Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in all BBC programmes
Kirsty Lang meets renowned tenor Jose Carreras, who reflects on his wide-ranging career.
As part of U2's new album 'Innocence & Experience', Bono wrote 'Iris' about his mother.
Literary critic Christopher Ricks on the annotated poems of T. S. Eliot.
John Wilson talks to David Bowie in New York. This is an uncut version of the interview.
Colleagues and fellow artists reflect on the life of David Bowie.
Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, who talks to writer John le Carre.
John le Carre on the origins of George Smiley from Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Meryl Streep on playing Margaret Thatcher.
The legendary actor admits he believed he would be killed fighting in the Korean War.
In an extended interview, Mark Lawson talks to novelist Muriel Spark.
Norman Mailer speaking in the last major broadcast interview of his life.
Pierre Boulez remembered by Nicholas Kenyon and George Benjamin
Poet and Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney is in conversation with Mark Lawson.
Mark Lawson talks to Roger Moore about working with Tony Curtis in The Persuaders.
With Mark Lawson. Seamus Heaney discusses the inspiration for his poetry.
Sir Michael Caine reflects on his Hollywood career, in the light of a new memoir.
Reflects on her career spanning almost 35 years.
Life in Progress, a Sadler's Wells production at London's Coliseum.