Kirsty Wark celebrates the best of this year's Edinburgh Festival, now in its seventieth year, looking at how the idealism and bravura of the original 1947 festival live on today. Show more

Sam Roddick explores the enduring appeal of Botticelli's The Birth of Venus, one of the most celebrated paintings in western art and a joyous celebration of female sexuality. Show more

Arts series presented by Alan Yentob. The pianist performs Chopin and Beethoven at Latitude, Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall.

Alan Yentob looks at the work of Anthony Minghella, the celebrated and Oscar-winning director of The English Patient and The Talented Mr Ripley, who died suddenly in March. Show more

Arts series. From child prodigy to global phenomenon, Alan Yentob reveals the extraordinary life of Lang Lang, China's classical music superstar. Show more

Alan Yentob considers the influence of play with some leading British artists, including Tracey Emin, Grayson Perry, Marc Quinn, Gavin Turk and David Bailey. Show more

Arts documentary. Alan Yentob reveals how Chinese artist Ai Weiwei continues to fight for artistic freedom of expression. Show more

Magazine arts show. One year on from the referendum that split the Scottish nation, Irvine Welsh visits Edinburgh to survey what effect it had on the arts in Scotland. Show more

Documentary series exploring the lives of Scottish writers. Andrew Marr looks at Walter Scott, a prolific novelist, poet and political fixer. Show more

Magazine arts show. Will Gompertz investigates the thriving art market. He asks whether record-breaking sales are a good thing or damaging creativity. Show more

Documentary series exploring the lives of Scottish writers. Andrew Marr looks at James Boswell, a man torn between his patriotic duty and his desire for adventure. Show more

Paul Mason talks to five writers engaged with the most urgent issues of our time. In the face of challenges to global order, he asks if the west can survive. Show more

Jack Whitehall presents a celebration of 70 years of one of the greatest arts festivals in the world. With interviews from Sir Ian McKellen, Shappi Khorsandi, Stephen Fry and more. Show more

British Comedy Award winner Nina Conti presents highlights of this year's Edinburgh festival. Nina meets fellow comics who are using narrative to push the boundaries of comedy. Show more

Nina Conti presents the highlights of this year's Edinburgh Festival, as she brings her award-winning blend of improvisation and ventriloquism back to Fringe.

Film which follows the making of a Wedgwood vase, handcrafted by artisan potters using the same techniques pioneered by Josiah Wedgwood in the 18th century. Show more

Lachlan Goudie traces the development of Scottish art. This episode explores how Scotland's artists challenged the traditions they had inherited and revolutionised Scottish art. Show more

Lachlan Goudie traces the development of Scottish art. He explores how it has left a remarkable legacy over the last century through wrestling with questions of identity. Show more

Iain Stewart reveals ten remarkable stories about avalanches, including how the deadliest one killed 18,000 people in three minutes and why another solved an aviation mystery. Show more

Documentary series about the weather. A look at rain, including the true shape of a raindrop, how and why rain falls, and stories of adaptation to this elemental force of nature. Show more