Magazine arts show. Armando Ianucci looks afresh at high culture - poetry, classical music and fine art - to ask why these arts matter. Show more

Lynn Barber meets two American comedians who have both found success in the UK - Rob Delaney and Ruby Wax. They both discuss being open about the demons in their personal lives. Show more

Richard Wilson travels to Enniskillen for the International Beckett Festival, and hears from fellow British stars Sir Ian McKellen, Juliet Stevenson and Australian actor Hugo Weavi Show more

Magazine arts show. Will Gompertz investigates the thriving art market. He asks whether record-breaking sales are a good thing or damaging creativity. Show more

Paul Mason talks to five writers engaged with the most urgent issues of our time. In the face of challenges to global order, he asks if the west can survive. Show more

As part of the BBC World News Identity season, Nina Conti explores how masks allow us to step out of our psychological skins and be someone else. Show more

Magazine arts show. Broadcaster and journalist Samira Ahmed takes editorial control and considers the impact a single photographic image can have. Show more

For his edition of Artsnight, art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon wants to explore what people outside the 'art bubble' make of the kinds of sculptures and paintings he writes about. Show more

Alistair Sooke celebrates the protean genius of one of America's most prolific and original artists, Robert Rauschenberg. Show more

Is fiction the best way to access the truth? Award-winning Scottish crime writer, Val McDermid, explores the relationship between fiction, video games and real-life crime documenta Show more

Critic and broadcaster Waldemar Januszczak looks back over three decades of the critical acclaim, public outcry and artistic controversy, that surrounds the Turner Prize. Show more

The Design Museum has just opened its new �83 million home in London. For this special episode of Artsnight presented by Brenda Emmanus we celebrate some top great designers. Show more

With major productions of Shakespeare's King Lear, taking place across 2016, this film looks at why Lear resonates so deeply with contemporary audiences. Show more

Magazine arts show. Chris Dercon talks to world-famous photographer Juergen Teller about his unique form of photography. Show more

Artist Edmund de Waal looks at the theme of memory and art. He profiles the Aurora Orchestra, who perform classical works from memory. Show more

Magazine arts show. Entrepreneur and digital champion Martha Lane Fox explores how the west's two cultures - science and arts - can work together. Show more

Magazine arts show. Chris Dercon, director of Tate Modern, takes the helm of Artsnight. Chris asks why Berlin is the creative capital of Europe. Show more

Fleet Street legend Lynn Barber presents the third episode of this new arts series on BBC World News. Lynn looks at some of the most exciting developments in popular culture in 201 Show more

In the 19th century, Thomas Carlyle came up with the Great Man theory - a view that history is formed by the impact of certain charismatic and powerful men. Show more

Artist Ryan Gander believes that there is too much of a "fear factor" around the idea of art. For his edition of Artsnight, Ryan proposes that everybody can be a creative artist. Show more