As the Young Vic celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, Alan Yentob meets its current artistic director, playwright and actor, Kwame Kwei-Armah, to discuss his life and career. Show more

Fiona Bruce follows Falklands War hero Simon Weston over three months, as he becomes the first person chosen by the public to be painted for the National Portrait Gallery. Show more

Brenda Emmanus meets abstract artist Frank Bowling, who became the first black Royal Academician in 2005, to discuss a major retrospective of his work at Tate Britain. Show more

Topical weekly discussion show. Mary Beard returns with a new series of the live arts and cultural debate programme to discuss the clash of generations. Show more

Topical discussion show. As debates on censorship and the freedom of speech rage in the media and literary worlds, Mary Beard and her guests discuss the issue of taking offence. Show more

Topical discussion show. Mary Beard and guests enter the wonderful world of musical theatre, looking at some genre-busting shows and asking whether it is now cool to like musicals. Show more

Topical weekly discussion show. Mary and guests look at what it takes to make it in the arts. Is it talent and hard graft, or is it all down to your parents? Show more

Topical weekly discussion show. Mary and her guests look at the role of Britain's museums in the 21st century, and Mary experiences life as a museum attendant. Show more

Topical weekly discussion show. Mary Beard and her guests discuss gender-blind and colour-blind casting, and what it really means to get 'the right person for the job'. Show more

Front Row Late comes from the Hay Festival, where Mary Beard is joined by actor Rose McGowan, writer Laurie Penny and novelist Kamila Shamsie.

Mary Beard explores how thousands of years of stories and images stereotyping women have shaped our thinking and what this means for women who are in positions of power today. Show more

Mary Beard is joined by actor and screenwriter Emma Thompson to talk tears, dissecting some of Emma’s most famous on-screen weeps and explore the role that crying plays both in art and in real life. Show more

Mary Beard explores how thousands of years of stories and images stereotyping women have shaped our thinking, and what this means for women who are in positions of power today. Show more

Mary Beard explores crying. She is joined by various guests, including the Oscar winning actor and screenwriter Emma Thompson to talk tears. Show more

Magazine arts show. Clara Amfo, one of BBC Radio 1's rising stars, looks at how the fame industry works. She speaks to rapper 50 Cent and author John Niven. Show more

Documentary about the Imperial War Museum in the centenary year of its establishment. Celebrity advocates explore ten key objects from the IWM's collection. Show more

Magazine arts show. Chris Dercon talks to world-famous photographer Juergen Teller about his unique form of photography. Show more

Brenda Emmanus meets abstract artist Frank Bowling, who became the first black Royal Academician in 2005, to coincide with a major retrospective of his work at Tate Britain. Show more

Magazine arts show. Maria Balshaw asks why, over a century since the Suffragette movement, women are still not equal. Show more

Magazine arts show. Chris Dercon talks to world-famous photographer Juergen Teller about his unique form of photography. Show more