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45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Presented by Philip Dodd. With the winner of 2013's Man Booker, discussing the new National Theatre head, the US Government shutdown, a Paul Klee show and a book about the Kremlin. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Hamilton opens in London. Sanctuary, an Irish film with a cast made up of actors with learning difficulties. Plus a new novel by Louise Erdrich and TV Christmas specials. Show more
Martha Kearney and guests discuss Harry Hill's X Factor musical I Can't Sing, a film adaptation of Dostoyevsky's The Double and the BBC's World War One drama The Crimson Field. Show more
David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Cambridge. On the panel are Jo Swinson, Diane Abbott, Adam Afriyie, Sarah Churchwell and Matthew Parris. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Graphic novelist Art Spiegelman and jazz composer Phillip Johnston talk to Naomi Alderman about the show Wordless!. Plus artist Marina Abramovic and a review of American Pastoral. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Landmark: Poets Mark Doty and Andrew McMillan and Professor Sarah Churchwell explore Walt Whitman's poem, with presenter Matthew Sweet. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Martin Amis, Zachary Leader and Sarah Churchwell join Matthew Sweet to discuss Saul Bellow and his celebrated novel Herzog with readings by Kerry Shale. Show more
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Matthew Sweet is joined by critics Roger Luckhurst and Sarah Churchwell and philosopher Max de Gaynesford to discuss the enduring significance of the film Blade Runner. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Girl From the North Country; the songs of Bob Dylan, romcom The Big Sick, the history of racist ideas in America, Coming Out at Walker Gallery Liverpool, Top of the Lake returns. Show more
Kirsty Wark and guests review Macbeth at the Manchester International Festival, the documentary We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks and a London exhibition by LS Lowry. Show more
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England
Kirsty Wark is joined by a literary panel of Paul Morley, Professor Sarah Churchwell and Professor John Mullan to tackle the six nominated books on the Man Booker shortlist. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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The week's cultural highlights, including Medea at London's Almeida, Edmund de Waal's exhibition at the Royal Academy and Jeanette Winterson's The Gap of Time. Show more
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England
Kirsty Wark is joined live in a rooftop studio at the Edinburgh Festival by guests including Simon Callow, Susan Hitch and Sarah Churchwell. Show more
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Nigerian novelist Chigozie Obioma talks about the African storytelling at the heart of The Fishermen, and Sarah Churchwell discusses the novels of Alice Munro and Lydia Davis. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Journalist Laura Bates chooses the 19th-century American children’s author, Louise May Alcott. With Matthew Parris. From 2014. Show more
Alastair Sooke explores the appeal of unfinished works of art. He talks to those who have attempted to finish them and those who believe that any such task is impossible. Show more
30 minutes
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News of the winner of the Baileys Prize; Cornelia Parker on curating a room at the Summer Exhibition; Daria Klimentova as she retires from dancing; and US anti-war novels on stage. Show more
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Daniel Radcliffe on his roles in two new films; South African artist William Kentridge on his exhibition Thick Time; and the art of turning sex into prose. Show more
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Pretty Yende making her debut at the Royal Opera House, Dennis Lehane on his new novel Since We Fell and The Handmaid's Tale reviewed. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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4 Extra Debut. Dame Evelyn Glennie and Professor Sarah Churchwell discuss books by Napoleon Hill, Henry James and Rebecca Front. From 2016. Show more
