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30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Michael Palin discusses his TV documentary about Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi, Andrew Davies on his TV adaptation of Tolstoy's War and Peace, plus diversity in film. Show more
30 minutes
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Samira Ahmed talks to actor Anthony Head, who is on stage in Terence Rattigan's Love in Idleness. Plus Tim Marlow on the underground studio of artist Ai Weiwei. Show more
30 minutes
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Actor Daniel Mays on playing gay rights campaigner Peter Wildeblood, Girl Trip reviewed, the UK's first out Muslim drag queen Asifa Lahore, a competition for young poets. Show more
30 minutes
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Samira Ahmed talks to Anne-Marie Duff and Marianne Elliot about staging DH Lawrence plays, plus a look at The Affair on television and a new film of Under Milk Wood. Show more
30 minutes
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Arts news with Samira Ahmed, including a review of Richard Gere's new film Time Out of Mind, Tanita Tikaram on her new album Closer to the People and the play Look Back in Anger. Show more
30 minutes
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Sir James MacMillan on his first symphony for 13 years, Penny Woolcock's new installation Utopia at The Roundhouse in London, The Gift reviewed, and Road movies. Show more
30 minutes
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Bradley Cooper on American Sniper, 100 years of abstract art in Adventures of the Black Square, novelist Paula Hawkins and the history of images of the Prophet Muhammad in art. Show more
30 minutes
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A review of Everyman at the National Theatre, Paul Abbott on his new TV series No Offence, artist Idris Khan, and young folk musicians on Beyond the Marches. With Samira Ahmed. Show more
30 minutes
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Actress Rachel Weisz on My Cousin Rachel; author Arundhati Roy on her new book, Bamber Gascoigne's Grange Park opera house; and Nigella Lawson remembers literary agent Ed Victor. Show more
30 minutes
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Samira Ahmed reveals the shortlist for 2016's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, and as part of our Shakespeare's People series, Adrian Lester chooses Othello. Show more
30 minutes
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Adrian Lester and Deborah Kermode on arts funding cuts; actress and writer Frog Stone discusses her new comedy Bucket; Kim Stanley Robinson on his latest novel, New York 2140. Show more
41 minutes
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Choosing Mary for the School Nativity. Plus India's iron lady Jayalalithaa Jayaram, 60 Years of the National Childbirth Trust and life after forced marriage. Show more
58 minutes
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What does it mean to play Mary in the school nativity? Jeanette Winterson and Mary Portas. Agnes Obel performs. Asbestos in schools. Why do some women lie about their age? Show more
58 minutes
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Jessica Hynes on new comedy Up the Women, Facebook agree to tackle gender based hate speech, women on The Apprentice, Barking Blondes, Ute Lemper and the allure of Rita Hayworth. Show more
45 minutes
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Northern Irish MP Naomi Long talks to Samira Ahmed; a Peckham secondary teaches hairdressing - how else are schools catering for vocational training; Isy Suttie on love lives. Show more
30 minutes
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Hidden Figures reviewed, Eleanor Bergstein on 30 years of Dirty Dancing, Simon Armitage on Branwell Bronte, Muslim Othello. Show more
30 minutes
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Samira Ahmed talks to Yusuf Islam, aka Cat Stevens, about his new album, Miranda Sawyer reviews Northern Soul, and Fiona MacCarthy on William Morris the National Portrait Gallery. Show more
30 minutes
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Samira Ahmed talks to percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who is creating a piece of music with the residents of King's Cross, London. Plus Lyse Doucet discusses the film Christine. Show more
30 minutes
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Judith Kerr and Chris Riddell discuss Dr. Seuss and his influence on their own books; Wolfgang Tillmans on portraits, projections and politics; playwright Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Presented by Samira Ahmed. With a discussion on the TV series Girls, novelist Daniel Alarcon and a debate on the constitution with Conor Gearty, Iain McLean and Linda Colley. Show more
