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1 hour, 28 minutes
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Stephen McGann talks about his passion for genealogy and what he has discovered about his family. Beatboxer Grace Savage demonstrates her unusual talent. Show more
John Wilson gathers eye-witness memories of the famous 1964 meeting between boxer Cassius Clay and the Fab Four. From 2010. Show more
30 minutes
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An interview with bestselling writer Dan Brown, reflecting on Wagner as he turns 200, remembering Morecambe and Wise writer Eddie Braben, and Mary Beard's Cultural Exchange. Show more
30 minutes
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Record producer Giorgio Moroder, artist Richard Wilson on site-specific art when it changes site, Calendar Girls writer Tim Firth, and Francine Stock's Cultural Exchange. Show more
30 minutes
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John Agard explains why water and cricket inspire his poetry, David Walliams in Big School, crime novelist CJ Sansom on Doctor Who, and films you can't watch. Mark Lawson presents. Show more
30 minutes
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Arts news with Mark Lawson. Cultural Exchange with the Archbishop of Canterbury, TV writer Allan Cubitt, and how to make food for the stage, like Titus Andronicus's gruesome pie. Show more
30 minutes
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Mark Lawson reviews vampire film Byzantium, plus Lucy Kirkwood on her play Chimerica, Audrey Niffenegger on working with the Royal Ballet, and Nicholas Hytner's Cultural Exchange. Show more
30 minutes
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John Wilson charts the progress of artist Jeremy Deller, as he creates works for the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale - from first thoughts to the grand unveiling in Venice. Show more
30 minutes
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Kirsty Lang reassesses the art and life of Alfred Munnings, a painter largely known as a crusty reactionary, as a new film focuses on his youthful passions in an artists' colony. Show more
30 minutes
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Julian Clary reviews Behind the Candelabra with Michael Douglas as Liberace, Philip Glass on his opera about Walt Disney, PD James' Cultural Exchange and a French zombie drama. Show more
30 minutes
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A review of the film Before Midnight, playwright Conor McPherson, cricket-inspired music from the Duckworth Lewis Method, and Rachel Whiteread's Cultural Exchange selection. Show more
30 minutes
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Shahidha Bari reviews Wadjda, Philipp Meyer discusses his new novel The Son, Alison Balsom on new play Gabriel, and Paul Franklin chooses The Thief of Bagdad for Cultural Exchange. Show more
30 minutes
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Actor Kevin McNally on his latest project The Mill, artist Katharina Fritsch on her work for the Fourth Plinth, and Terry Jones selects Under Milk Wood for Cultural Exchange. Show more
30 minutes
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Kirsty Lang meets the acclaimed Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov; Australian circus troupes in the UK; two TV series focus on retail workplaces; Jeffrey Archer's Cultural Exchange. Show more
30 minutes
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Louis de Bernières discusses his poetry debut, children's author John Burningham on his 50-year career, the next Doctor Who contenders, and Cerys Matthews' Cultural Exchange. Show more
30 minutes
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Crime writer Ruth Rendell interviewed, 2 Guns reviewed, Michael Grandage's choice for the Cultural Exchange, and the verdict on two TV documentaries about working Britain. Show more
30 minutes
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Mark Lawson reviews The World's End, a new film from Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright; writer Marsha Norman on The Color Purple; Cultural Exchange with David Sedaris; TV comedy Badults. Show more
30 minutes
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Chris O'Dowd reviewed in TV comedy Family Tree; Cush Jumbo on playing Josephine Baker; verdict on Swedish crime film Easy Money; Cultural Exchange with Conrad Shawcross on Monet. Show more
30 minutes
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Arts news. Clive James discusses his translation of Dante's The Divine Comedy, a review of A Season in the Congo starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Paula Milne's Cultural Exchange. Show more
30 minutes
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Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush on his new film The Eye of the Storm; Melvyn Bragg discusses a Rembrandt self-portrait for the Cultural Exchange; artist Ellen Gallagher. Show more
