Novelists who take on another writer's characters, with guests including PD James.
Published on Tuesday, 3rd January 2012.
John Wilson talks to singers Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Jack Jones, Bruce Forsyth.
Published on Thursday, 29th December 2011.
Novelists from India and Pakistan on writing about profound social and political shifts.
Published on Wednesday, 28th December 2011.
Mark Lawson talks to singers Joseph Calleja, Ian Bostridge, Mark Padmore and Iestyn Davies
Published on Tuesday, 27th December 2011.
Mark Lawson unwraps more new interviews with arts headline-makers of 2011.
Published on Friday, 23rd December 2011.
Mark Lawson unwraps a selection of new interviews with the arts headline-makers of 2011.
Published on Thursday, 22nd December 2011.
Paul Merton on the Artist; Adele's producer Paul Epworth; new neon artwork for Salford.
Published on Wednesday, 21st December 2011.
Michelle Yeoh on The Lady; book cover design in the digital age; music picks of 2011.
Published on Tuesday, 20th December 2011.
Interview with Jennifer Saunders and the verdict on the latest Mission: Impossible film.
Published on Monday, 19th December 2011.
Former Python Terry Jones; young James Herriot and Morse on TV; old carols in new clothes.
Published on Friday, 16th December 2011.
David Fincher on The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo; crime book round-up; Vikram Seth.
Published on Thursday, 15th December 2011.
John Wilson interviews Simon Schama on government art; panto first-timers; Fiona Banner.
Published on Wednesday, 14th December 2011.
Mark Lawson meets David Jason and reviews Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes.
Published on Tuesday, 13th December 2011.
Meryl Streep on playing Margaret Thatcher; the pick of books for children.
Published on Monday, 12th December 2011.
Comedy DVD round-up; Sophie Okonedo in Haunted Child; artist Graham Sutherland reassessed.
Published on Friday, 9th December 2011.
Kirsty Lang with Annie Lennox; Nick Park on his new music video; The Ladykillers reviewed.
Published on Thursday, 8th December 2011.
Mark Lawson with songwriter Carole King; author Don DeLillo; Eddie Redmayne as Richard II.
Published on Wednesday, 7th December 2011.
Amy Winehouse's posthumous CD; Brian Sewell on his memoirs; New Year's Eve reviewed.
Published on Tuesday, 6th December 2011.
Mark Lawson talks to John Cleese about his career, from Monty Python to his Alimony Tour.
The Heart of Robin Hood at the RSC; Tracy Chevalier and Joanna Trollope.
Published on Friday, 2nd December 2011.
Kirsty Lang talks to Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz and reviews the film The Big Year.
Published on Thursday, 1st December 2011.
Mark Lawson reviews Lenny Henry in The Comedy of Errors, and meets Rob Brydon.
Published on Wednesday, 30th November 2011.
Ricky Gervais on Life's Too Short and Wayne McGregor on his new dance work.
Published on Tuesday, 29th November 2011.
Mark Lawson on Martin Scorsese's new film; news of the Sports Book of the Year winner.
Published on Monday, 28th November 2011.
Shakespeare Folio Thefts; Desperate Scousewives reviewed.
Published on Friday, 25th November 2011.
The film The Deep Blue Sea, based Terence Rattigan's play; John Craven on Newsround at 40.
Published on Thursday, 24th November 2011.
John Wilson reviews the film Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt as an underdog baseball manager
Published on Wednesday, 23rd November 2011.
John Wilson meets Kate Bush as she releases a new album of songs inspired by snow.
Published on Tuesday, 22nd November 2011.
With Kirsty Lang, including Gillian Slovo on her play The Riots; WWII film Resistance.
Published on Monday, 21st November 2011.
Kirsty Lang meets the comedian, pianist and composer Tim Minchin; Rihanna reassessed.
Published on Friday, 18th November 2011.
The Killing returns for a second series; comedian Sean Hughes reflects on death.
Published on Thursday, 17th November 2011.
Robert Lindsay and Joanna Lumley on stage; and Ugly Betty's America Ferrera.
Published on Wednesday, 16th November 2011.
Terence Conran at 80; news of the shortlists for the Costa Book Awards.
Published on Tuesday, 15th November 2011.
Neil LaBute on his new play with Billie Piper; Ian Rankin on undercover TV shows.
Published on Monday, 14th November 2011.
Kirsty Lang reviews the new TV drama series Pan Am, and meets baritone Simon Keenlyside.
Published on Friday, 11th November 2011.
Mark Lawson reviews a new production of Hamlet starring Michael Sheen.
Published on Thursday, 10th November 2011.
John Wilson reviews Rum Diary and talks to legendary music producer Nile Rodgers.
Published on Wednesday, 9th November 2011.
Mark Lawson reviews the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition and talks to tenor Joseph Calleja.
Published on Tuesday, 8th November 2011.
Mark Lawson reviews the new film of Wuthering Heights and talks to writer Peter James.
Published on Monday, 7th November 2011.
REM interviewed; London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic posters revealed.
Published on Friday, 4th November 2011.
Anthony Horowitz on writing a new Sherlock Holmes story; Skyfall - the next James Bond.
Published on Thursday, 3rd November 2011.
PD James, cellist Steven Isserlis, and new play Collaborators, with Simon Russell Beale.
Published on Wednesday, 2nd November 2011.
In Time reviewed; David Bowie in the 1970s; how singers can protect their voices.
