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Arts news and reviews. Kirsty Lang meets Oscar-winning director Ang Lee.
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Kirsty Lang talks to six of Britain's most promising young playwrights.
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Kirsty Lang with arts news, interviews and reviews.
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With John Wilson, including the long list for the Art Fund Prize for Museums and Galleries
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Martin Amis discusses The Pregnant Widow, his first novel for six years.
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With John Wilson, including an interview with the director David Lynch.
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With Mark Lawson. Including an interview with novelist Joanna Trollope.
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With Mark Lawson, including an interview with writer Kate Summerscale.
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With John Wilson. PJ Harvey on her new album; a V&A Baroque review; and HBO's future plans
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Kirsty Lang meets Joanne Harris, whose novels include the best-selling Chocolat.
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Mark Lawson talks to writer Lionel Shriver, winner of the Orange Prize in 2005.
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Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Includes an interview with actor Jim Broadbent.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including a report on the RSC's new King Lear.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. With Fugitive Pieces author Anne Michaels.
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With Mark Lawson. Critic Bidisha gives her verdict Tom McCarthy's new film The Visitor.
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Composer Michael Nyman, author Philip Hoare on whales, youth theatre, Gay Icons.
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Arts news and reviews.
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With Kirsty Lang. Why do some Brits fronting US shows succeed while others fail.
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With Mark Lawson. Terry Pratchett talks about his new book Nation.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including an interview with writer Margaret Atwood
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With Mark Lawson, including the verdict on Sally Potter's staging of Carmen for ENO.
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With John Wilson. Craig Cash and Phil Mealey talk about their new sitcom, Sunshine.
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Including an interview with the leading bass-baritone Bryn Terfel.
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Kirsty Lang with arts news, interviews and reviews.
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With Mark Lawson. Writer & comedian Alexei Sayle talks about his new novel Mister Roberts.
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Florence and the Machine, and artists responding to climate change at the Royal Academy.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including interview with Vangelis.
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Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang. Screenwriters Special.
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With Mark Lawson. Actress Glenn Close reflects on the appeal of playing fearsome women.
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Colin Firth on A Single Man; Oscar hopefuls respond as the Academy reveals its nominations
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With Kirsty Lang, including a first look at the new Wellcome Collection building.
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With Mark Lawson. Giles Waterfield discusses Constable's lesser-known work.
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Photographer Lord Snowdon at 80, actor David Morrissey and novelist Louise Welsh.
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With Mark Lawson, including an interview with dramatist Joe Penhall.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
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Arts news and reviews with John Wilson.
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Mark Lawson talks to Brian Eno, guest artistic director of the 2010 Brighton Festival.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
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Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including an interview with actor Rupert Everett.
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Simon Russell Beale chats to Mark Lawson about his latest stage roles.
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With Mark Lawson. Author AS Byatt discusses the art and writings of Wyndham Lewis.
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With Beardyman on beatboxing and a look at the Walking With Dinosaurs stadium tour.
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An appreciation of the life and work of Beryl Bainbridge; BBC2 drama Dive reviewed.
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Arts news and reviews.
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Mark Lawson meets Karin Slaughter and Jeff Deaver at Harrogate's Crime Writing Festival.
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With John Wilson. Guy Ritchie talks about his new film RocknRolla.
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Joanna Lumley on the history of the cat, and Julia McKenzie on becoming Miss Marple.
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With Mark Lawson. Stephen Fry talks about taking his black cab to all 50 US states.
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In a special edition, John Wilson visits the artist Damien Hirst in his studio.
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Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
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LA Confidential writer James Ellroy and Clooney's latest, The Men Who Stare at Goats.
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With Mark Lawson. Sue Townsend talks about the seventh collection of Adrian Mole diaries.
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Carol Ann Duffy and Posy Simmonds on their Christmas collaboration.
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Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. Who Talks to TV Editor Boyd Hilton.
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With Mark Lawson. Including an interview with singer-songwriter James Taylor.
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Morgan Freeman as Mandela in new film Invictus; Corinne Bailey Rae; artist Gillian Ayres.
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Arts news and reviews.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including the verdict on superhero film Watchmen.
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With John Wilson. Including the verdict on film Chloe.
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Arts news, interviews and reviews with Mark Lawson.
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With Kirsty Lang, who examines how seances inspired Victorian and Edwardian writers.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Monsters v Aliens; Billy Bragg; extreme theatre.
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Arts magazine with Kirsty Lang, who reports on the film Bridge to Terabithia.
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With Mark Lawson, including an interview with Paddington Bear creator Michael Bond.
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Arts news and reviews with John Wilson.Includes an interview with author Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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John Wilson talks to John Squire, from The Stone Roses, about his exhibition of paintings.
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John Wilson reports from Liverpool on a new musical based on the city's Adelphi hotel.
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Mark Lawson reports from the Manchester International Festival.
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Arts news and reviews.
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Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. Including an interview with writer Tim Lott.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
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With Mark Lawson. Drummer Roger Taylor talks about Queen's latest album The Cosmos Rocks.
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Arts news, interviews and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
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With Kirsty Lang. Including an interview with singer-songwriter Joan Baez.
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With Mark Lawson. Including an interview with film director Ken Russell.
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Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
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Mark Lawson reports on the playwrights who are reinventing the traditional pantomime.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, who meets the singer Maria Friedman.
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Including reviews of Tamzin Outhwaite in Sweet Charity and John Malkovich in Disgrace.
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Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. Joined by Critic Bidisha.
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The Costa Book Awards; the latest Meryl Streep rom-com; author Walter Mosley.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including a review of the film There Will Be Blood
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including an interview with Tom Perrotta.
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Colin Firth on A Single Man; Giacometti's Walking Man sculpture; crime writer David Hewson
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Arts news and reviews.
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With John Wilson. Danny Robins explores a new trend in cinema, the secret film night.
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Kim Cattrall in Noel Coward's Private Lives; Abba's Benny and Bjorn on musical Kristina.
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With Kirsty Lang, including news of the shortlist of contenders for the Gulbenkian Prize.
