A review of Sheridan Smith as Cilla Black, an interview with 'Will' and 'Kate', a new exhibition of Tudor portraits and artefacts, and Alice Oswald on Ted Hughes' animal poems. Show more

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the leading liberal Judge on the US Supreme Court. At 86 she has spent many decades fighting for women's rights, including equal pay and access to abortion. Show more

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died of cancer at the age of 87. Razia Iqbal spoke to Bader Ginsburg in 2019 about her life, career and contemporary America. Show more

In this Man Booker special, Razia Iqbal interviews Jhumpa Lahiri who has been shortlisted for her novel 'The Lowland'. Show more

Kevin Elyot's My Night With Reg revived, Argentine film Wakolda, Radio 4's Home Front, Kevin Eldon's book My Prefect Cousin, and The Art and Science of Exploration in Greenwich. Show more

The acclaimed African American writer Toni Morrison has died at the age of 88. In 2014 Razia Iqbal interviewed her at the Hay Festival. Show more

Razia Iqbal and guests review Henry IV at the Donmar, the film '71, Gotham on TV, Lila by Marilynne Robinson, and Tracy Emin at White Cube. Show more

In this Man Booker special, Razia Iqbal interviews Jhumpa Lahiri who has been shortlisted for her novel The Lowland.

Razia Iqbal is in Pakistan for the Lahore Literary Festival. Her guest, Mohammed Hanif, has been an officer pilot, a journalist and is now a satirical novelist.

Razia Iqbal with five more first-hand stories from recent history, including the engineer who struggled to make the Sydney Opera House stand up.

Razia Iqbal is at the Royal Academy in London to present five extraordinary art stories that shaped our world, including the discovery of the Terracotta Army in China. Show more

Razia Iqbal asks PD James about the complexities of writing crime novels that are more than puzzles for the reader to solve. Show more

Esteemed literary novelist Alan Hollinghurst speaks to Razia Iqbal about his career to date.

Esteemed literary novelist Alan Hollinghurst speaks to Razia Iqbal about his career to date. Show more

David Byrne's musical Here Lies Love, Gia Coppola's debut film Palo Alto, David Attenborough's Life Story on BBC One, Atul Gawande's Being Mortal and Germany at the British Museum. Show more

Razia Iqbal presents five first-hand stories from recent history. These include a remarkable account of the shooting down of an Iranian passenger plane by a US warship in 1988. Show more

This month, we meet the man who saved the dancing bears of Bulgaria a survivor of the Burmese uprising of 1988 and the engineer who tunnelled through Mont Blanc. Show more

Razia Iqbal brings you five extraordinary testimonies from contemporary history, including a fashion industry pioneer from the days of the Soviet Union.

Witness looks back at five compelling stories this year. From the great niece of the Tsar reflecting on the Russian revolution, to the doctor who saved Bulgaria's dancing bears. Show more

Razia Iqbal talks to director Peter Greenaway, whose latest film is about the 16th century Dutch painter Goltzius. Show more