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Alien: Covenant, Giacometti retrospective, How should museums reflect changing social attitudes, Jamestown
Review of Alien: Covenant; how might museums reflect changing social attitudes.
08 May 2017,30 mins
Mervyn Morris, French cultural landscape, Monochrome films
Jamaican poet Mervyn Morris, and the future cultural landscape of France.
05 May 2017,30 mins
Samantha Spiro as Barbara Windsor, Lost sculpture of the Festival of Britiain and a retro album from Danger Mouse
John Wilson talks to Samantha Spiro about playing Barbara Windsor in the biopic Babs.
04 May 2017,30 mins
Jude Law, Woody Harrelson, Timothy Spall with Colm Meaney, Turner Prize Shortlist
Jude Law, Woody Harrelson, Timothy Spall with Colm Meaney, and the Turner Prize Shortlist.
03 May 2017,30 mins
Angels in America, Mindhorn, Storytelling in Greek myths
Mindhorn, Tony Kushner on Angels in America, Natalie Haynes and Madeline Miller.
02 May 2017,30 mins
Oliver Beer, Nicola LeFanu, Grace Evangeline Mason, May Day poems
Sound artist and composer Oliver Beer shows John how to make ancient pots sing.
01 May 2017,30 mins
Christian Bale, Ella Fitzgerald, Theatre artistic directors
Kirsty Lang looks at the careers of Christian Bale and Ella Fitzgerald.
28 Apr 2017,30 mins
British Museums special
Special programme live from the British Museum.
27 Apr 2017,30 mins
Judi Dench on John Gielgud, Granta Best of Young American Novelists
Dame Judi Dench discusses the life and work of acting giant Sir John Gielgud.
26 Apr 2017,30 mins
Thomas Ades, Patricia Lockwood, James Gunn
Thomas Ades on The Exterminating Angel, poet Patricia Lockwood, director James Gunn.
25 Apr 2017,30 mins
Bananarama reunited, The Wellcome Book Prize winner announced, David Mach
Bananarama back together again, and The Wellcome Book Prize winner revealed.
24 Apr 2017,30 mins
Gemma Arterton, Post-war public art, Martin Parr, Bette Midler in Hello, Dolly!
Actor Gemma Arterton discusses her WWII film Their Finest, plus photographer Martin Parr.
21 Apr 2017,30 mins
Joan Bakewell, 2017 Proms, The Zookeeper's Wife
Joan Bakewell on Keeping in Touch. David Pickard unveils the 2017 Proms.
20 Apr 2017,30 mins
Awol Erizku; Robert Macfarlane; Little Boy Blue; Gemma Bodinetz
He took those Beyonce photos but Awol Erizku also paints; Robert Macfarlane on dagglers.
19 Apr 2017,30 mins
Violinist Kyung Wha Chung, Murray Lachlan Young, Hisham Matar on Clash
Samira Ahmed talks to violinist Kyung Wha Chung and poet Murray Lachlan Young.
18 Apr 2017,30 mins
Warren Beatty in Rules Don't Apply, Inua Ellams, Born to Kill
Rules Don't Apply starring Warren Beatty reviewed, poet Inua Ellams performs.
17 Apr 2017,30 mins
Tom Stoppard
Kirsty Lang talks to the playwright Sir Tom Stoppard.
14 Apr 2017,30 mins
Adrian Lester and Deborah Kermode, Frog Stone, Kim Stanley Robinson
Adrian Lester and Deborah Kermode, Frog Stone, Kim Stanley Robinson.
13 Apr 2017,30 mins
Jim Broadbent; I Heard It Through the Grapevine; Johana Gustawsson and Matt Johnson
The Sense of an Ending on film, I Heard It Through the Grapevine is 50, writing as therapy
12 Apr 2017,30 mins
Katherine Jenkins, The Hatton Garden Job, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Katherine Jenkins on Carousel, and Larry Lamb and Phil Daniels on The Hatton Garden Job.
11 Apr 2017,30 mins
Ray Davies; Guerrilla; The Odyssey; Damien Hirst's exhibition
From the Kinks to Americana; Dreda Say Mitchell on Guerrilla; poets respond to The Odyssey
10 Apr 2017,30 mins
Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman, S-Town reviewed, Queer British art and gender neutral awards
Veteran actors Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman discuss their new heist movie.
07 Apr 2017,30 mins
Fay Weldon; Raw review; Duchamp's Fountain; Simon Callow and Christopher Hampton
Death of a She Devil is Fay Weldon's new novel; Simon Callow directs The Philanthropist.
06 Apr 2017,30 mins
David Vann, Terence Davies, Albert Moore
Novelist David Vann, film director Terence Davies, British abstract artist Albert Moore.
05 Apr 2017,30 mins
Neruda, Casting on screen, Magnus Mills
Elif Shafak reviews a new film about the poet Neruda, and the art of the casting director.
04 Apr 2017,30 mins
Yevgeny Yevtushenko remembered, Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist announced
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist announced, and Yevgeny Yevtushenko remembered.
03 Apr 2017,30 mins
Decline and Fall; Adrian Mole turns 50; Hollie McNish
A new adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Decline and Fall, and the poetry of Adrian Mole.
31 Mar 2017,30 mins
Hari Kunzru, Mica Levi, Patrick Marber, Turner Prize
Hari Kunzru, Mica Levi, Patrick Marber, Turner Prize changes.
30 Mar 2017,30 mins
42nd Street director, Anish Kapoor, Ted Hughes poetry prize, Humber Bridge sounds
42nd Street director Mark Bramble, and Anish Kapoor on his new exhibition.
29 Mar 2017,30 mins
Sir Nicholas Serota, Glen Matlock, Pina Bausch's Rite of Spring
Sir Nicholas Serota on leading Arts Council England, and the Royal Philharmonic plays punk
28 Mar 2017,30 mins