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Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
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Kirsty Lang with arts news, interviews and a report from this year's Brighton Festival.
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Armando Iannucci and Simon Beaufoy discuss topicality in their work with Mark Lawson.
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Arts news and reviews. Mark Lawson talks to crime writer Peter James.
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With Mark Lawson. Plus a review of Ben Affleck's directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone.
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Eric Cantona discusses his recent film roles, and Jude Law takes on Hamlet.
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With Mark Lawson reporting from the Manchester International Festival.
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With John Wilson, including a report on architects who have designed architectural jellies
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With John Wilson, including a report on a fashion and sportswear exhibition at the V and A
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With John Wilson. Including Kwame Kwei Armah on his documentary, On Tour with the Queen.
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Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
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In a special edition, Mark Lawson talks to director and actor Richard Attenborough.
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With Kirsty Lang. Bidisha reviews Fish Tank, the new film by Andrea Arnold.
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With Kirsty Lang. Including an interview with author Robert Harris.
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With Mark Lawson. Chris Addison talks about the difficult question of taste in comedy.
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Bob Hoskins on taking on Dickens, and Sir Keith Park finally gets his plinth.
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With Mark Lawson, including an interview with South African playwright Athol Fugard.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
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With Kirsty Lang. Actress Sophie Okonedo talks about her role in The Secret Life of Bees.
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Green Wing's Julian Rhind-Tutt, and a review of TV drama Small Island.
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With Mark Lawson. Including the announcement of the winners in the Costa Book Awards.
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A review of Oscar-hope The Road, and Jonathan Miller on modern Italian art.
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Including an interview with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost about their comedy-horror Hot Fuzz.
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Arts news with Mark Lawson, including a review of the Oscar-nominated film Juno.
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Including a review of Vicky Cristina Barcelona, written and directed by Woody Allen.
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Star of The Wire Dominic West and others discuss the casting of non-professional actors.
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Kirsty Lang with arts news and the verdict on Steven Soderbergh's film The Good German.
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Arts news and reviews.
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With Mark Lawson. Dreda Say Mitchell asks if Tina Turner is still 'simply the best'.
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Oscars preview; Juanita Wilson on filming in Chernobyl; artist Jenny Holzer at Baltic Mill
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With Mark Lawson, including a report on a rare revival of Delius's opera Koanga.
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John Wilson visits historic houses, including Chatsworth in Derbyshire.
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Kirsty Lang talks to leading violinists, including Maxim Vengerov and Tasmin Little.
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Lord Puttnam announces the shortlist for the Art Fund Prize for best museum or gallery.
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Arts news and reviews. Mark Lawson meets Whitbread Award winning novelist Matthew Kneale.
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Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. Including a tour of Dumfries House.
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Rory Bremner discusses satire. Author Melvin Burgess on his latest novel for young adults.
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Arts news and reviews, with Mark Lawson.
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John Wilson talks to Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland about The Police reunion.
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Mark Lawson reports from the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival.
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Kirsty Lang reviews Earthquakes in London at the National Theatre.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including an interview with writer Ian Rankin.
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Kirsty Lang talks to Egyptian novelist Alaa al Aswany, author of The Yacoubian Building.
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Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
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Mark Lawson talks to novelist Susan Hill.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, who talks to Jim Davidson.
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With Mark Lawson. Scottish-born singer Lulu reflects on 45 years in showbiz.
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Ben Elton on his book Meltdown; letters of TS Eliot and Benjamin Britten journals.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
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With Kirsty Lang. Jack Dee talks about the inspiration behind the sitcom Lead Balloon.
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With Kirsty Lang. Danny Robins offers some tips for a cultural detox.
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Mark Lawson interviews 'Nasty' Nigel Lythgoe and the American author Joyce Carol Oates.
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Mark Lawson with arts news, interviews and reviews.
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Arts news and reviews with John Wilson.
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With Kirsty Lang. Including an interview with film director Terry Gilliam.
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Kirsty Lang with arts news and reviews.
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Arts news and reviews.
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With Kirsty Lang. Stand-up comedian Stewart Lee discusses his return to television.
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Mark Lawson investigates recent allegations of plagiarism in the music industry.
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Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
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The verdict on Drew Barrymore's directorial debut, and former Cream bassist Jack Bruce.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
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Actress and director Samantha Morton on her experiences of being raised in care homes.
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Arts news and reviews. Mark Lawson talks to Alex James about his memoir of his Blur years.
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With Kirsty Lang. Including an interview with American author Siri Hustvedt.
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Arts news and reviews, with Kirsty Lang.
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Includes a film review of Bruno and Antony Gormley on his latest project, One & Other.
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Arts news and reviews.
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With John Wilson, including a report on the RSC's new production of Hamlet.
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Kirsty Lang meets renowned tenor Jose Carreras, who reflects on his wide-ranging career.
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With Kirsty Lang, including news of the shortlist for this year's Man Booker Prize.
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With Mark Lawson. Comedian Frank Skinner talks about his return to stand-up.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
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With Kirsty Lang. Including an interview with Australian director Stephan Elliot.
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Paul Auster on his latest book and the story of cartoon soundtrack creator Raymond Scott.
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Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
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Including the verdict on Sidney Lumet's film Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.
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With Mark Lawson. Mark Eccleston reviews Danny Boyle's latest film, Slumdog Millionaire
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Biopic Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll, Jonathen Lethem, Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson.
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Mark Lawson with arts news, interviews and reviews.
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Arts news and reviews with John Wilson.
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With Mark Lawson, including an interview with best-selling novelist Iain Banks.
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Arts news and reviews.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
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John Wilson presents, with guest writer Margaret Drabble; plus a new Handel exhibition.
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With Mark Lawson, including a review of The Infidel, a film written by David Baddiel.
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Mark Lawson follows singer Ian Bostridge, preparing to star in Britten's Death in Venice.
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with Mark Lawson, including a report on proposals for a giant public art work in Ebbsfleet
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Arlene Phillips reviews a new documentary about the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
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Arts news with Kirsty Lang. Including the verdict on John Boorman's film The Tiger's Tail.
