Paul Theroux, Albie Sachs and Justin Cartwright on Nadine Gordimer; Matt Reeves, director of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; Dennis Kelly, writer and creator of TV drama Utopia. Show more

A young Rudyard Kipling's final months residing in the US, where a family row leads to a public scandal. Stars Nicholas Boulton. Show more

Paul Theroux discusses Dark Star Safari, his account of a perilous overland journey from Cairo to Cape Town in 2001, with James Naughtie and a group of invited readers. Show more

Naomi Alderman, listed as one of Granta's Best Young Novelists 2013, responds to readers' questions about her debut novel Disobedience. With James Naughtie. Show more

In Tuscaloosa, map-gazing, Paul Theroux meets Lucille, dressed in black silk and a white hat - 'You lost, baby?'. Show more

In Greensboro, Paul Theroux meets the impressive Rev Eugene Lyles, aged 79, who has his own church, his own barber shop and runs the local diner on Main Street. Show more

The author stays at the Blue Shadows Bed and Breakfast in Greensboro and meets its owner, Janet May, aka Miss Cotton Blossom 1949. Show more

At Aiken's steeplechase event Paul Theroux meets well-heeled locals, mainly horse people and cotton baron descendents. Then he visits a hovel, once inhabited by Melvin Johnson. Show more

Paul Theroux takes to the back roads of Georgia and Alabama, which smell of sun-heated tar. The fields are full of cotton and the big rivers beckon. Show more

Sian Williams and Richard Coles with traveller Paul Theroux, Lucinda Lambton at Heathrow, John McCarthy in Painswick, Jamie Cullum's Inheritance Tracks, and your Thank Yous. Show more

Roy Plomley's castaway is travel writer Paul Theroux. Show more