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Review: David Hockney: A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts about Painting at Serpentine North
Art critic Ben Luke and writer Sarah Crompton join Samira Ahmed to review David Hockney’s first exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery in London: A Year...
James McAvoy on his directorial debut, California Schemin'
Actor James McAvoy who has starred in everything from Shameless to X Men talks about turning director for his debut feature, California Schemin'. The...
Howard Jacobson's new book, Howl
Booker Prize-winning author Howard Jacobson discusses his new novel, Howl.
Musician Thea Gilmore talks about her latest project The Echo Line, w...
Cillian Murphy, Timothee Chalamet's opera comments, Deepa Anappara, and are non-fiction books dead?
Cillian Murphy talks to Samira Ahmed about the return of Tommy in new film Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.
Timothee Chalamet's disparaging co...
Review: The Bride! Maggie Gyllenhaal's film about the bride of Frankenstein
Writer Rebecca Stott and Telegraph film critic Robbie Collin join Tom to discuss The Bride! Maggie Gyllenhaal's film about the bride of Frankenstein,...
Will Self on The Quantity Theory of Morality
Will Self dives in to his latest satirical novel in which he looks at the alienation of modern life, and takes a stab at middle-class life. He discuss...
Author Julia Quinn on Bridgerton
Author Julia Quinn published The Duke and I, the first novel in her eight-part Bridgerton series, in 2000. Twenty years later the adaption of her book...
Pixar at 40
Media journalist Al Horner discusses the latest twist in Warner Bros sale.
Pixar's chief creative officer Pete Docter on the inner workings of t...
Review: Tracey Emin: A Second Life at Tate Modern
Art critic Louisa Buck and writer Chris Power giving their verdicts on Tracey Emin: a second life at Tate Modern. This landmark exhibition spans 40 ye...
Arthur Sze, the poet laureate of the United States, and award-winning director Felipe Bustos Sierra
Poet Laureate of the United States, Arthur Sze is one of the most admired poets of the past five decades influencing the work of Poet Laureates and No...
Ukraine Unbroken - New Plays Responding to the War
The full scale invasion of Ukraine began four years ago today. Ukraine Unbroken is an evening of five new plays written in response to the war. David...
Neve Campbell on being Hollywood's Scream Queen, and BAFTAs lowdown
Fifty years on from the death of painter LS Lowry, the BBC has made a documentary featuring recently discovered recordings made in the last years of h...
Review: Cynthia Erivo in Dracula, Charli XCX mockumentary, The Secret Agent
Poet, playwright and curator Inua Ellams and film critic Hanna Flint join Tom Sutcliffe for this week's reviews.
Riding high after the huge suc...
Amanda Seyfried and Mona Fastvold on their film The Testament of Ann Lee
Director Mona Fastvold and actor Amanda Seyfried discuss their film The Testament of Ann Lee, a musical history about the life of the founder of The S...
Playwright Jim Cartwright on his groundbreaking debut play Road
In 1986 Jim Cartwright's debut play, Road, was the theatrical sensation of the year and its reputation has only grown in the decades that have followe...
Baz Luhrman on Elvis in concert, and 75 Years of The Archers
Baz Luhrman's newest film is recently rediscovered footage showing Elvis Presley, live in concert at the height of his fame. We speak with Baz about h...
Review: Wuthering Heights film and Jack Thorne's Lord of the Flies
Anne Brontë biographer Samantha Ellis and writer Stephanie Merritt join Tom to discuss Emerald Fennell's racy adaptation of Wuthering Heights starring...
Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee on her new series
LIsa McGee on her fresh spin on the murder mystery genre How To Get to Heaven from Belfast, and on the impact of the Derry Girls phenomenon.
At...
Yes Minister creator Jonathan Lynn on revisiting the characters in his new play
The creator of Yes Minister - Jonathan Lynn - on his new play I’m Sorry Prime Minister. Griff Rhys Jones plays Jim Hacker, the octogenarian former Pri...
Kristen Stewart on her directorial debut, The Chronology of Water
Hollywood star Kristen Stewart talks about her directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, which is a searing portrait of childhood abuse and redempti...