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With John Wilson. Including an interview with Oscar winning actress Juliette Binoche.
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Including an interview with Harry Potter actress Emma Watson.
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Arts news and reviews.
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With John Wilson, including an interview with crime writer Mark Billingham.
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John Wilson reports on David Byrne turning a building into a huge musical instrument.
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Germaine Greer talks to Mark Lawson about her new book on Shakespeare's marriage.
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Colin Firth, Pauline Malefane, a review of new drama Trinity, and how important is font?
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including an interview with Tom Jones.
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With Mark Lawson. Including an interview with writer Clive James on his 70th birthday.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, who talks to playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah.
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With Kirsty Lang. New York-based artist Julian Schnabel gives a rare interview.
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Including a report from the opening night of the RSC's Noughts and Crosses.
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The announcement of the winner of the BBC National Short Story Award; silent films on TV.
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With Kirsty Lang, including an interview with Tamsin Little.
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With Kirsty Lang. Including an interview with Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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Playwright Frank McGuinness and a round-up of the must-see art exhibitions of the year.
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Arts review. Kirsty Lang talks to Booker nominee Rachel Seiffert.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
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A review of horror film The Wolfman; a new TV documentary on Muslim extremism.
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With Mark Lawson, including a report on a new production of John Osborne's The Entertainer
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Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island; Ian McEwan's Solar; Don Warrington; Eddie Kramer.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including an interview with George Clooney.
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Arts news and reviews with John Wilson.
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With Mark Lawson, including an interview with Pierce Brosnan on his latest film.
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With Mark Lawson. Including an interview with singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright.
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Arts news, reviews and an interview with soprano Danielle de Niese.
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With comedian Rob Brydon, Welsh national poet Gillian Clarke and a review of Coraline.
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Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
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TV and the Royal Family; singer Kiki Dee; David Edgar on How Plays Work. With Mark Lawson.
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With Kirsty Lang. Including a review of Mamma Mia! The Movie.
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Abba's Benny Andersson tells John Wilson about his Swedish folk roots.
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Arts news and reviews.
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John Wilson reports on the breadth of current British folk music.
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With Mark Lawson, including an interview with American comic writer David Sedaris.
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The Booker shortlist, Nick Cave's new novel, Beatles remastered and The September Issue.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, who talks to actor Alan Alda.
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With John Wilson. Including an interview with Liverpool-born director Terence Davies.
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Eoin Colfer, Paul Durcan and the story of a Shetland fisherman who sang the blues.
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Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
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With Mark Lawson, including an interview with David Simon, creator of The Wire.
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Including 2009 Turner Prize-winning artist Richard Wright.
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Derek Jacobi stars in a new staging of King Lear. Mark Lawson reviews the first night.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
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With Kirsty Lang. Including a report from the Bromley By Bow health centre.
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Arts and cultural discussion programme, with Kirsty Lang.
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With John Wilson. Andew Collins reflects on portrayals of the artist/agent relationship.
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A review of romantic comedy Valentine's Day; Helen Baxendale on producing her new film.
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Mark Lawson with arts news, interviews and reviews.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
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Richard Briers on his latest role; Pete Waterman on his search for the UK Eurovision entry
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Arts news, interviews and features. Mark Lawson talks to poet Tony Harrison.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
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Including Philip Glenister on the second series of Ashes to Ashes.
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With Mark Lawson, including a review of the new version of the TV classic The Prisoner.
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Mark Lawson reviews a new stage version of DBC Pierre's Booker winner Vernon God Little.
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Arts news and reviews with John Wilson.
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With Mark Lawson, including the verdict on the return of The Incredible Hulk to the cinema
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Including an interview with Derren Brown and a discussion on the art of writing history.
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Mark Lawson meets singer and songwriter Leonard Cohen.
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With Mark Lawson. Including an interview with architect Frank Gehry.
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With Kirsty Lang. Plus TV drama Desperate Romantics, Apollo missions music, MJ Hyland.
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Arts news and reviews.
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With Mark Lawson, including an interview with artist and film maker Steve McQueen.
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Includes a review of Meryl Streep's latest film and a look at Charles Saatchi's new book.
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With Mark Lawson. Including a review of Ratatouille, the latest film from Brad Bird.
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With Kirsty Lang. Including an interview with TV anthropologist Bruce Parry.
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Val McDermid on TV police documentary The Force, and Diaghilev remembered.
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With Kirsty Lang, who investigates how pianists choose their instruments.
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Including Paul Gambaccini's review of Taking Woodstock, the new film from director Ang Lee
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With Mark Lawson, including an interview with the pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard.
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Michael Frayn discusses his travel writing; Elvis Costello on the Black-E arts centre.
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Kirsty Lang reports on new shows at the Bristol Old Vic and the Liverpool Playhouse.
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Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
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Benicio Del Toro talks about the difficulty of funding a film about a communist hero.
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Mark Lawson talks to Oscar-nominated actor Jeff Bridges and the architect IM Pei.
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With Mark Lawson, who looks at how Hollywood has depicted prehistory.
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Mark Lawson meets writer and director Tony Gilroy.
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The verdict on Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to The Phantom of The Opera, Love Never Dies.
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Arts news and reviews. Mark Lawson talks to crime writer Donna Leon.
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With Kirsty Lang, including an interview with the New Zealand writer Lloyd Jones.
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Alan Ayckbourn reflects on a career in which he has written 72 full length plays.
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Kirsty Lang reports on the film Goodbye Bafana, based on Nelson Mandela's time in prison.
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With Mark Lawson, including a review of M Night Shyamalan's film The Happening.
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With Mark Lawson. Discussing new productions of The Cherry Orchard and The Winter's Tale.
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With Mark Lawson, including the verdict on a new recording of West Side Story.
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With Mark Lawson. Including an interview with best Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie.
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Mark Lawson reports on the continuing success of celebrity memoirs.
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Arts news and reviews.
