Kwame Kwei-Armah and guests review the week's cultural highs and lows.

Director Kwame Kwei-Armah discusses the play One Night in Miami, poet and rapper Kate Tempest on writing Let Them Eat Chaos, and Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and Its Legacy. Show more

By Kwame Kwei-Armah. The Year of Obama should be a time for Kwaku's black policy think-tank to flourish, but his latest misjudged proposal is about to explode. Show more

Mary Beard hosts interviews from her studio at home. Mary and guests discuss the long-term effects of Covid-19 on our culture. Featuring appearances from Emma Thompson and Greg Wise. Show more

Mary Beard and her guests discuss the long-term effects of Covid-19 on the future of performance, and ask what culture might mean to us all as the world eases out of lockdown. Show more

Playwright and artistic director of London's Young Vic theatre Kwame Kwei-Armah shares some of the influences that have had a significant impact on his work. Show more

Philip Dodd explores the writing of Lorraine Hansberry and its continuing resonance with directors Yael Farber, Kwame Kwei-Armah and Dawn Walton. Show more

Drama inspired by the life of Walter Tull, who became the first black professional footballer and then the first black commissioned officer to lead British troops during WWI. Show more

Drama that chronicles the trials of a Hackney cafe owner trying to prevent his son from getting involved in London's gun culture. Show more

Round-table arts discussion series. Presenter Kwame Kwei Armah is joined by comedian Natalie Haynes, actor David Schneider and politician Michael Gove. Show more

Playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah, with readers Don Warrington and Jaye Griffiths, presents his favourite pieces of writing and song lyrics to an audience at the BBC Radio Theatre. Show more

Arts news with Mark Lawson. Miranda Hart on her career, Martin Amis on his novel Lionel Asbo: State of England, and Kwame Kwei-Armah selects a landmark play for Cultural Exchange. Show more

Armando Iannucci's new film The Death of Stalin, Kwame Kwei-Armah and Elinor Cook on Ibsen's The Lady From the Sea, controversial form 696 for venues and Sean Hughes remembered. Show more

Pam Rhodes talks to the singer Lemar about his recent trip to Ethiopia with Christian Aid. Gee Walker speaks of the hope that has come out of the racist murder of her son Anthony. Show more

Family adventure about a pride of lions, mixing wildlife footage with an all star cast of actors' voices and special effects. The story of lion cub growing up in the Serengeti.

British writer and actor Kwame Kwei-Armah is now artistic director of the Center Stage theatre, Baltimore. He discusses the differences between UK and US theatre with Mark Lawson. Show more

Teenager Michaela Williams has always considered herself black but looks white. Now, the Windrush scandal has brought the question of her heritage and belonging into sharp relief. Show more

As the only white person in her husband’s large family, Samantha Williams has had to counter racial assumptions from both his family and her own. Show more

It’s 1968, and while the world is exploding around him, racially and politically, 17-year-old Kev keeps a low profile as a mechanic, the only black man in a white-owned garage. Show more

It’s 1949, and a year after arriving on the Empire Windrush, Eunice Daley finds herself moving into a room in her uncle’s house, her belongings crammed into cardboard boxes. Show more