Published on Tuesday, 1st November 2011.
Ronan Bennett on his new TV drama Top Boy, and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Published on Monday, 31st October 2011.
Kirsty Lang talks to cellist Yo-Yo Ma and novelist Emma Donoghue.
Published on Friday, 28th October 2011.
Actor Gerard Butler, star of the film Machine Gun Preacher; Kate Prince of Zoo Nation.
Published on Thursday, 27th October 2011.
Jeanette Winterson on her new memoir; David Attenborough on Frozen Planet.
Published on Wednesday, 26th October 2011.
Kirsty Lang meets the Italian writer Umberto Eco, as he publishes a new novel.
Mark Lawson talks to Stephan Solzhenitsyn about his father's life and legacy.
Published on Monday, 24th October 2011.
John Wilson reviews Spielberg's Tintin and talks to Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys.
Published on Friday, 21st October 2011.
John Wilson meets the musician Peter Gabriel, and reassesses the art of Edward Burra.
Published on Thursday, 20th October 2011.
Mark Lawson interviews Thandie Newton; Romola Garai reviews an exhibition of actresses.
Published on Wednesday, 19th October 2011.
Sir Terry Pratchett on his 50th book, actor Mark Rylance and the film Contagion reviewed.
Published on Tuesday, 18th October 2011.
Lynne Ramsay on directing We Need To Talk About Kevin; Sir Cameron Mackintosh at 65.
Published on Monday, 17th October 2011.
Tamsin Greig on her latest stage role; Holy Flying Circus - a TV drama about Monty Python.
Published on Friday, 14th October 2011.
Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers; Simon Mayo and Mark Watson on marathon shows.
Published on Thursday, 13th October 2011.
John Wilson meets Noel Gallagher, as he prepares to release his first solo album.
Published on Wednesday, 12th October 2011.
Steve Coogan on Alan Partridge's memoirs; Australian film Sleeping Beauty reviewed.
Published on Tuesday, 11th October 2011.
Turner Prize nominee Tacita Dean on her Tate Modern Turbine Hall commission.
Published on Monday, 10th October 2011.
Orlando Bloom on The Three Musketeers and Tracy Chevalier on Vermeer.
Published on Friday, 7th October 2011.
Des O'Connor back on stage, and Vanessa Redgrave in Driving Miss Daisy.
Published on Thursday, 6th October 2011.
Kenneth Branagh reflects on his career, as he returns to the stage in his native Belfast.
Published on Wednesday, 5th October 2011.
John Wilson meets legendary singer Johnny Mathis; and photographer David Bailey.
Published on Tuesday, 4th October 2011.
Rowan Atkinson on Johnny English Reborn; Claire Tomalin on the life of Charles Dickens.
Published on Monday, 3rd October 2011.
Mark Lawson meets the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, as she publishes a new collection.
Published on Friday, 30th September 2011.
With Mark Lawson. Actor James Corden on his memoirs; the musical Rock of Ages reviewed.
Published on Thursday, 29th September 2011.
Mark Lawson reviews the new Lars von Trier film Melancholia, and meets writer Lee Child.
Published on Wednesday, 28th September 2011.
Mark Lawson talks to actor Tim Pigott-Smith as he plays King Lear on stage in Leeds.
Published on Tuesday, 27th September 2011.
News of the Winner of the BBC National Short Story Award; long-lost Pink Floyd tracks.
Published on Monday, 26th September 2011.
Martin Scorsese's film about George Harrison; Ruth Negga plays Shirley Bassey on TV.
Published on Friday, 23rd September 2011.
Mike Leigh's new play at the National Theatre, and A S Byatt on Norse gods.
Published on Thursday, 22nd September 2011.
Tom Stoppard on Travesties; newspaper documentary Page One reviewed.
Published on Wednesday, 21st September 2011.
Tom Hardy in new film Warrior, and Muppets creator Frank Oz.
Published on Tuesday, 20th September 2011.
Ryan Gosling's two new films reviewed and Mike Scott of The Waterboys on Yeats the poet.
Published on Monday, 19th September 2011.
Kirsty Lang talks to Dominic West and Clarke Peters about performing Othello in Sheffield.
Published on Friday, 16th September 2011.
Mark Lawson talks to Pam Ayres about her life and poems; Stephen Merchant's stand-up show.
Published on Thursday, 15th September 2011.
Jermaine Jackson on his brother Michael.
Published on Wednesday, 14th September 2011.
With John Wilson. Laura Marling on her new album; dancer Lauren Cuthbertson on Degas.
Published on Tuesday, 13th September 2011.
Mark Lawson talks to Roger Moore about working with Tony Curtis in The Persuaders.
Published on Monday, 12th September 2011.
9/11 play Decade, and Sue MacGregor on this year's BBC National Short Story Award.
Published on Friday, 9th September 2011.
Mark Lawson talks to playwright Arnold Wesker and crime novelist Val McDermid.
Published on Thursday, 8th September 2011.
Mark Lawson talks to artist David Hockney; Mark Kermode explains what's wrong with movies.
Published on Wednesday, 7th September 2011.
Mark Lawson debates the Booker Prize shortlist and interviews film-maker Ken Loach.
Published on Tuesday, 6th September 2011.
John Wilson reviews a new film version of Jane Eyre and talks to Damon Albarn.
Published on Monday, 5th September 2011.