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Actor Joel Edgerton on his new film Train Dreams
Joel Edgerton on his role as an itinerant logger in Clint Bentley's Train Dreams.
19 Nov 2025,42 mins
Vince Gilligan on creating Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and Pluribus
Screenwriter Vince Gilligan on creating Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and now Pluribus
18 Nov 2025,42 mins
Actors Bryan Cranston and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Also, director Jon M Chu
Actors Bryan Cranston and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Also, director Jon M Chu.
17 Nov 2025,42 mins
The Hunger Games on stage, Nuremberg on film, Wild Cherry on TV
We review The Hunger Games on stage, Nuremberg on film and Wild Cherry on TV.
13 Nov 2025,42 mins
Actor Fiona Shaw on her new film Park Avenue
Actor Fiona Shaw on her new film Park Avenue, plus 50 years of Sex Pistols
12 Nov 2025,42 mins
Edgar Wright on The Running Man
Edgar Wright on The Running Man. Plus Andrew Graham-Dixon on Vermeer.
11 Nov 2025,42 mins
Winner of the 2025 Booker Prize announced live from the ceremony
Samira Ahmed presents live from Old Billingsgate in London.
10 Nov 2025,29 mins
All the authors shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025
The six authors shortlisted for this year's Booker Prize.
10 Nov 2025,41 mins
Daniel Day Lewis on his return to the big screen
We review Othello with David Harewood, The Choral, and Daniel Day Lewis in Anemone.
06 Nov 2025,42 mins
Benedict Cumberbatch on The Thing with Feathers
Benedict Cumberbatch on the new Max Porter film adaptation.
05 Nov 2025,42 mins
Sarah Snook, Riz Ahmed and return of Play for Today
Sarah Snook (Succession) in a new thriller series and a return for TV show Play for Today.
04 Nov 2025,42 mins
Zadie Smith and Brenda Blethyn live in studio
Zadie Smith on her new essay collection, Brenda Blethyn discusses new film Dragonfly.
03 Nov 2025,42 mins
Review Show: Bugonia, Salman Rushdie stories, The Line of Beauty
Tom and guests review new short stories from Salman Rushdie and Emma Stone in Bugonia
30 Oct 2025,42 mins
Live from Derry: two of the stars of police drama Blue Lights
Dearbhaile McKinney and Martin McCann on their roles in the police series Blue Lights.
29 Oct 2025,42 mins
Prunella Scales, Palestine 36 film, Making Documentaries with World Leaders
Annemarie Jacir on her historical epic film, Palestine 36.
28 Oct 2025,42 mins
Reese Witherspoon on her novel and Colin Farrell on his new film
Thriller writer Harlan Coben and actor Reese Witherspoon discuss Gone Before Goodbye.
27 Oct 2025,42 mins
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere - Tom and guests deliver their verdict
Tom and guests review Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere and Harper Lee's new book.
23 Oct 2025,42 mins
John Grisham on his new thriller, The Widow
John Grisham, actor Josh O'Connor and news of a culture summit in Glasgow
22 Oct 2025,42 mins
Steve Martin and Alison Brown talk bluegrass and banjos
Comedy giant Steve Martin on bluegrass music with pioneering banjo player Alison Brown.
21 Oct 2025,42 mins
Cathy Tyson on Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Cathy Tyson, plus the stolen 'Crown Jewels of France'
20 Oct 2025,42 mins
Guillermo Del Toro discusses his new Frankenstein film
Guillermo Del Toro discusses his new Frankenstein film.
16 Oct 2025,42 mins
Richard Ashcroft on his new album
Richard Ashcroft on his new album, Lovin You. A play without a script.
15 Oct 2025,42 mins
Sam Ryder performs live
KPop Demon Hunters directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans.
14 Oct 2025,42 mins
Lang Lang plays in studio
Pianist Lang Lang discusses his new album, Piano Book 2.
13 Oct 2025,42 mins
Review Show: I Swear film and The Poems of Seamus Heaney
Susan Sarandon's UK stage debut in Mary Page Marlowe and Thomas Pynchon's Shadow Ticket.
09 Oct 2025,42 mins
Tamsin Greig on her role in Sally Wainwright's Riot Women
Tamsin Greig on Sally Wainwright's Riot Women and Booker Prize-shortlisted Susan Choi.
08 Oct 2025,42 mins
Marina Abramović on her dream creation - Balkan Erotic Epic
Marina Abramović on creating a dream in her new performance artwork Balkan Erotic Epic
07 Oct 2025,42 mins
Kathryn Bigelow and Kiran Desai
Film director Kathryn Bigelow and Booker-nominee author Kiran Desai
06 Oct 2025,42 mins
Review Show: The Smashing Machine film and Ben Elton’s autobiography
Plus a major retrospective of photographer Lee Miller at Tate Britain.
02 Oct 2025,42 mins
Steve Coogan on the return of Alan Partridge
Steve Coogan speaks to Kirsty Wark about his new spoof documentary about mental health.
01 Oct 2025,42 mins