400 years of Shakespeare with Rufus Wainwright, Kim Cattrall, Dominic Cooke and William Leahy

Shakespeare died 400 years ago this week. John Wilson marks this anniversary.

• 30 mins

Hugh Grant, Wellcome Prize winner, Lisa Jen, Pablo Bronstein

Kirsty Lang talks to Hugh Grant about his new film Florence Foster Jenkins.

• 30 mins

Alain de Botton, Son of Saul, Josie Rourke and Nick Payne, Jazz biopics

Alain de Botton, Son of Saul, Josie Rourke and Nick Payne, jazz biopics.

• 30 mins

Hugh Bonneville on Ibsen, Captain America directors, Juliet Stevenson

Samira Ahmed talks to Hugh Bonneville about Ibsen's play An Enemy of the People.

• 30 mins

Mark Gatiss on Doctor Who, Brideshead Revisited, Pleasure, Demolition

Mark Gatiss on the novelisations of Doctor Who, and Bryony Lavery on Brideshead Revisited.

• 30 mins

Ricky Gervais, The Secret, Mark Elder, The return of the repertory company

Ricky Gervais discusses his latest projects including his film Special Correspondents.

• 30 mins

Capability Brown

Capability Brown, born 300 years ago this year, changed the landscape of Georgian England.

• 30 mins

Mona Hatoum, The Windsors, Alexander Masters, Charles Dance

Alexander Masters on his book A Life Discarded, plus artist Mona Hatoum.

• 30 mins

Howard Brenton, Knight of Cups, Olafur Eliasson, Dorothy Bohm

Howard Brenton, Terrence Malick's Knight of Cups, Olafur Eliasson, Dorothy Bohm.

• 30 mins

Ewan McGregor, Upstart Crow, Katie Paterson, Frankenstein ballet

Kirsty Lang talks to Ewan McGregor, and Ben Elton writes a TV a comedy about Shakespeare.

• 30 mins

Tom Hiddleston, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Andrey Kurkov

Tom Hiddleston talks to Kirsty Lang about his new role as Hank Williams.

• 30 mins

Lionel Shriver, Radiohead, Richard Linklater, Tate Britain exhibition

Lionel Shriver's latest novel; Richard Linklater's new film; Radiohead's album reviewed.

• 30 mins

Damian Lewis in Billions, Hugh Bonneville, Olivia Chaney, Bryan and Mary M Talbot

A review of TV drama Billions, starring Damian Lewis, and Hugh Bonneville on Malvolio.

• 30 mins

Laurie Anderson, AL Kennedy, Mustang

Laurie Anderson on the Brighton Festival, and AL Kennedy on our search for kindness.

• 30 mins

Mark Billingham, Turner Prize, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot review, Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla

Samira Ahmed with novelist Mark Billingham, Turner Prize shortlist, Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla.

• 30 mins

Francis Bacon, Ayad Akhtar, Cannes Film Festival, Mum

Francis Bacon retrospective in Liverpool, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar.

• 30 mins

Yinka Shonibare, BBC Young Musician, X-Men: Apocalypse director, Dylan Thomas Prize winner

BBC Young Musician of the Year winner discusses Shostakovich and Britain's Got Talent.

• 30 mins

Sunken Cities, Han Kang, Sing Street, Christian Blackshaw

Sunken Cities, Han Kang's The Vegetarian, Sing Street's John Carney, Christian Blackshaw.

• 30 mins

Ian McMillan, Black Chronicles, Janet Suzman, TV drama endings

John Wilson talks to poet Ian McMillan. And TV drama endings - too many loose ends?

• 30 mins

A Hologram For The King, Running Wild, Brigitte Fassbaender, Going Forward

A review of Tom Hanks as a stressed executive in Saudi Arabia in A Hologram For The King.

• 30 mins

Jack O'Connell, Cannes Film Festival, Seeing Round Corners, Spymonkey

British actor Jack O'Connell discusses his latest film, financial thriller Money Monster.

• 30 mins

Russell T Davies, Love and Friendship review, Rufus Norris, Thelma and Louise 25 years on

Russell T Davies, Love and Friendship, Rufus Norris, and Thelma and Louise 25 years on.

• 30 mins

Sue Johnston, Burt Kwouk remembered, Yayoi Kusama, Simon Stone, Philip Venables

The Royle Family's Sue Johnston on Rovers, and Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama reviewed.

• 30 mins

Neil Gaiman, Liz Lochhead, Roy Williams

Neil Gaiman on his Likely Stories, poet Liz Lochhead, and playwright Roy Williams.

• 30 mins

Wilko Johnson, Romeo and Juliet review, Walter de Maria

With guitarist and songwriter Wilko Johnson talking about surviving terminal cancer.

• 30 mins

From Hay: Charlotte Church, Tracy Chevalier and Lionel Shriver, YA Fiction, Welsh-Appalachian Music Mashup

Charlotte Church discusses her 'musical fairy tale' which tackles contemporary issues.

• 30 mins

Front Row at The Royal Court Theatre

The value of new writing for theatre: Front Row marks 60 years of the Royal Court.

• 30 mins

Nina Stibbe, Moby, The Nice Guys, Michael Pennington

Author Nina Stibbe, musician Moby, The Nice Guys reviewed, Michael Pennington on King Lear

• 30 mins

Versailles, Louisa Young, Museum of the Year contender, TV drama music

TV drama series Versailles reviewed, and Louisa Young on her new novel Devotion.

• 30 mins

Nile Rodgers, Jesse Eisenberg, Kunal Nayyar, Surrealists

John Wilson talks to Nile Rodgers, on the eve of BBC Music Day.

• 30 mins