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Tracy Chevalier on her new novel, a review of Sin Nombre and the verdict on demo tracks.
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With Mark Lawson, including the first in a series of reports on major erotic artworks.
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The programme includes a probe into how physics has been represented in the arts.
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Barry Humphries on his numerous creations; how did Derren Brown guess the lottery numbers?
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
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With Mark Lawson. Including an interview with daytime television host Richard Madeley.
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With Kirsty Lang. Dr Eleanor Robson reviews the Babylon exhibition at the British Museum.
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A review of new film The White Ribbon, and a report on illegal file sharing.
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With Mark Lawson. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld talks about the animated film Bee Movie.
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John Wilson considers Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture.
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Heidi Thomas on writing Cranford; children's books for over 9s; film-maker Sally Potter.
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With Kirsty Lang, who reviews Matilda, a new RSC musical based on the book by Roald Dahl.
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Kirsty Lang discusses City of Vice with Lucy Moore and Dreda Say Mitchell.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including an interview with Antonia Fraser.
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Mark Lawson talks to Tony Gilroy, writer and director of the film Michael Clayton.
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John Wilson reviews Notorious, a new film about the life of rapper Biggie Smalls.
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My Name Is Khan reviewed; Michael Landy's Art Bin: how full is it now?
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With John Wilson, who reports on random, a new play by debbie tucker green.
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Mark Lawson with a report on how comedy shows make the move from radio to television.
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The new TV series from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks; interview with actor Phil Daniels .
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With John Wilson, including the verdict on the Oscar-winning film The Lives of Others.
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With Kirsty Lang, including a look at the music of Mali-born kora player Toumani Diabate.
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Kirsty Lang reviews the National Theatre's staging of the film A Matter of Life and Death.
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An interview with writer Edna O'Brien. RIBA Trust Annual Lecture. Angels & Demons review.
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Arts news and reviews.
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With Mark Lawson. Including a review of Michael Frayn's new play Afterlife.
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Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang, who meets Guillermo del Toro.
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Mark Lawson with arts news, interviews and reviews.
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With Mark Lawson. GP Sarah Jarvis reviews ITV1's new medical drama Harley Street.
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With Kirsty Lang, including an interview with the Hollywood screenwriter Budd Schulberg.
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Looking at the Hollywood Blacklist; Tony Parsons on his new novel; and self-portraits.
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Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
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With Kirsty Lang, including an interview with author and screenwriter Lynda La Plante.
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Paula Rego Museum in Portugal, Icelandic tenor Gardar Thor Cortes; playwright Richard Bean
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Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, who meets the singer and composer Enya.
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Mark Lawson on the new Nottingham Contemporary arts venue and director Steven Soderbergh.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
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With Kirsty Lang, including a review of a new staging of Twelfth Night.
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Harry Hill on his show TV Burp; Alexander Hanson on the production of A Little Night Music
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With Kirsty Lang. Composer Orlando Gough talks about his latest project
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Meatloaf on being a reality TV judge, and Up in the Air reviewed.
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With Mark Lawson.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
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John Wilson reports from the opening night of the new comic play England People Very Nice.
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With a review of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief and Sebastian Barry's new play.
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With Mark Lawson, including an interview with artist Andy Goldsworthy.
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Mark Lawson with arts news, interviews and reviews.
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Arts news, interviews and reviews, with Kirsty Lang.
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TV drama Blood And Oil reviewed; how can today's authors best promote their books?
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With Mark Lawson, including news of the 2007 Man Booker International prize contenders.
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Tina Fey and Steve Carell on new movie Date Night.
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With Mark Lawson, including an interview with Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing.
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With Mark Lawson. Includes a review of US TV drama Lie To Me, starring Tim Roth.
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Arts news and reviews.
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With John Wilson, including an interview with members of the band Coldplay.
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Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang. Reviewing Helen Mirren's performance as Phedre.
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With Kirsty Lang, including the first-night verdict on a new production of Saint Joan.
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Mark Lawson meets actress Elaine Stritch, who reflects on a 60-year career.
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Writers join Mark Lawson to explore the best ways of writing about the past.
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Arts news and reviews. Mark Lawson meets screenwriter Jimmy McGovern.
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Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang, including an interview with Will Self.
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Kirsty Lang discusses Channel 4's new drama The Relief of Belsen with Anne Karpf.
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Writer John Irving on his new novel, and a review of Tate Modern's tenth annual commission
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With Mark Lawson. Phil Redmond and actor Todd Carty look back at Grange Hill.
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With Mark Lawson. Maureen Lipman talks about grief, poetry and a German sausage.
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A review of the apocalyptic film 2012, and Norah Jones on her new CD, The Fall.
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Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. Including an interview with Dustin Hoffman.
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With John Wilson. Graham Linehan and Chris O'Dowd discuss the latest series The IT Crowd.
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With Mark lawson. John Inverdale reviews The Wrestler starring Micky Rourke.
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Mark Lawson with the verdict on an exhibition of Gilbert and George at Tate Modern.
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Mark Lawson talks to actor and singer John Barrowman about his recent autobiography.
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Arts news and reviews. Mark Lawson reports on the rise of the celebrity memoir.
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With Mark Lawson, including the verdict on two new biopics: Factory Girl and Fur.
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Mark Lawson with arts news, interviews and reviews.
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Featuring jazz saxophonist Lester Young on the 50th anniversary of his death.
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Arts news and reviews with John Wilson.
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Poet and Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney is in conversation with Mark Lawson.
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Warwick Davis on the pressures of being one of the world's leading short actors.
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With Mark Lawson, including news of the shortlist for the Turner Prize for visual art.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. With Beth Ditto on being a feminist icon.
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Mark Lawson with arts news and an interview with novelist Eoin McNamee.
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Kirsty Lang talks to actor Noel Clarke and to Sir Jonathan Miller.
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Kirsty Lang with arts news, interviews and reviews.
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With author Glen David Gold, a review of Frozen River and Jimmy McGovern on The Street.
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With Mark Lawson, including an interview with Julian Clary about his novel Murder Most Fab
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Kirsty Lang reports from the Edinburgh fringe festival.
