampire Weekend
Anish Kapoor on a rare exhibition of his paintings, and Booksmart's Beanie Feldstein.
24 May 2019,28 mins
Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet, Little Steven, Judith Kerr
John visits rehearsals for Matthew Bourne's new dance work, Romeo and Juliet
23 May 2019,28 mins
Frank Skinner, George the Poet, TV affecting social change
Frank Skinner discusses his new comedy tour Showbiz.
22 May 2019,28 mins
Stephen Poliakoff, News from Cannes Film Festival, Selina Thompson
Stephen Poliakoff, Cannes Film Festival update, playwright Selina Thompson
21 May 2019,28 mins
Dexter Fletcher on Rocket Man, Jessica Andrews, Artists as activists, Folio Prize winner
Rocket Man, Jessica Andrews' novel Saltwater, artists as activists, Folio Prize winner.
20 May 2019,28 mins
Cannes, David Chipperfield on I.M. Pei, Denise Mina, Sean Edwards
Report from the Cannes Film Festival, including Elton John biopic Rocketman
17 May 2019,28 mins
Stephen Graham, new Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, ENO's Dido
Stephen Graham discusses working with Shane Meadows on TV drama The Virtues
16 May 2019,28 mins
Gentleman Jack, correcting the contemporary art canon, #BeMoreMartyn, Futbolka
Gentleman Jack review, correcting the contemporary art canon, #BeMoreMartyn and Futbolka.
15 May 2019,28 mins
Fun Lovin' Crime Writers - band, AI: More than Human - exhibition, Medusa - ballet
Fun Lovin' Crime Writers - a band of famous detective story authors perform live
14 May 2019,28 mins
Keanu Reeves, Doris Day remembered, art as an aphrodisiac
Keanu Reeves on reprising his action role in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum.
13 May 2019,28 mins
Edmund de Waal and other news from the Venice Biennale, Elizabeth Macneal
Edmund de Waal at the Venice Biennale and debut novelist Elizabeth Macneal.
10 May 2019,28 mins
Mark Haddon, Jimmie Durham controversy, Anglo-Saxon burial, Michelle Terry
Mark Haddon on The Porpoise, his new novel based on Shakespeare's Pericles
09 May 2019,28 mins
Guy Chambers, Nina Stibbe, Creativity and wellbeing
Songwriter Guy Chambers explains how to write a hit.
08 May 2019,28 mins
Film director Amma Asante, Joe Boyd on Aretha Franklin, Ireland's Abbey Theatre
Amma Asante, TV drama Years and Years reviewed, Aretha Franklin's Amazing Grace concert
07 May 2019,28 mins
Architect Sir David Adjaye in Venice
Sir David Adjaye discusses his approach to architecture, including his new Ghana Pavilion
06 May 2019,27 mins
Rokia Traoré, Bill Buford on Granta, artworks in political posters
Malian singer Rokia Traoré on guest directing this year’s Brighton Festival.
03 May 2019,28 mins
Small Island, Chernobyl, Poet Laureate, Obamas
The National Theatre's adaptation of Andrea Levy's Small Island reviewed.
02 May 2019,28 mins
Leonardo da Vinci 500th Anniversary, Salvator Mundi
The art and legacy of Leonardo da Vinci, on the eve of the 500th anniversary of his death
01 May 2019,29 mins
John Singleton remembered, Afghanistan's music scene, Tolkien reviewed, the effect of music on the brain
We assess the work of Boyz n the Hood director John Singleton and review Tolkien biopic
30 Apr 2019,28 mins
Les Murray remembered, Women's Prize For Fiction shortlist, Kubrick exhibition, Captain Corelli on stage
Women's Prize For Fiction shortlist, Kubrick exhibition, Captain Corelli play, Les Murray.
29 Apr 2019,28 mins
The Avengers phenomenon, Linda Grant, Adapting Ibsen for today
Avengers: Endgame, and Linda Grant on her new novel A Stranger City
26 Apr 2019,28 mins
The Cranberries, The Art Fund Museum of the Year shortlist, Cultural Repatriation
The Cranberries on finishing their final album after the death of singer Dolores O’Riordan
25 Apr 2019,28 mins
Adeel Akhtar, Artist Doris Hatt, Joe Orton
Adeel Akhtar on his new BBC1 series Back to Life
23 Apr 2019,28 mins
A Celebration of the Pub in Culture
Al Murray, Eliza Carthy and David Mark on finding inspiration down their local.
22 Apr 2019,28 mins
Golden Age of Children's Books?
Tom Gates author Liz Pichon and the quality of books for 6- to-12-year-olds.
19 Apr 2019,28 mins
Saxophonist Jess Gillam, war poster artist Abram Games, author Tayari Jones
Saxophonist Jess Gillam plays live and talks about the sax in classical music.
18 Apr 2019,28 mins