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Rita Ora, Writing About Sex, Die Hard at 30
Rita Ora on her six-year journey to release her second album, Phoenix.
14 Dec 2018,28 mins
Lee Mack, Magic Mike on stage, Prose poetry
Not Going Out's Lee Mack, and Magic Mike on stage
13 Dec 2018,28 mins
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Aquaman, Mike Bartlett
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Aquaman reviewed, and playwright Mike Bartlett
12 Dec 2018,28 mins
Mortal Engines, Tenancy, Ren Hang, Martin Jenkinson
Mortal Engines reviewed, photographers Ren Hang and Martin Jenkinson discussed.
11 Dec 2018,28 mins
Tamara Lawrance, The 1975's Matty Healy, Meet Vermeer
Actress Tamara Lawrance on BBC One's adaption of Andrea Levy novel The Long Song
10 Dec 2018,28 mins
Springsteen on Broadway, Disfigured Villains, Beautiful Books for Christmas
Review of Bruce Springsteen's new film Springsteen on Broadway
07 Dec 2018,28 mins
Jimmy McGovern, Tania Bruguera, Arts and insomnia
Screenwriter Jimmy McGovern on his new BBC One drama Care, Cuban artist Tania Bruguera
06 Dec 2018,28 mins
Maggi Hambling, Ellie Kendrick, Beastie Boys
Maggi Hambling on her portraits of artists, and Beastie Boys on 40 years in hip hop
05 Dec 2018,28 mins
An Elephant Sitting Still, Chinese film industry, David Szalay, Unesco and Reggae
David Szalay talks about his new book, Turbulence, an original Radio 4 commission.
04 Dec 2018,28 mins
Robert Redford's Career, Fiction within Fiction, Poet Fred D'Aguiar
Robert Redford's swansong, fictional characters reading fiction and poet Fred D'Aguiar
03 Dec 2018,28 mins
Strictly's Shirley Ballas, Young Composer Sarah Jenkins, National Theatres of Scotland and Wales
Head Judge Shirley Ballas on the appeal of Strictly and her own dancing career.
30 Nov 2018,28 mins
Mowgli, American poet Dana Gioia, Art on prescription
Review of the film Mowgli starring Andy Serkis, Cate Blanchett and Benedict Cumberbatch.
29 Nov 2018,28 mins
Disobedience, Rachel Maclean, Julián Fuks, Diversity Backstage
Review of the film adaptation of Disobedience, starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams
28 Nov 2018,28 mins
Sports Book of the Year, Jim Carrey in Kidding, Astral Weeks at 50
30 years of William Hill Sports Book of the Year, and 50 of Van Morrison's Astral Weeks
27 Nov 2018,28 mins
Jamie Dornan, Bernardo Bertolucci remembered, Joseph Hillier
Actor Jamie Dornan, Bernardo Bertolucci remembered, the UK's largest sculpture
26 Nov 2018,28 mins
Mrs Wilson, Vegan Art, Akwaeke Emezi
We review Ruth Wilson in the BBC drama Mrs Wilson, in which she plays her own grandmother.
23 Nov 2018,28 mins
2018 Palme d’Or winner Shoplifters, Costa Book Awards shortlist announced, Ben Uri Gallery and Museum
We review Japanese film Shoplifters, winner of the 2018 Palme d’Or at the Cannes festival.
22 Nov 2018,28 mins
The arts and artificial intelligence
After Christie's sell their first AI painting, we look at how AI will change creativity
21 Nov 2018,28 mins
Kurt Russell on playing Santa, Poet Ruth Fainlight, Damien Hirst's Qatar sculptures
Kurt Russell on The Christmas Chronicles, poet Ruth Fainlight
20 Nov 2018,28 mins
Marianne Faithfull, I'm a Celebrity without Ant, Kirsty Latoya
Marianne Faithfull on her new album, Negative Capability.
19 Nov 2018,28 mins
Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda, the two-time Academy Award-winning actress, looks back at her 60-year career.
16 Nov 2018,28 mins
Golden Age of Irish Prose - North and South of the Border, Hepworth Sculpture Prize Winner
Irish writing north and south of the border - a golden age of prose?
15 Nov 2018,28 mins
Arts Education in schools - a Front Row debate from Leicester
Stig Abell chairs a debate about the current state of arts education in schools.
14 Nov 2018,43 mins
Fantastic Beasts 2, Viruses turned into art, Fernand Léger, Heart of Darkness
Fantastic Beasts 2 review, viruses turned into art, Fernand Léger, Heart of Darkness.
13 Nov 2018,28 mins
The Coen Brothers, stage fright, The Interrogation of Tony Martin
Joel and Ethan Coen on their homage to the western The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
12 Nov 2018,28 mins
Helena Bonham Carter, Ben Schott, 11-11: Memories Retold video game
Helena Bonham Carter on how she drew on her own experience of depression for film 55 Steps
09 Nov 2018,28 mins
Marin Alsop, Russell Howard, Political cartoonists
Conductor Marin Alsop on Brahms's A German Requiem, and comedian Russell Howard.
08 Nov 2018,28 mins
Danny Boyle's Armistice Day tribute, White Teeth the musical, singer-songwriter and poet Emily Maguire
White Teeth, the musical, Danny Boyle's Armistice Day tribute, singer Emily Maguire
07 Nov 2018,28 mins
Paul Dano, Venice floods and the impact on its cultural heritage, the department store in art
Actor Paul Dano on turning director, and protecting Venetian arts and heritage from floods
06 Nov 2018,28 mins
Steve McQueen, Erica Whyman on Romeo and Juliet, Gender-swapped theatre
Steve McQueen on heist thriller Widows.
05 Nov 2018,28 mins