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John Wilson interviews the man behind Woodstock as it celebrates its 40th anniversary.
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Philippa Gregory on her new historical novel about Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII.
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Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
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With Mark Lawson. John Sutherland discusses the art of finishing off someone else's book.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
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With Kirsty Lang, who meets singer and actress Bette Midler.
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Kirsty Lang talks to Richard Sherman, co-writer of songs for many Disney films.
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Paul Theroux's latest novel; two projects combining art and music; review of An Education.
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Arts news and reviews with John Wilson.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, who meets dramatist Tracy Letts.
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Four of the women playing the Queen in a new TV series discuss the role with John Wilson.
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Kirsty Lang presents a special programme about songs written for Disney films.
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Interviews with Costa-winning poet Christopher Reid and leading composer George Benjamin.
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Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. Including an interview with the Pet Shop Boys.
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In a special report from Beijing, John Wilson visits the 2008 Olympic Stadium.
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Actress Kitty McGeever; Raiders of the Lost Ark - The Adaptation; author KM Peyton.
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Mark Lawson with the verdict on the big screen version of the TV series Sex and the City.
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Colour at Tate Liverpool, Sandra Bernhard and Sarah Hall on the stones of Cumbria.
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With Kirsty Lang. Former Wimbledon tennis champion Martina Navratilova discusses her art.
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Talking to the first official biographer of Muriel Spark and crime writer Lee Child.
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John Wilson uncovers the history of China's famous terracotta warriors.
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With Mark Lawson. Lenny Henry discusses his career.
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With Kirsty Lang. Including an interview with Scottish actor Alan Cumming.
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Arts news and reviews with John Wilson, who meets singer and songwriter P J Harvey.
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With Kirsty Lang. Do songs that have been re-mastered really sound any different?
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Including an interview with Michael Caine; reviews of Philip Roth and Churchill TV drama.
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Kirsty Lang with arts news and interviews.
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With Mark Lawson. Actor David Morrissey discusses his TV, film and theatre career.
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Robert Englund on life as Freddy Krueger; a review of the new TV sitcom, Big Top.
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Mark Lawson reports on how some of 2007's best sculpture has been found in the open air.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including a review of the film Cloverfield.
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Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson on new thriller play Ghost Stories.
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Featuring the verdict on Peter Schaffer's Equus, starring Daniel Radcliffe.
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Arts news and reviews with John Wilson.
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With Mark Lawson, including an interview with Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster.
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With John Wilson, Including a review of Helen, an art-house film about teenage identity.
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Arts news and reviews. John Wilson meets artist Peter Blake.
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Arts news and reviews. Hugh Laurie talks to Mark Lawson about his role in US drama House.
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With Mark Lawson, including the verdict on David Eldridge's play Under the Blue Sky.
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Arts news and reviews. Discussing the Booker Prize longlist.
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With Mark Lawson. Including the verdict on the film 1408, based on a Stephen King story.
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With Kirsty Lang. Hollywood screenwriter Richard Price talks about his new novel 'Lush'.
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Marc Almond on his Gypsy folk songs, and writer Frank Cottrell Boyce.
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Arts news and reviews with John Wilson.
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Ricky Gervais on his new film The Invention of Lying.
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With Kirsty Lang. Sex and the City columnist Candace Bushnell talks about her new book.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including a vampire special.
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With Mark Lawson, including a report from a major exhibition on the mysteries of sleep.
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With Kirsty Lang. Andrew Lycett talks about a newly-discovered play by Dylan Thomas.
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John Wilson meets architect Norman Foster, who discusses some of his most famous designs.
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The lives of Somerset Maugham, Muriel Spark and William Golding in a biography special.
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With Mark Lawson, including an interview with screenwriter Troy Kennedy Martin.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
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With Mark Lawson. Including an interview with Oscar-winning film-maker John Lasseter.
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Andrea Levy on her new book The Long Song; Julien Temple on 1970s band Dr Feelgood.
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Arts news and reviews with John Wilson.
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Arts news, interviews and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
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Roger Daltrey on performing The Who's album Quadrophenia for the first time in ten years.
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With Mark Lawson. David Lodge talks about his new novel Deaf Sentence.
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Poet Wendy Cope and composer Roxanna Panufnik discuss their collaboration.
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Arts news and reviews. Mark Lawson reports on Dali and Film, a major exhibition.
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Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
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Kirsty Lang meets Sharon D Clarke, a talent-show judge turned performer in a musical.
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Including an interview with Russell T Davies about Dr Who spin-off series Torchwood.
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With Mark Lawson. Michael Portillo announces the books for this year's Man Booker prize.
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With a review of Rachel Weisz in A Streetcar Named Desire. David Peace on his latest novel
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With Kirsty Lang. Anne McElvoy reviews the TV drama Fiona's Story starring Gina McKee.
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Jacqueline Wilson talks about her new book, Hetty Feather, her first historical story.
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John Wilson with arts news, interviews and reviews.
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With John Wilson. Singer Tony Christie talks about returning to his South Yorkshire.
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A report on the Ashmolean Museum's re-opening, after a multi-million pound redevelopment.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
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Mark Lawson reports on the art of sustaining interest in a long-running TV drama series.
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Mark Lawson reports on rumours of the death of the book.
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John Wilson reports from Iran on a British bid to borrow artefacts for an exhibition.
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Mark Lawson reports from New York on major theatre openings.
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The verdict on the Richard Curtis film about a 1960s pirate radio station.
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Steven Moffat on writing the new Doctor Who.
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Mark Lawson reports from the opening night of Martin Crimp's play The City.
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Graham Coxon discusses the Blur reunion and there's a review of classic farce Rookery Nook
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Arts news and reviews. Mark Lawson meets the renowned minimalist composer Philip Glass.
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Sheila Hancock talks to Mark Lawson about her career on stage and screen.
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With Mark Lawson, including a report on an unusual new commission from artist Martin Creed
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Mark Lawson chats to Johnny Depp about his latest film role.
