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

Arts news. Mark Lawson talks to Martin Freeman, star of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and reviews the new musical American Psycho, in which Matt Smith plays a serial killer. Show more

Arts magazine. Kirsty Lang talks to Kristin Davis, who is making her West End debut in Fatal Attraction. Plus documentary maker Errol Morris on his film about Donald Rumsfeld. Show more

John Wilson talks to director Sir Trevor Nunn about A Midsummer Night's Dream. Plus singer-songwriter Jake Bugg and novelist Natasha Walter. Show more

John Wilson reports on the nominations for the 2016 Academy Awards, including interviews with Leonardo DiCaprio, Alicia Vikander, Saoirse Ronan and Nick Hornby. Show more

Arts news, interviews and reviews. Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz on their new film The Mercy, the true story of an amateur sailor's attempt to sail around the world. Show more

Arts news. Mark Lawson talks to Sandra Bullock about her role in Gravity; Leonard Bernstein as revealed in newly collected letters; the most-performed plays of recent years. Show more

Actor and film-maker Sir Kenneth Branagh talks to John Wilson about the key influences and inspirations that have shaped his own work. Show more

Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta talks to John Wilson about the key moments in his cultural life, from breakdancing in Havana to becoming principal dancer of the Royal Ballet. Show more

The world's leading classical solo percussionist Evelyn Glennie talks to John Wilson about her career and picks out some of the key influences on her artistic path. Show more

Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo talks to John Wilson about the formative experiences and cultural influences that have had a profound effect on her work. Show more

Film director Mike Leigh talks to John Wilson about the art and experiences that have shaped his own creative life. Show more

In a deeply personal interview, artist Tracey Emin talks to John Wilson about the experiences that have shaped her life and career. Show more

Oscar winner Nicole Kidman talks to John Wilson about the influence on her career of working with great film-makers, including Jane Campion, Baz Luhrmann and Stanley Kubrick. 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

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

Mark Lawson talks to writer and director Woody Allen, whose new film Blue Jasmine stars Cate Blanchett and Sally Hawkins. Sally Hawkins and Mike Leigh also share their thoughts. Show more

Arts news. Mark Lawson talks to Angela Lansbury, who is about to star in Blithe Spirit in the West End. And director Anton Corbijn pays tribute to the actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. Show more

Samira Ahmed talks to artist Conrad Shawcross and reviews an Edinburgh Festival production of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. Plus 60 years of the British sitcom. Show more

Arts news with John Wilson, including an interview with Paul McCartney on his latest album, New. Show more