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23/03/2017
Charlotte Rampling, Moira Buffini, The Clearing, and the politics of Eurovision.
Jake Gyllenhaal, Pauline Black, Christopher Wheeldon and the business of musicals
The Hollywood actor discusses his sci-fi movie Life and singing on Broadway.
Anthony Head, Tamburlaine, Ai Weiwei, Line of Duty
Arts news, interviews and reviews. Samira Ahmed talks to actor Anthony Head.
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
42nd Street director, Anish Kapoor, Ted Hughes poetry prize, Humber Bridge sounds
42nd Street director Mark Bramble, and Anish Kapoor on his new exhibition.
Hari Kunzru, Mica Levi, Patrick Marber, Turner Prize
Hari Kunzru, Mica Levi, Patrick Marber, Turner Prize changes.
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.
Yevgeny Yevtushenko remembered, Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist announced
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist announced, and Yevgeny Yevtushenko remembered.
Neruda, Casting on screen, Magnus Mills
Elif Shafak reviews a new film about the poet Neruda, and the art of the casting director.
David Vann, Terence Davies, Albert Moore
Novelist David Vann, film director Terence Davies, British abstract artist Albert Moore.
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.
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.
Ray Davies; Guerrilla; The Odyssey; Damien Hirst's exhibition
From the Kinks to Americana; Dreda Say Mitchell on Guerrilla; poets respond to The Odyssey
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.
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
Adrian Lester and Deborah Kermode, Frog Stone, Kim Stanley Robinson
Adrian Lester and Deborah Kermode, Frog Stone, Kim Stanley Robinson.
Tom Stoppard
Kirsty Lang talks to the playwright Sir Tom Stoppard.
Warren Beatty in Rules Don't Apply, Inua Ellams, Born to Kill
Rules Don't Apply starring Warren Beatty reviewed, poet Inua Ellams performs.
Violinist Kyung Wha Chung, Murray Lachlan Young, Hisham Matar on Clash
Samira Ahmed talks to violinist Kyung Wha Chung and poet Murray Lachlan Young.
Awol Erizku; Robert Macfarlane; Little Boy Blue; Gemma Bodinetz
He took those Beyonce photos but Awol Erizku also paints; Robert Macfarlane on dagglers.
Joan Bakewell, 2017 Proms, The Zookeeper's Wife
Joan Bakewell on Keeping in Touch. David Pickard unveils the 2017 Proms.
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.
Bananarama reunited, The Wellcome Book Prize winner announced, David Mach
Bananarama back together again, and The Wellcome Book Prize winner revealed.
Thomas Ades, Patricia Lockwood, James Gunn
Thomas Ades on The Exterminating Angel, poet Patricia Lockwood, director James Gunn.
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.
British Museums special
Special programme live from the British Museum.
Christian Bale, Ella Fitzgerald, Theatre artistic directors
Kirsty Lang looks at the careers of Christian Bale and Ella Fitzgerald.
Oliver Beer, Nicola LeFanu, Grace Evangeline Mason, May Day poems
Sound artist and composer Oliver Beer shows John how to make ancient pots sing.
Angels in America, Mindhorn, Storytelling in Greek myths
Mindhorn, Tony Kushner on Angels in America, Natalie Haynes and Madeline Miller.
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.
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.