Review: Mark Haddon's memoir - Leaving Home, Twinless film, Mackenzie Crook's Small Prophets
Tom is joined by reviewers Tristram Fane Saunders and Natalie Jamieson to discuss...
Mark (The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-time) Ha...
Musician Martin Carthy on retiring from performing live
Folk musician Martin Carthy speaks about his long career and about his recent decision to retire from live performance following a diagnosis of late-o...
Jared Bush, head of Walt Disney Animation Studios, on his record-breaking film Zootropolis 2
Jared Bush, head of Walt Disney Animation Studios, on his record-breaking film Zootropolis 2.
Alex Tadros, owner of Mars Tapes, the last cassett...
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - on stage
Author Rachel Rachel Joyce and musician Passenger discuss the new musical based on Rachel's hit book The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.
Eric...
Reviewing Is This Thing On? Guess How Much I Love You? and George Saunders
Tom Sutcliffe and guests Viv Groskop and Dorian Lynskey, review Bradley Cooper's film Is This Thing On? - about a marriage in crisis and a comedian on...
John Carter Cash on his musical production The Ballad of Johnny & June
John Carter Cash on how the lives of his famous parents - Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash - have inspired a stage musical which tells the story of th...
Michael Sheen on Welsh National Theatre's debut show, Our Town
Michael Sheen on the first production of his newly-formed Welsh National Theatre, Thornton Wilder’s 1938 play Our Town seen through a Welsh lens.
Richard Linklater on Nouvelle Vague
Richard Linklater speaks to Samira Ahmed about his new film Nouvelle Vague.
Robbie Williams has beaten the Beatles' record for the most UK album...
Review of films No Other Choice, The History of Sound and Julian Barnes' final novel
Tom Sutcliffe is joined by film critic Larushka Ivan-Zadeh and novelist Lawrence Norfolk to review:
Korean auteur Park Chan-Wook's redundancy re...
Actor Claire Foy on her role in H Is for Hawk
Actor Claire Foy on her role as a grieving academic who finds solace in falconry in the film adaptation of Helen Macdonald's award-winning memoir H Is...
Comedian John Bishop on his life story inspiring a Hollywood movie
Comedian John Bishop on how his life story inspired Bradley Cooper's new movie, Is This Thing On? starring Will Arnett and Laura Dern.
Hull Tru...
Beryl Cook at 100
Artist Beryl Cook would have been 100 this year - famed for her cheeky paintings of large ladies and people having fun, there's a new exhibition openi...
Reviewing Heated Rivalry, novel Jackson Alone, and the British Museum's Hawai'i exhibition
In the Front Row review programme, author Emily Itami and critic Tim Robey assess the steamy Canadian drama Heated Rivalry, which has caused a sensati...
Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Wayne McGregor and Emmylou Harris
Sir Ian McKellen talks about performing Laurie Slade's one-man play Equinox - about an older man wrestling with his past and conflicting desires - at...
Blue celebrate 25 years in pop and perform in the studio
The boyband Blue perform one of the biggest early hits - One Love - and talk to Tom Sutcliffe about celebrating 25 years together with new album Refle...
Screenwriter Eric Roth on his play High Noon
Screenwriter Eric Roth (Forrest Gump, Benjamin Button, Dune) on his West End stage adaptation of High Noon
50 years since her death, we ask whet...
Jessie Buckley on her starring role in the film Hamnet
Jessie Buckley talks to Tom Sutcliffe about her role in the historical drama Hamnet, adapted from Maggie O'Farrell's book which explores the origins o...
American Ira Sach on his latest film Peter Hujar's Day
American Ira Sachs' latest film is Peter Hujar's Day, which brings to life the transcripts from an unused 1974 interview that photographer Peter Hujar...
Innovations in book clubs, sitcoms by women and a new BBC One prison drama
We hear from award-winning writer Dennis Kelly, the man behind Matilda the Musical and comedy show Pulling. In his new BBC One series Waiting for the...
How is David Bowie remembered?
As the tenth anniversary of David Bowie’s death approaches, Alexander Larman - author of Lazarus: The Second Coming of David Bowie – and Jonathan Stia...