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Arts news and reviews. Includes a review of the film Coco Before Chanel.
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With Kirsty Lang, including an interview with the South African novelist Andre Brink.
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Singer-songwriter Mika on his new album, and a review of Breakfast at Tiffany's.
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With Mark Lawson. Alastair Campbell discusses his first novel.
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John Wilson presents a BBC Maida Vale studios special.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
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New Cameron Diaz film, The Box; the National Short Story Award.
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Mark Lawson talks to leading comedians about their moves beyond stand-up.
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John Wilson meets the new generation of British female singer songwriters.
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Arts news and reviews with John Wilson.
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With Mark Lawson, including a review of Michael Haneke's remake of Funny Games.
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With Mark Lawson. Jonathan Miller on madness and art, and the satirical film Religulous.
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Jenny Agutter on 40 years of The Railway Children. With John Wilson.
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Kirsty Lang with arts news, interviews and reviews.
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With Kirsty Lang, including a report on an exhibition called Changing Face of Childhood.
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Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang, including an interview with writer James Frey.
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Arts news and reviews. Includes a look at the exhibition Exquisite Bodies.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Writer William Trevor reflects on his long career.
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With Mark Lawson, including an interview with the Oscar-winning actress Juliette Binoche.
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With Mark Lawson, including an interview with the actor Timothy Spall.
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Mark Lawson talks to actors about training, choosing a role, type-casting and ageing.
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John Wilson reports on how musicians respond to working in the shadow of past success.
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Clint Eastwood, Emma Watson and Johnny Depp feature in this actors' special.
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Michael Frayn reflects on his childhood and his career, in conversation with Mark Lawson.
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With Mark Lawson, who meets Aaron Sorkin, creator of White House drama The West Wing.
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Mark Lawson reports on the 2011 Academy Award nominations.
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News and reviews with Mark Lawson. Guests are Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg.
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Mark Lawson puts Alan Bennett in the Mastermind chair, on the TV plays of Alan Bennett.
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Alan Bleasdale on The Sinking of the Laconia and Russell Crowe in The Next Three Days.
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Mark Lawson talks to Alan Sugar; Don Bachardy recalls living with Christopher Isherwood.
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Mark Lawson talks to Alex Ross about classical and pop music and Richard Eyre about farce.
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Reviewing Angelina Jolie's starring role as a renegade CIA agent in Salt.
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Anjelica Huston on her late father John Huston; David Bailey; the film Please Give.
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Mark Lawson talks to comedians Armstrong and Miller and reviews the US drama The Event.
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With John Wilson. Including the verdict on Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Aspects of Love.
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With Mark Lawson, including novelist C J Sansom who discusses his Tudor mysteries.
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With John Wilson, who interviews ballet star Carlos Acosta and comedian John Bishop.
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With Mark Lawson, who talks to David Remnick about his new biography of Barack Obama.
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Javier Bardem in Biutiful, and Winter's Bone director Debra Granik.
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Barry Humphries on Dame Edna, and John Simm discusses playing Hamlet.
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With Mark Lawson, including news of the winner of the BBC National Short Story Award.
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Comedian Richard Herring and a review of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings.
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With Mark Lawson, including comedian Bill Bailey and Spooks actor Peter Firth.
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Bjork on the Moomins; the cultural regeneration of Scarborough; an Elizabethan thriller.
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Mark Lawson explores Art you can touch, selects new crime fiction and reviews Black Swan.
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A Boy George TV biopic, the Art Fund Prize shortlist and composing music for video games.
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Brenda Blethyn stars in London River, a film set after the London bombings on July 7 2005.
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Bret Easton Ellis discusses his new novel, a sequel to his 1985 debut Less Than Zero.
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Mark Lawson reviews Toy Story 3 and Bruce Forsyth in Living with Brucie.
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Bryan Ferry, novelist Anne Enright and the Royal Opera House's new project.
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Simon Pegg in comedy horror film Burke and Hare and Arts Council England cuts.
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Mark Lawson talks to Catherine Tate and reviews Sofia Coppola's film Somewhere.
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Kirsty Lang talks to mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli and comedian Simon Amstell.
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Celebrity photographer Albert Watson and rap at the British Library.
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The verdict on Christopher Eccleston and Russell Brand, both playing rock stars on screen.
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Christopher Nolan on his latest film Inception, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
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Sound of Music actor Christopher Plummer and Ed Smith on new cricket film Out of the Ashes
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John Wilson has news of the winner of the UK City of Culture 2013.
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James Nesbitt and Minnie Driver star in TV submarine drama The Deep.
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Mark Lawson announces the Costa Book Award category winners and talks to Colin Firth.
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Mark Lawson reveals the contenders for the Costa Book Awards.
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Country star Glen Campbell and the cello piece fit for Prince Charles.
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Featuring Dame Beryl Grey, Ben Stiller in the film Greenberg and Big Brother's legacy.
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Mark Lawson meets crime writer Peter James and chairs Front Row's World Cup jukebox jury.
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John Wilson talks to Damien Hirst and reviews the British Art Show, held every five years.
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Damon Albarn on returning to Glastonbury.
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David Grossman; Eddie Kadi; and DVDs made exclusively for a supermarket.
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Actor and former Frasier star David Hyde Pierce discusses his British stage debut.
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John Wilson. Including a review of David Jason: The Show Must Go On!
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With Mark Lawson, including news of the shortlist for the BBC National Short Story Award.
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Mark Lawson talks to Dawn French about her first novel, and to jazz singer Cleo Laine.
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With Mark Lawson, who reviews a new staging of Deathtrap, starring Simon Russell Beale.
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With John Wilson, who talks to actor Tim Robbins about his new band and album.
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Mark Lawson interviews Eddie Izzard and reviews The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's' Nest.
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With Mark Lawson, including an interview with American dramatist Edward Albee.
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With Mark Lawson, including Elle Mcpherson, a lesson from Tap Dogs and Museum of the Year.
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John Wilson interviews songwriter Elvis Costello, and comedians Rob Brydon & Steve Coogan.
