Start the Week
Nuclear destruction
Amol Rajan with Serhii Plokhy, Patricia Lewis and Sarah Rainsford
- 42 mins
- 12 Apr 2021
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Start the Week
Weekly discussion programme, setting the cultural agenda every Monday
Episodes (549 Available)
Start the WeekDefining mental illness
Andrew Marr with Suzanne O’Sullivan, Lucy Foulkes and Sally Holland
- 42 mins
- 05 Apr 2021
Start the WeekTrade deals and human rights – in Africa and China
Andrew Marr with Tom Tugendhat, Geetha Tharmaratnam and Michela Wrong.
- 42 mins
- 29 Mar 2021
Start the WeekNewton: science and worldly riches
Tom Sutcliffe with Edward St Aubyn, Patricia Fara and Chris van Tulleken.
- 42 mins
- 22 Mar 2021
Start the WeekRights and responsibilities
Andrew Marr with Matthew d’Ancona, Minouche Shafik and Kenan Malik
- 42 mins
- 15 Mar 2021
Start the WeekUnderstanding Melancholy
Amol Rajan with Mary Ann Lund, Horatio Clare and Ahmed Hankir.
- 42 mins
- 08 Mar 2021
Start the WeekMonsters of the deep
Andrew Marr with Helen Scales, Philip Hoare and Elizabeth Kolbert
- 41 mins
- 01 Mar 2021
Start the WeekFamily struggles - from Greek tragedy to The Troubles
Kirsty Wark with Sally Bayley, Kerri ní Dochartaigh and Lisa Dwan.
- 42 mins
- 22 Feb 2021
Start the WeekLiving online and IRL
Andrew Marr with Patricia Lockwood, Roisin Kiberd and Matthew Syed.
- 41 mins
- 15 Feb 2021
Start the WeekEmpire and class, shaping Britain
Tom Sutcliffe with Sathnam Sanghera, Selina Todd and Anthony Anaxagorou
- 42 mins
- 08 Feb 2021
Start the WeekThe fall of Maxwell – the end of an era.
Andrew Marr with John Preston, Julia Langdon and Emily Bell.
- 41 mins
- 01 Feb 2021
Start the WeekMariana Mazzucato on moonshot economics
Amol Rajan with Mariana Mazzucato, Vince Cable and Robert Verkaik
- 42 mins
- 25 Jan 2021
Start the WeekFrancis Bacon revealed
Andrew Marr with Annalyn Swan, Russell T Davies and Mark-Anthony Turnage
- 41 mins
- 18 Jan 2021
Start the WeekScotland and the Union
Andrew Marr with Ailsa Henderson, Ruth Wishart, Ben Jackson and Karin Bowie.
- 41 mins
- 11 Jan 2021
Start the WeekNicholas Hytner
The award-winning theatre director Nicholas Hytner in conversation with Andrew Marr.
- 42 mins
- 28 Dec 2020
Start the WeekThomas Becket and the rift between church and state
Andrew Marr with Laura Ashe, Christopher de Hamel and Andrew Hussey.
- 41 mins
- 21 Dec 2020
Start the WeekInspiring awe – from the heavens to the oceans
Tom Sutcliffe with Stuart Clark, Rebecca Giggs and Antony Gormley.
- 42 mins
- 14 Dec 2020
Start the WeekLaughter
Andrew Marr with Sindhu Vee, John Mullan and Jonathan Silvertown.
- 43 mins
- 07 Dec 2020
Start the WeekHuman ingenuity and shared inheritance
Amol Rajan with Simon Baron-Cohen, Rebecca Wragg Sykes and Susana Carvalho.
- 42 mins
- 30 Nov 2020
Start the WeekDerrida, Woolf, and the pleasure of reading
Andrew Marr with Bernhard Schlink, Alexandra Harris and Peter Salmon
- 42 mins
- 23 Nov 2020