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Boy George, Colourisation of film, John Cooper Clarke
Boy George on Culture Club's first album for nearly two decades.
02 Nov 2018,28 mins
Cecelia Ahern, The world's tallest statue, Pansori opera, Homecoming TV adaptation
Best-selling Irish novelist Cecelia Ahern discusses her new short story collection, Roar
01 Nov 2018,28 mins
Wilfred Owen Commemoration, Markus Zusak, Sarah DeLappe
Wilfred Owen's life and work remembered through art, 100 years since his death.
31 Oct 2018,28 mins
Dark Heart, La Traviata, Parks and concerts
Chris Lang's new TV drama Dark Heart reviewed, and Chris Addison on La Traviata.
30 Oct 2018,28 mins
Florence Pugh and Alexander Skarsgård in The Little Drummer Girl, Darkness and writing, Tom Odell
Florence Pugh and Alexander Skarsgård discuss the TV adaptation of The Little Drummer Girl
29 Oct 2018,28 mins
Thom Yorke, Audiobooks and reading, Beetlejuice at 30
If you've listened to an audiobook, can you say you've read the book?
26 Oct 2018,28 mins
Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, Composer Howard Blake, Hepworth Prize for Sculpture
Biopic of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, Bohemian Rhapsody, reviewed
25 Oct 2018,28 mins
The Hate U Give, House of Cards, Measure for Measure
Angie Thomas on her novel and film The Hate U Give, and its roots in Black Lives Matter.
24 Oct 2018,28 mins
Mike Leigh on Peterloo, CJ Sansom, The rise of adult gaming
Mike Leigh discusses his latest film Peterloo, about the 1819 massacre in Manchester
23 Oct 2018,28 mins
Author Luke Jennings on his Killing Eve trilogy, Disgusting artworks, Maggie Gyllenhaal on The Deuce
How have artists used disgust in their work to both enthral and repel the viewer?
22 Oct 2018,28 mins
The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Billboard art and US politics, Emma Rice and Wise Children
Author Heather Morris on her novel The Tattooist of Auschwitz, based on a true story
19 Oct 2018,28 mins
Eric Idle, Halloween, Cicely Berry remembered, The House of Commons library
Python Eric Idle on his autobiography. The 11th film in the Halloween franchise reviewed.
18 Oct 2018,28 mins
Gerard Butler, Male body in movies, Novelist Olga Tokarczuk
Gerard Butler and the male body in movies - is bigger always better?
17 Oct 2018,28 mins
Playing Linda Loman, Informer, Geology-inspired art, Ciarán Hodgers
Playing Linda Loman, Informer review, art inspired by geology, Ciarán Hodgers
16 Oct 2018,28 mins
#MeToo one year on - what's changed in the arts?
One year on from the beginning of the #MeToo movement, what's changed? Daniel York Loh
15 Oct 2018,28 mins
Paul Greengrass on 22 July, Lisa Hammond and Rachael Spence, How can arts organisations thrive?
Paul Greengrass on 22 July, his film about the Norwegian terrorist attack on a summer camp
12 Oct 2018,28 mins
Desiree Akhavan, Bad Times at the El Royale, 2018 RIBA Stirling Prize, Mother Courage
Desiree Akhavan on the challenges of writing, directing and starring in The Bisexual.
11 Oct 2018,28 mins
Reading and Mental Health
A special on how reading improves mental health, with Marian Keyes and Russell Kane.
10 Oct 2018,28 mins
The swimming pool in art, Kwame Kwei-Armah's Twelfth Night, Poet Jean Sprackland
The role that the swimming pool plays in film and art.
09 Oct 2018,28 mins
Bernard Cribbins, Claire Foy and Ryan Gosling on First Man, Butterfly
Bernard Cribbins on his autobiography and Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy discuss First Man
08 Oct 2018,28 mins
Jodie Whittaker on Doctor Who, Quentin Blake, Haruki Murakami's Killing Commendatore
Jodie Whittaker on regenerating as the 13th Doctor, and the dark art of Quentin Blake
05 Oct 2018,28 mins
Alice Walker, Yayoi Kusama and a poem for National Poetry Day from Sean Street
Alice Walker, artist Yayoi Kusama and a new poem for National Poetry Day from Sean Street
04 Oct 2018,28 mins
The art of physical comedy, Damien Hirst, Andre Aciman, The impact of the arts on mental health
The art and history of physical comedy: why is the unfortunate mishap hilarious?
03 Oct 2018,28 mins
BBC National Short Story Award Winner
We announce the winners of the 2018 BBC Short Story Awards live from Cambridge University
02 Oct 2018,28 mins
Sarah Perry, The Cry, Cultural First Aid
The Essex Serpent author Sarah Perry discusses her new novel Melmoth, The Cry reviewed
01 Oct 2018,28 mins
Contains Strong Language festival, Sean Scully, A Northern Soul
Front Row live from the Contains Strong Language festival in Hull
28 Sep 2018,30 mins
Lord of the Flies, Silence in art, Javier Marias
Lord of the Flies with an all-female cast, and the significance of silence in art.
27 Sep 2018,28 mins
The Goodies, Holst's The Planets at 100, Debris Stevenson
Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie look back at their 70s cult comedy series
26 Sep 2018,28 mins
Oceania exhibition, Suede, How the police help crime writers
The first major UK exhibition of art from the Pacific, and former Britpop band Suede
25 Sep 2018,28 mins
Glenn Close in The Wife, Little Women in 2018
New Glenn Close film, Little Women in 2018, composer Jocelyn Pook, Chas Hodges remembered
24 Sep 2018,30 mins