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Mark Lawson reviews Fela! and author Michael Dobbs assesses actors playing Mrs Thatcher.
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James Mangold on Knight And Day and directing A-list stars such as Tom Cruise.
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Kirsty Lang reports on why so many films and TV dramas are 'Based on a True Story'.
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Mark Lawson asks Fiona Banner why she's placed two fighter jets in Tate Britain.
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With Mark Lawson, including Four Lions reviewed and the Turner Prize shortlist.
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Kirsty Lang reports on the latest art to appear on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Frederick Forsyth on his new novel, Cobra.
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Mark Lawson hosts the Front Row Quiz, questioning two teams on their arts knowledge.
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Nick Hornby and Ben Folds, and a review of new Gauguin retrospective.
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A special edition in tribute to the Nobel prizewinning playwright Harold Pinter.
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Mark Lawson is at the launch of the Cultural Olympiad, and interviews comedian Harry Hill.
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Trumpeter Herb Alpert discusses his career. Plus a review of The Town starring Ben Affleck
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Highlights from the Edinburgh Fringe, including drama, comedy and music, with Mark Lawson.
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Kirsty Lang talks to Hilary Swank, Dulwich Picture Gallery director and child comedians.
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Mark Lawson focuses on Alfred Hitchcock's complex working relationship with women.
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Dramatist Howard Brenton on Anne Boleyn; Woody Allen and Francis Ford Coppola reviewed.
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Mark Lawson unwraps interviews with the names behind the arts headlines of the year.
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Kirsty Lang talks to Andrew Graham-Dixon about the artist Caravaggio and to I am Kloot.
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Mark Lawson talks to leading novelists about the art of teaching creative writing.
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With Mark Lawson in Belfast, including an interview with the poet Paul Muldoon.
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Jack Nicholson, National Theatre Director Nicholas Hytner and poet Jo Shapcott.
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Jean Michel Jarre on his 150-date world tour, and Sir John Eliot Gardiner on Monteverdi.
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Mark Lawson meets the writer John le Carre.
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson who meets American writer John Updike.
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Christopher Hitchens; Michael Winterbottom's new film; Birmingham's City of Culture bid.
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John Wilson talks to Al Green and sees a new film from 88-year-old director Alain Resnais.
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Mark Lawson discusses the death of guitar bands with Johnny Marr and Jo Whiley.
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Mark Lawson talks to Julia Roberts and discusses Diaghilev with modern choreographers.
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Kirsty Lang presents. Julian Fellowes and Hugh Bonneville on Downton Abbey.
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John Wilson talks to Julian Schnabel about directing films and artist Ben Johnson.
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The verdict on the film The Kids Are All Right; Lloyd Cole; Bill Tarmey on Jack Duckworth.
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Julie Andrews reviewed, Junior Apprentice, and an interview with Tippi Hedren.
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Kim Cattrall on playing Cleopatra in Liverpool; Diary of a Wimpy Kid the film reviewed.
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Kirsty Lang meets film-maker Terry Gilliam, who celebrates his 70th birthday this year.
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Kirsty Lang reports on a major Picasso exhibition co-curated by the artist's grandson.
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News of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards; Klaxons interviewed; crime writer Jo Nesbo.
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Mark Lawson reports from Hull to mark the 25th anniversary of poet Philip Larkin's death.
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With Kirsty Lang, including playwright David Greig on his new version of Peter Pan.
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M Night Shyamalan on The Last Airbender, and news of the Booker longlist.
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Includes a review of Made in Dagenham, plus KT Tunstall and two new TV cop dramas.
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Mark Lawson talks to Margaret Atwood about her life and work.
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Marilyn Monroe's hand-written fragments; best-selling children's writer Michelle Paver.
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Robert Downey Jr returns to the role of Iron Man; and Mark Knopfler on Brothers in Arms.
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John Wilson reviews Black Dynamite, a spoof of 70s Blaxploitation films.
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Martin Gayford on sitting for Lucian Freud, the Booker shortlist and the Mercury Prize.
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With Kirsty Lang, including an interview with actor Martin Shaw.
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John Wilson interviews actor Michael Gambon, and singer and musician Robert Wyatt.
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With Kirsty Lang, including a report on the Thai film which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
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With John Wilson, including interviews with Eric Idle and pianist Louis Lortie.
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Harrison Ford in Morning Glory; screenwriter Neil Jordan; special effects in film.
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With Kirsty Lang, including a review of Morte d'Arthur on stage at the RSC in Stratford.
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Kirsty Lang discusses new TV talent show Must be the Music. Plus playwright Enda Walsh.
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John Wilson reviews Peter Mullan's film NEDS, about Glasgow teenage-gangs in the 1970s.
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A review of the new urban vicarage sitcom Rev and an interview with artist Francis Alys.
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With Kirsty Lang, including the Stones back with Exile on Main St, and China Mieville.
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Nicolas Roeg on Canaletto's images of Venice; Andrew Lloyd Webber on the Palladium at 100.
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With Mark Lawson, who talks to Nicole Kidman and cellist Steven Isserlis.
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With Mark Lawson, including interviews with Nigel Kennedy and the artist Marc Quinn.
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Arts and cultural discussion. Mark Lawson talks to American writer, Norman Mailer.
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With Mark Lawson, including David Mitchell on his latest novel, and Keane on their new EP.
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Mark Lawson has the verdict on Oliver Stone's new documentary, South of the Border.
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Oscar-winning film and stage director Danny Boyle in conversation with Mark Lawson.
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Mark Lawson talks to Paul O'Grady and reports from the Liverpool Art Biennial.
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Mark Lawson talks to PD James as her only work about a true crime is republished.
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With Mark Lawson. Kenneth Branagh reflects on a year of critical acclaim.
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With Mark Lawson. Julie Walters, Catherine Johnson Phyllida Lloyd talk about Mamma Mia!
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The verdict on Peter Kay's return to stand-up after seven years away; Ian Rankin at 50.
