Following the publication of his new memoir My Name Is Why, writer Lemn Sissay tells Alan Yentob what it was like to grow up as the only black child in a sleepy market town outside Wigan in the 1970s. Show more
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Author Joanna Trollope traces the roots of her favourite book Cider with Rosie to uncover how Laurie Lee blended fact and fiction in his wistful elegy to a disappeared rural world. Show more
Amol Rajan Interviews
Ian McKellen
59 minutes
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In this probing hour-long interview, Amol Rajan speaks to actor Ian McKellen, one of the most celebrated performers of his generation and someone who has long defied convention and expectation. Show more
Picasso starts to gain fame as an artist in Paris and falls in love, but the relationship is difficult, and soon his attentions are drawn to another woman. Show more
As Europe descends into war, Picasso creates some of his greatest work. Meanwhile, his personal life grows ever more complicated as he again falls in love, this time with a 17-year-old. Show more
Picasso's later years find both his creativity and his sexual appetites undimmed. He explores new artistic mediums as he starts another tempestuous relationship. Show more