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John Wilson presents a special programme from the Hay Festival with authors Lee Child, Lucy Hughes-Hallet, Michael Morpurgo, Julian Donaldson and Cerys Matthews. Show more
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Kirsty Lang speaks to Cerys Matthews and Timberlake Wertenbaker about Our Country's Good and to Zimbabwean comedy duo Zambezi News about their work. Show more
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Tom Sutcliffe talks to musician Bernard Sumner about his memoir New Order, Joy Division and Me. Also, Lionel Shriver on her shortlisted short story; plus activism on stage. Show more
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Mike Scott of the Waterboys on their new album, author Sarah Waters on writing a ghost story for the stage, and two new documentaries go behind the scenes in world class museums. Show more
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Arts news with Samira Ahmed, including George Osborne on bringing British culture to China, Mark Haddon on his award-winning short story and a review of thriller 99 Homes. Show more
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Sculptor Tom Price on his exhibition at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Jarvis Cocker and Martin Wallace on their film about Sheffield steel, and new comedy Last Vegas reviewed. Show more
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Vince Gilligan on his hit TV series Breaking Bad, author Nadifa Mohamed on her novel The Orchard of Lost Souls, What Maisie Knew reviewed, and how actors cope without understudies. Show more
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Arts news. John Wilson is at the BBC National Short Story Award ceremony to announce the winner; Mark Lewisohn on his epic biography of The Beatles; The Fifth Estate reviewed. Show more
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John Wilson with guests including Carey Mulligan, John Cleese, Ed Sheeran, Gillian Anderson, Hilary Matel and Adrian Noble. Show more
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Michael Pennington discusses his new book about how to become an actor, composers Stephen Montague and Scanner on minimalist music, and Anne Karpf reviews The Last of the Unjust. Show more
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Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including musician Loudon Wainwright III, Japanese fiction and the new Haruki Murakami novel, and Guardians of the Galaxy reviewed. Show more
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Kirsty Lang talks to author Jung Chang, comedians Dylan Moran and Igor Meerson, and documentary director Todd Miller. Plus Edinburgh Festival plays about the Scottish Referendum. Show more
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Stella Duffy on crime drama The Fall, Bryan Ferry on his solo album Avonmore, theatre exploring climate science and the school system, and Peder Balke at the National Gallery. Show more
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John Adams on his latest opera The Gospel According to the Other Mary, New Orleans musician Dr John on Louis Armstrong, and the director of The Graduate, Mike Nichols, remembered. Show more
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Playwright Alan Ayckbourn on his 78th play, Roundelay; comedian Omid Djalili on his memoir; the new 'video games' that only use audio; news from the Venice Film Festival. Show more
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Kirsty Lang with Ai Weiwei at Blenheim Palace, Roy Williams on updating Sophocles, Eimear McBride on the stage version of her novel, and a review of two new Prince albums. Show more
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The French DJ David Guetta on the music that inspires him, Jude Law on playing a submarine captain in Black Sea, Stations of the Cross reviewed and pop art at the Saatchi Gallery. Show more
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Kirsty Lang with Walt Disney Animation chief Andrew Millstein, novelist Samantha Shannon, a review of Bjork's new album Vulnicura and Costa Poetry Prize Winner Jonathan Edwards. Show more
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Razia Iqbal with TV adaptations of Esio Trot and The Boy in the Dress, folk group the Thompson Family, Robert Olen Butler on his espionage thriller and The Interview controversy. Show more
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With Samuel West on directing After Electra on stage, author AD Miller on his novel The Faithful Couple, Togo Igawa on haiku in springtime and Netflix drama Bloodline reviewed. Show more