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Philip Roth, regarded by many as America's finest living novelist, talks to Mark Lawson.
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Magnum photographer Steve McCurry; director Ralph Ziman on dangerous film locations.
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With John Wilson, including Picasso in Liverpool, Tosca in London and singer Tracey Thorn.
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John Wilson talks to two of the year's musical successes, Tinie Tempah and Plan B.
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Mark Lawson talks to Poet Jackie Kay and reviews a TV drama about Hattie Jacques.
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Mark Lawson reports on prequels and sequels, with Bret Easton Ellis and Scott Turow.
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John Wilson reports on Robert Lindsay's stage portrayal of the tycoon Aristotle Onassis.
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Mark Lawson reviews Peter Hall's new National Theatre production of Twelfth Night.
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John Wilson meets producer William Orbit, and Romantics at Tate Britain.
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John Wilson reviews Bruce Willis in the film Red; Peter Asher remembers Apple Records.
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Sebastian Junger on Restrepo; children's author Cornelia Funke; photographer Martin Parr.
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Reviews of new play Bedlam and TV series The Young Ones.
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Comedian Ricky Gervais; Megamind reviewed; and the William Hill Sports Book of the Year.
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With Mark Lawson, including The Pre-Raphaelites and Italy at the Ashmolean Museum.
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Mark Lawson looks at what impact 40% cuts would have on the arts.
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Arts interviews, news and reviews, with Mark Lawson.
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Dame Joan Sutherland tribute, plus Ronnie Wood on his new album.
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Russell Brand and Jo Brand; Oliver Stone's Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.
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Russell Crowe, Ashes to Ashes and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Scissor Sisters and Art Fund Prize-shortlisted Ulster Museum.
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With Kirsty Lang, including Jeremy Dyson on Dahl and the Scissor Sisters on Mapplethorpe.
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Mark Lawson meets Scott Turow, who has written a sequel to Presumed Innocent.
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With Mark Lawson, including an interview with screenwriter and producer Jimmy McGovern.
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Sean Connery at 80; Inspector Morse on stage, starring Colin Baker.
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Mark Lawson interviews the acclaimed Korean-American novelist Chang-rae Lee.
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With Mark Lawson. Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman in modern day Sherlock dramas.
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Simon Callow on his memoir; Jeanette Winterson on the seductions of fiction.
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John Wilson talks to Simon Le Bon; Trevor Eve plays an international hostage negotiator.
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Kirsty Lang meets comedian Simon Pegg. Plus Kim Cattrall in Antony and Cleopatra.
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Tom Jones on his new album, John Lee Hooker, Elvis and hair care for the older gentleman.
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Sir David Attenborough on fossils; war artists on working in Afghanistan.
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Sir Michael Caine reflects on his Hollywood career, in the light of a new memoir.
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Mark Lawson meets director Sir Peter Hall, who is about to celebrate his 80th birthday.
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Mark Lawson asks Ed Vaizey about how the Spending Review announcement will affect the arts
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Stephen Fry on his new volume of autobiography, The Fry Chronicles.
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Kirsty Lang meets actor Stephen Mangan, and Barry Douglas and Leslie Howard discuss Liszt.
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Stephen Sondheim in conversation with Mark Lawson, recorded at the Cheltenham Festival.
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Mark Lawson discusses the songs and shows of Stephen Sondheim, who is 80 this year.
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John Wilson talks to poet Jo Shapcott and musician Steve Winwood.
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Remakes of The Karate Kid and The A-Team reviewed; Stewart Lee analyses his stand-up act.
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Brett Anderson and Mat Osman from the re-formed band Suede; Let Me In reviewed.
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Suzanne Vega, RA Summer Exhibition, Rattigan's After the Dance, and Orange Prize announced
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With Kirsty Lang, including a review of new film Tamara Drewe starring Gemma Arterton.
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Disney's new version of the Rapunzel story, Tangled; and TV documentary on teenage deaths.
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A special edition on the 10th anniversary of Tate Modern, presented by John Wilson.
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George Clooney in The American; Seth MacFarlane; and Rufus Wainwright on Judy Garland.
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The Expendables; Jonathan Harvey on his new play Corrie!; crime writer MC Beaton.
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Mark Lawson reviews Seth Rogen in the new superhero film The Green Hornet.
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With Mark Lawson. Teenagers on stage and tv screen in The Inbetweeners and Punk Rock.
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With Mark Lawson, including a review of the film The Joneses, starring Demi Moore.
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With Kirsty Lang, including oud player Khyam Allami and novelist Tom McCarthy.
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Kirsty Lang meets Karl Marlantes, whose Vietnam war novel is based on his own experiences.
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Rapper Tinie Tempah; Chinese film Aftershock; documentary maker John Krish.
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In a special programme, Mark Lawson profiles the dramatist Tom Stoppard.
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Mark Lawson talks to Tony Parsons; secretly-taken images and CCTV footage at Tate Modern.
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Mark Lawson unwraps more interviews with the names behind the year's arts headlines.
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Mark Lawson travels to Margate to meet Tracey Emin, as she unveils a new work.
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Tracy Chevalier and Audrey Niffenegger tour Highgate Cemetery. Plus interactive Doctor Who
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With Mark Lawson, including an interview with South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela.
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Kirsty Lang reports on the Turner Prize 2010 and David Tennant's new TV drama.
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U Be Dead reviewed; extra footage in Avatar and Metropolis: does it improve the films?
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With Kirsty Lang, including a review of the remake of Upstairs Downstairs.
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Vast new Anish Kapoor sculpture and guitarist Richard Thompson on directing Meltdown.
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John Wilson meets adventurer Steve Backshall, and reports on the Dennis Hopper art sale.
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With Mark Lawson, including an interview with playwright Willy Russell.
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Lynda Carter on playing Wonder Woman, and Roger Michell on the end of the UK Film Council.
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Yes Prime Minister on stage; Abi Morgan's new Royal Wedding TV drama; news from Cannes.
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Zoe Wanamaker and David Suchet in All My Sons and writer Joseph O'Connor interviewed.
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