Start the Week
India past and present
Amol Rajan with William Dalrymple, Anita Anand and Sumantra Bose.
- 42 mins
- 02 Dec 2019
BBC Sounds - Start the Week - Available Episodes
Start the Week
Weekly discussion programme, setting the cultural agenda every Monday
Episodes (549 Available)
Start the WeekLove and unreason
Andrew Marr with Bettany Hughes, Clare Carlisle, Emma Lewis and Mark Padmore.
- 43 mins
- 25 Nov 2019
Start the WeekLife, death and taxes
Tom Sutcliffe with Vicky Pryce, Dominic Frisby, Alexander Zevin and Judith Hawley.
- 41 mins
- 18 Nov 2019
Start the WeekAnimals and us
Andrew Marr with Karsten Brensing, Emma Napper, Fritz Vollrath and Diana Donald.
- 41 mins
- 11 Nov 2019
Start the WeekNobel Prize winner Esther Duflo
Nobel prize-winner Esther Duflo, Julian Barnes and Richard Evans with Tom Sutcliffe.
- 42 mins
- 04 Nov 2019
Start the WeekThe artist - warts and all
Andrew Marr with William Feaver, Humphrey Ocean and Kate Grandjouan
- 42 mins
- 28 Oct 2019
Start the WeekBreaking bread together
Kirsty Wark with Shamil Thakrar, Priya Basil, Joanna Blythman and Thomas Harding.
- 42 mins
- 21 Oct 2019
Start the WeekGlobal culture
Andrew Marr with Fatima Bhutto, Erica Whyman, Sook-Kyung Lee and John Burnside.
- 42 mins
- 14 Oct 2019
Start the WeekLenny Henry
Lenny Henry, Tessa McWatt, Matthew Syed and Keon West with Kirsty Wark
- 41 mins
- 07 Oct 2019
Start the WeekWhere is power now?
Andrew Marr with Steve Richards, Ruth Kinna, Catherine Haddon and Eleanor Rhode.
- 41 mins
- 30 Sep 2019
Start the WeekAntony Gormley: challenging conventions
Tom Sutcliffe with Antony Gormley, Laura Wade, Charles Hazlewood and Daniel Rachel.
- 42 mins
- 23 Sep 2019
Start the WeekEscaping the past
Andrew Marr with Susan Neiman, David Howell, Jane Green and Stuart Ward.
- 42 mins
- 16 Sep 2019
Start the WeekEpic quests and Greek myths
Stephen Fry, Alison Balsom, David Hare and Lucy Hughes-Hallett with Tom Sutcliffe
- 41 mins
- 01 Jul 2019
Start the WeekThe power of poetry
Andrew Marr with Rowan Williams, Martin Sixsmith, Jay Bernard and Kate Clanchy
- 42 mins
- 24 Jun 2019
Start the WeekMoney - in your pocket and in the bank
Andrew Marr with John Guy, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Paul Tucker and Alice Tapper.
- 42 mins
- 17 Jun 2019
Start the WeekBeyond the headlines
Kirsty Wark with Chris King, Hussein Kesvani, Nicole Rousmaniere and Shahidha Bari.
- 41 mins
- 10 Jun 2019
Start the WeekJared Diamond on national crisis
Andrew Marr with Jared Diamond, David Runciman and Kate Andrews.
- 42 mins
- 03 Jun 2019
Start the WeekHay Festival
Jeanette Winterson, Naomi Wolf and John Browne join Tom Sutcliffe at the Hay Festival.
- 42 mins
- 27 May 2019
Start the WeekMedical controversies
Andrew Marr with Joshua Mezrich, Angela Saini, Caroline Criado Perez and Richard Ashcroft.
- 41 mins
- 20 May 2019
Start the WeekBilly Bragg on anger and hope
Tom Sutcliffe with Kerry Hudson, Billy Bragg, Howard Brenton and Will Tanner.
- 42 mins
- 13 May 2019