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Zadie Smith, William Trevor, Lucy Kirkwood, Allied
William Trevor obituary, Zadie Smith on her latest novel and Lucy Kirkwood's new play.
21 Nov 2016,30 mins
Ed Harris on stage, Jonathan Dove, Gavin Turk
Actor Ed Harris discusses bringing Sam Shepard's play Buried Child to the London stage.
18 Nov 2016,30 mins
The Hepworth Prize, New Art Gallery Walsall, Indignation, Don Giovanni
Who's won the Hepworth Prize for Sculpture? The New Art Gallery Walsall closure.
17 Nov 2016,30 mins
Paulo Coelho, Your Name, Turner Contemporary, The art of writing non-fiction
Author Paulo Coelho, Japanese anime film Your Name, Philippe Sands on non-fiction.
16 Nov 2016,30 mins
Rosamund Pike & David Oyelowo on A United Kingdom, Van Gogh controversy, Cape Town City Ballet
David Oyelowo on A United Kingdom, and the controversy of Van Gogh's lost sketchbook.
15 Nov 2016,30 mins
J K Rowling's Fantastic Beasts, Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, French film Divines, Chris Riddell on school libraries
The filmmakers behind JK Rowling's screenwriting debut and Sex Pistol Steve Jones.
14 Nov 2016,30 mins
Leonard Cohen, BalletBoyz, Contemporary war poetry
A rare interview with the singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, whose death was announced today
11 Nov 2016,30 mins
Zadie Smith's NW, Rambert, Norman Ackroyd, War memorials
The TV adaptation of Zadie Smith's novel NW, and artist Norman Ackroyd in his studio.
10 Nov 2016,30 mins
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ewan McGregor, Elton John's photos, Goldsmiths Prize winner
With Andrew Lloyd Webber on School of Rock, and actor and director Ewan McGregor.
09 Nov 2016,30 mins
Musician Kathryn Tickell, Writer David Almond, Live Theatre
John Wilson explores the role of art in the regeneration of the north east of England.
08 Nov 2016,30 mins
R.E.M., Illuminated River, Napoleon and Stephen Poliakoff
R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe and Mike Mills on the album Out of Time, 25 years after its release
07 Nov 2016,30 mins
Michael Fassbender, Love to Read, The Goldfinch, Artists who tour
Actor Michael Fassbender on his new film, Neel Mukherjee reads Twain's Huckleberry Finn.
04 Nov 2016,30 mins
Director Stephen Daldry on The Crown, Novelist Linda Grant, Nocturnal Animals, Francesca Simon reads The Scarlet Letter
Stephen Daldry on The Crown, novelist Linda Grant, Francesca Simon on The Scarlet Letter.
03 Nov 2016,30 mins
Levi David Addai, Kit de Waal, Flaming June, The art of fireworks.
Our Loved Boy, Flaming June returns home, Kit de Waal's unread classic, fireworks as art.
02 Nov 2016,30 mins
Amy Adams, John Rutter and Tracy Chevalier
Actress Amy Adams on sci-fi film Arrival and composer and conductor John Rutter.
01 Nov 2016,30 mins
Sting, David Bowie's art collection, Mark Haddon, Ian McDiarmid and Chris Hannan
Sting on his new album; David Bowie's curator; Ian McDiarmid and Chris Hannan; Mark Haddon
31 Oct 2016,30 mins
Benedict Cumberbatch, Tasmin Little, Elena Ferrante
Superhero film Doctor Strange, Tasmin Little on Vivaldi, Elena Ferrante's new book.
28 Oct 2016,30 mins
Amadeus, Astrid Lindgren's war diaries, Richard Wright
Michael Longhurst and Lucian Msamati discuss their new NT production of Amadeus.
27 Oct 2016,30 mins
Bryan Cranston, Lazarus, Oneworld, Remembering Howard Davies
Breaking Bad actor Bryan Cranston on his memoir, and Bowie's Lazarus on stage.
26 Oct 2016,30 mins
Emma Rice to leave The Globe, plus Boyz n the Hood director John Singleton and the new Design Museum
Changes at Shakespeare's Globe, a new Design Museum, and Boyz n the Hood 25 years on.
25 Oct 2016,30 mins
Jude Law, Paul Nash, The National Centre for the Written Word, New, but always old, ballet
Jude Law as pope; painter Paul Nash; The Word; do ballet stories always have to be old?
24 Oct 2016,30 mins
Chrissie Hynde, The Hepworth Prize for Sculpture, Bamber Gascoigne, Joe Queenan
Chrissie Hynde on her new Pretenders album Alone, and The Hepworth Prize for Sculpture.
21 Oct 2016,30 mins
Stella Duffy, New Art Gallery Walsall, Shostakovich's The Nose, Art of Yves Klein
Stella Duffy discusses her novel London Lies Beneath, and Yves Klein in Liverpool.
20 Oct 2016,30 mins
Ali Smith, Osmo Vänskä, the Nicholas Brothers, Islamic Art & the Supernatural, A Martian Sends a Postcard Home
Ali Smith discusses her Brexit-era novel, Autumn, with Samira Ahmed.
19 Oct 2016,30 mins
Ken Loach, Rodin and Dance, Suggs, Tony Robinson
Ken Loach on I Daniel Blake; Rodin and Dance at the Courthauld; Suggs on new Madness album
18 Oct 2016,30 mins
Phil Collins, Carol Ann Duffy and Gillian Clarke, Patrick Ness
Phil Collins discusses his new memoir, and poets Carol Ann Duffy and Gillian Clarke.
17 Oct 2016,30 mins
Earl Cameron, David Gledhill, The art of Alphonse Mucha, Simon Callow on David Gascoyne, Northampton theatre to open a school
Pioneer black star Earl Cameron, musician David Gledhill, Simon Callow on David Gascoyne.
14 Oct 2016,30 mins
Bob Dylan wins Nobel, Dario Fo remembered, Tutankhamun, Semyon Bychkov
Reaction to Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize for Literature, Dario Fo remembered, Tutankhamun on TV
13 Oct 2016,30 mins
American Honey, George Monbiot on loneliness, Ella Hickson, Bernice McFadden
Andrea Arnold's American Honey, playwright Ella Hickson, and George Monbiot on loneliness.
12 Oct 2016,30 mins
Mira Nair and Lupita Nyong'o, Divorce, Great Exhibition of the North, Janet Plater, The Vulgar
Director Mira Nair and Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong'o discuss their film Queen of Katwe.
11 Oct 2016,30 mins