Billy Liar, Ellen Gallagher, Introverts & Extroverts, Michael Burleigh

Samira Ahmed looks back at John Schlesinger's film Billy Liar on its 50th anniversary.

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Future Warfare

Anne McElvoy and guests examine how the traditional rules of warfare are changing.

• 45 mins

Terence Stamp

Matthew Sweet talks to actor, writer and international screen star Terence Stamp.

• 45 mins

Peter Nichols, Darian Leader, Politics in Architecture

Rana Mitter talks to the playwright Peter Nichols about his Passion Play.

• 45 mins

Rothko Returns to Latvia, John Beddington

Rothko returns to Latvia; and former Government Chief Scientific Adviser John Beddington.

• 45 mins

Melnikov House, Anat Admati, The Hothouse, The Rest is Noise

Anne McElvoy talks to Simon Russell Beale and John Simm about Pinter's The Hothouse.

• 45 mins

Public Enemy, FR Leavis, Tate Britain, Death

Matthew Sweet visits Tate Britain to examine a complete re-hang of the collection.

• 45 mins

The Great Gatsby, Charles Correa, Political Movements

With architect Charles Correa, the film The Great Gatsby and political movements.

• 45 mins

Peter Brook

Matthew Sweet in an edition devoted to a conversation with theatre director Peter Brook.

• 45 mins

Acting Styles, Propaganda and Power, Jesse Norman

Anne McElvoy discusses the political legacy of Edmund Burke.

• 45 mins

Lee Smolin, Mafia, Not I, Inconceivable

Lee Smolin talks to Samira Ahmed about the way that the laws of physics change over time.

• 45 mins

James Salter

Matthew Sweet talks to American novelist and short story writer James Salter.

• 45 mins

Khaled Hosseini, Man Booker International Prize, Disgraced, the Future of Psychiatry

Khaled Hosseini, Man Booker International Prize, Disgraced and the future of psychiatry.

• 45 mins

Wagner 200, Michael Landy, Prague

With Anne McElvoy. Including a discussion about Wagner and antisemitism.

• 45 mins

Childhood

Matthew Sweet and guests examine our current and past attitudes to childhood.

• 45 mins

Philip Hoare, Morality and the Law, Andrew Upton

Including tax, law and morality, plus writers Philip Hoare and Andrew Upton.

• 45 mins

Race, Nate Silver, RB Kitaj, Philanthropy

With Philip Dodd. Including a review of the UK premiere of David Mamet's play Race.

• 45 mins

The Rite of Spring, George Monbiot, Mary Rose, Suffrage Plays

Anne McElvoy discusses In the Mind of Igor, 'rewilding' Britain and the Mary Rose museum.

• 45 mins

Behind the Candelabra, TJ Clark, Fern Riddell

Includes the film Behind the Candelabra, art historian TJ Clark and historian Fern Riddell

• 45 mins

China Growth, Free Speech in India, Disability and the Arts

With Rana Mitter. Including discussions about China and India.

• 45 mins

Bill Viola, The Iraq War, A Satire of the Three Estates, Jules Evans

Presented by Philip Dodd. With Bill Viola, A Satire of the Three Estatess and Norma Percy.

• 45 mins

Chagall Reviewed, The End of Affluence, Cornelia Parker, Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough

Presented by Anne McElvoy. Including a review of an exhibition devoted to Marc Chagall.

• 45 mins

Slade School artists, Turkey, Kierkegaard, Sarah Dillon

Philip Dodd and guests on the Slade School artists. Plus Turkey and Kierkergaard.

• 45 mins

The Amen Corner, Conspiracies and Democracy, John Gallagher, Rachel Kushner

With Matthew Sweet. Including a review of James's Baldwin's drama The Amen Corner.

• 45 mins

Much Ado About Nothing, Sweet Bird of Youth, Education

Samira Ahmed talks to Joss Whedon about his film version of Much Ado About Nothing.

• 45 mins

The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Check Your Privilege, Visions of the Universe

Anne McElvoy talks to Neil Gaiman. Plus Visions of the Universe and debating 'privilege'.

