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Robert Redford remembered, Mark Ronson and Picasso on stage
Hollywood icon Robert Redford remembered and hit record producer Mark Ronson on his memoir
16 Sep 2025,42 mins
Robert Plant and Alan Moore
Robert Plant on his new album, and comic book legend Alan Moore gives a rare interview.
15 Sep 2025,42 mins
Review Show: David Bowie Centre and the BBC National Short Story Award Shortlist
Plus the film Spinal Tap II and Jung Chang’s sequel to her best-selling memoir Wild Swans.
11 Sep 2025,42 mins
The Grand Finale of Downton Abbey
The Grand Finale of Downton Abbey. Plus bestselling writer Adam Kay on his debut novel.
10 Sep 2025,42 mins
Marks and Gran on Freud and Hitler, Jeneba Kanneh-Mason performance, Medea on stage and screen
Birds of a Feather creators Marks and Gran on their new play about Freud and Hitler.
09 Sep 2025,42 mins
Maxine Peake on Mary Whitehouse, West End star Marisha Wallace
Maxine Peake, Marisha Wallace, and a rediscovered book about the rise of the Nazis
08 Sep 2025,42 mins
Review Show: CMAT's new album, The Office spin-off series The Paper, Jacob Elordi in On Swift Horses
CMAT's new album Euro-Country, sitcom spin-off The Paper and gay romance On Swift Horses.
04 Sep 2025,42 mins
Bryan Adams’ new album, plus writer Damian Barr
The Canadian rock legend on his new music, and the Maggie & Me author’s latest novel.
03 Sep 2025,42 mins
Aaron Sorkin on adapting Harper Lee's novel To Kill Aa Mockingbird for the stage
Aaron Sorkin on To Kill a Mockingbird, Bradford Live, Toyah Willcox, Raymond Antrobus.
02 Sep 2025,42 mins
Sebastian Faulks' memoir
Sebastian Faulks' memoir, St Etienne play live, the return of sketch show TV.
01 Sep 2025,42 mins
Review: Historical TV epic King and Conqueror, and Boudicca's Daughter by Elodie Harper
Plus film Young Mothers, and the 5-year project celebrating dramatist Brian Friel.
21 Aug 2025,42 mins
Indigenous Australian didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton performs live
The Director of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards reveals this year's shortlist.
20 Aug 2025,42 mins
Tom Hiddleston on becoming a dancing accountant in new Stephen King film, The Life of Chuck
Tom Hiddleston, Sir Anish Kapoor, A Good Yarn in Bradford, Noises Off in Scarborough.
19 Aug 2025,42 mins
Should Stephen Fry play Lady Bracknell? Author R.F. Kuang and Marlowe and Shakespeare
Samira Ahmed talks to Rebecca Kuang and discusses genderblind casting.
18 Aug 2025,42 mins
Review show: Brigadoon at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Brigadoon in Regent's Park, The Bitter Water of the Lake by Giulia Caminito.
14 Aug 2025,42 mins
Our critics' guide to the best theatre at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Mary Queen of Scots as a punk and a rock star. Plus our critics' picks of the Fringe.
13 Aug 2025,42 mins
Norwich Castle reopening, plus director Adrian Noble
Historian Alice Loxton on Norwich Castle's £27 million revamp. Plus director Adrian Noble.
12 Aug 2025,42 mins
Peter Sellers at 100
The BFI has launched a new season of Peter Sellers films to mark his centenary.
11 Aug 2025,42 mins
Review: Alien Earth series plus Rom-Com Materialists
Noah Hawley on bringing the sci fi-franchise Alien to the small screen as Alien: Earth.
07 Aug 2025,41 mins
Special edition from the Edinburgh Festivals with guests including Emmy and Olivier Award-winning actor Brian Cox
Kirsty Wark with conversation, comedy and music from the Edinburgh Festivals.
06 Aug 2025,42 mins
Sean Hayes, from Will & Grace, on his Tony Award-winning stage show Good Night, Oscar
Sean Hayes' play opens in London and how composer Shostakovich survived Stalin's purges.
05 Aug 2025,42 mins
Freakier Friday
Freakier Friday, returning Buddhist gems to India.
04 Aug 2025,42 mins
Review Show: The Naked Gun, Madonna, Paul Weller, The Assassin
The Naked Gun, The Assassin, new albums from Paul Weller and Madonna.
31 Jul 2025,42 mins
Artist Andy Goldsworthy on his five-decade retrospective exhibition.
Artist Andy Goldsworthy on his new exhibition which spans a five-decade career.
30 Jul 2025,42 mins
Motherland writer Helen Serafinowicz on making her debut as a playwright with a Liverpool legend
Booker Prize longlist examined, and the redeveloped National Science and Media Museum.
29 Jul 2025,42 mins
Tom Lehrer remembered, plus Nick Drake's unreleased songs
Tribute to Tom Lehrer by fellow songwriter Richard Stilgoe.
28 Jul 2025,42 mins
Review Show: Burlesque the Musical
Burlesque the Musical, Washington Black on Disney Plus, German black comedy Dying.
24 Jul 2025,42 mins
Prison-themed stage productions, Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne and the composer Bruckner's fascination with death masks
Prison-themed stage productions and the composer Bruckner's fascination with death masks.
23 Jul 2025,42 mins
Jimmy McGovern on Unforgivable and Has Marvel cracked the superhero reboot?
We discuss the new Fantastic Four, and Jimmy McGovern talks about BBC drama Unforgivable.
22 Jul 2025,42 mins
Mark Gatiss on Bookish
Mark Gatiss on new detective series Bookish, cuts to NPR, Inter Alia play and 80s film.
21 Jul 2025,42 mins