• 45 mins

Conor McPherson, 700th anniversary of Boccaccio, David Kynaston, Chris Harding

Matthew Sweet and David Kynaston discuss Britain in the late 1950s.

• 45 mins

Memory, The Wasp Factory, New Generation Thinker Rebecca Steinfeld

Presented by Philip Dodd. Memory Palace at the V&A, and Iain Banks's The Wasp Factory.

• 45 mins

David Edgar, Foghorn Requiem, Population, Adam Broomberg

Anne McElvoy presents arts and cultural debate.

• 45 mins

Gloriana, Porn, Lowry, New Generation Thinker Sarah Peverley

Philip Dodd reviews Britten's Gloriana, talks to TJ Clark about Lowry and discusses porn.

• 45 mins

Melanie Phillips, Breaking the Fourth Wall, Jonathan Dee

With Matthew Sweet. Including Melanie Phillips on her autobiography Guardian Angel.

• 45 mins

Claire Messud, Progress, Phil Spector, Joshua Oppenheimer

Anne McElvoy interviews Claire Messud and reviews a biopic with Al Pacino as Phil Spector.

• 45 mins

Vali Nasr, Alfred Russel Wallace, Ibrahim El-Salahi, Mount Fuji

Rana Mitter debates a book on US foreign policy; Alfred Russel Wallace; the Art of Sudan.

• 45 mins

Mexico Art Revolution, Ben Wheatley, Dystopia

Ben Wheatley talks to Matthew Sweet about his new film A Field in England.

• 45 mins

Jane Campion, Clive James

Arts and cultural debate with Matthew Sweet.

• 45 mins

Egypt's democracy, Diana Quick, Laura Knight, Technology & Cities

Tom Holland on Egypt, Diana Quick on her career, Laura Knight, Richard Sennett on cities.

• 45 mins

Boris Johnson, The Masque of Anarchy, John Gallagher, Happy Holidays?

Anne McElvoy talks to Boris Johnson at the Chalke Valley History festival.

• 45 mins

Francis Bacon and Henry Moore, women on stage, Wilkie Collins, Artificial Intelligence

Francis Bacon and Henry Moore, women on stage, Wilkie Collins, Artificial Intelligence.

• 45 mins

Rana Mitter - Jhumpa Lahiri

Rana Mitter is joined by novelist Jhumpa Lahiri.

• 45 mins

Richard Dawkins, Tacita Dean, The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas

Philip Dodd talks to biologist Richard Dawkins and artist Tacita Dean. Plus theatre review

• 45 mins

John le Carré

John le Carre talks to Anne McElvoy to mark 50 years of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.

• 45 mins

Simon Schama, Beeban Kidron, End of Human Rights

Philip Dodd talks to Simon Schama about his History of the Jews. Plus Beeban Kidron.

• 45 mins

Margaret Atwood

Anne McElvoy is joined by celebrated Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood.

• 45 mins

Australian Art at the RA, Rory Kinnear

Samira Ahmed on a new exhibition of Australian art at the Royal Academy in London.

• 45 mins

Sound of Cinema: Landmarks - The Innocents

Matthew Sweet and guests discuss the celebrated horror film The Innocents.

• 45 mins

Loyalty, Herodotus, Shunga, Martin Parr

Philip Dodd discusses loyalty in public life and talks to Tom Holland about Herodotus.

• 45 mins

Zaha Hadid, French Cinema Music, Cynicism

Including architect Zaha Hadid, French cinema music and a debate on cynicism.

• 45 mins

The Ugly Renaissance, Cate Blanchett, Mira Schendel, Maxim Leo

With Cate Blanchett, the art of Mira Schendel, Maxim Leo and debating the Renaissance.

• 45 mins

Clash of Civilizations, Simon Heffer, George Grosz

Philip Dodd discusses the Clash of Civilizations, George Grosz and talks to Simon Heffer.

• 45 mins

Jung Chang, Sarah Lucas, Allende, Everest Music

Presented by Rana Mitter. With Jung Chang on her book about Empress Dowager Cixi of China.

• 45 mins

Ghosts, Slavoj Žižek, Miliband, Melissa Benn

Richard Eyre and Stephen Unwin discuss Ibsen's Ghosts with Anne McElvoy.

• 45 mins

Hans Kung, Masters of Sex, Roots, Wendy Lower

Anne McElvoy discusses the Donmar Warehouse's new production of Roots.

• 45 mins

Verdi 200

Dayanita Singh, Social Media, Verdi and Shakespeare. Cultural debate with Philip Dodd.

• 45 mins

Night Waves at ZSL London Zoo

Matthew Sweet examines the zoo as a cultural institution

Matthew Sweet examines the zoo as a cultural institution

• 45 mins

Night Waves at ZSL London Zoo

Landmark: The Old Men at the Zoo

Matthew Sweet and guests discuss Angus Wilson's 1961 novel The Old Men at the Zoo.

• 45 mins

Night Waves at ZSL London Zoo

Matthew Sweet discusses the ways we can think about our close association with primates

Matthew Sweet discusses the ways we can think about our close association with primates

• 45 mins

Captain Phillips, David Thomson, David Greig's The Events

Matthew Sweet on the new Paul Greengrass film, Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks.

• 45 mins

Paul Klee, US Shutdown, Catherine Merridale, Man Booker Prize, National Theatre

Philip Dodd's guests historian include Catherine Merridale.

• 45 mins

Landmarks: Oh What a Lovely War

Samira Ahmed and guests discuss Joan Littlewood's musical Oh What a Lovely War.

• 45 mins

Eric Schlosser, Richard II, Basil Bunting, Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough

David Tennant in Richard II, Eric Schlosser, Basil Bunting reevaluated. With Anne McElvoy.

• 45 mins

Artist William Tillyer, Doctor Who, The Gettysburg Address

Doctor Who with Dominic Sandbrook and Ray Monk. The Gettysburg Address. William Tillyer.

• 45 mins

Britten 100: Britten Libretti, Young Vic Theatre Uncut

Frances Spalding and Alexandra Harris discuss Myfanwy Piper's libretti for Britten.

• 45 mins

Tony Benn, Political Traditions, PL Travers, Guy Debord

Including Tony Benn's diaries, political traditions, PL Travers and the work of Guy Debord

• 45 mins

Orwell, Stoicism Week, Sue Webster and Gavin Turk on Glass Art

Philip Dodd discusses Orwell, artists working in glass, and Stoicism Week.

• 45 mins

Amy Tan, Strange Blooms, Francois Mitterrand

Novelist Amy Tan talks to Anne McElvoy about her new book The Valley of Amazement.

• 45 mins

2013 Turner Prize Announcement, Candide Review, the Value of Letters, Can

Including the 2013 Turner Prize winner, Bernstein's Candide and a discussion about letters

• 45 mins

Henry V, The Sea, Black Nativity

Matthew Sweet presents a review of Henry V in the West End, plus the film Black Nativity.

• 45 mins

Big Business, Art and the Middle East, Nebraska

Samira Ahmed discusses big business. Plus art and the Middle East and the film Nebraska.

• 45 mins

Nelson Mandela

Athol Fugard and Dame Janet Suzman talk to Philip Dodd about Nelson Mandela and his legacy

• 45 mins

The Early 1960s

Matthew Sweet discusses 1963 and Profumo as Lloyd Webber's new musical Stephen Ward opens.

• 45 mins

Mind Maps, Freud, Psychotherapy, Partition

Philip Dodd with Howard Brenton, Giles Fraser and Lisa Appignanesi, Moniza Alvi.

• 45 mins

American Pyscho, Roosevelt, Medieval Christmas, British Architects

Anne McElvoy presents a first-night review of a new musical adaptation of American Psycho.

• 45 mins

Peter O'Toole Appreciation, Genetics and Education, Japan at Christmas, Dragons

Including the life of Peter O'Toole, genes in education, Christmas in Japan and dragons.

• 45 mins

Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant

Singer Neil Tennant, who grew up in North Shields, talks to Philip Dodd about his career.

• 45 mins

Feminism in 2013

Anne McElvoy discusses feminism in 2013, from Twitter trolls to identity politics.

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