Belarus Free Theatre: Directing from a distance

Creating a play down a Skype line from London to Minsk

• 31 mins

Romesh Gunesekera: Breathing life into every word

Recreating reality from memory and imagination

• 31 mins

Marc Quinn: Creating 100 sculptures of refugees

Documenting the stories, and likenesses, of people from around the world

• 32 mins

Tyler Childers: Run these roads

A Grammy-nominated country musician tells stories of his native Kentucky

• 31 mins

Julie Baines: The making of a movie, part one

The film producer on making `Four Kids and It' starring Russell Brand

• 26 mins

Julie Baines: The making of a movie, part two

The film producer on the making of 'Four Kids and It' starring Russell Brand

• 31 mins

Nnedi Okorafor: Creating sci-fi worlds

The award-winning writer on creating sci-fi and life in lockdown.

• 32 mins

Demond Melancon: The bead master of New Orleans

Following the Big Chief as he prepares for Mardi Gras

• 31 mins

Eimear Noone and Craig Garfinkle: Composers in isolation

Racing to create a film score in lockdown

• 31 mins

Elif Shafak: Writing in Lockdown

The author describes how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected her creative process

• 32 mins

Operation Night Watch

Uncovering the secrets behind one of the most famous paintings in the world

• 32 mins

Janet Echelman: Bending Arc

The making of a monumental aerial sculpture in Florida during the Covid pandemic

• 32 mins

Eric Whitacre: Creating the Virtual Choir

The US composer on making music with 17,572 singers from around the world

• 32 mins

Mira Nair: the making of A Suitable Boy

On location with the Indian-American filmmaker

• 31 mins

Costas Cacoyannis: Cyprus’s One-Man Orchestra

Composing in the beauty of the Troodos Mountains

• 34 mins

The Bold and the Beautiful: returning to our screens

How mannequins and actors’ real-life partners are getting the show safely back on air

• 31 mins

Nelson Makamo: celebrating children from rural South Africa

Meet the artist at his studio in Johannesburg, the “most sacred place in the world”

• 31 mins

Alan Walker: Behind the mask

The Norwegian music producer and DJ on how he makes his music

• 30 mins

Ocean Vuong: Becoming Briefly Gorgeous

The acclaimed young writer on creating images and being uncomfortable

• 30 mins

Lynette Wallworth: Changing the way we see reality

The Australian artist and director pushes the boundaries of immersive film

• 31 mins

Loyiso Gola wants to make you laugh

The South African comedian prepares to perform at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland

• 30 mins

Juan Gabriel Vásquez: Literature in the centre of my life

The acclaimed Colombian writer creates his new novel

• 30 mins

Lisa Reihana: Maori History in 3D

The New Zealand visual artist on her portrayal of Pacific life and a new 3D film

• 30 mins

Eric van Hove: Sculpture that Goes 'Vroom'

Creating a working motorbike using traditional Moroccan craft techniques

• 30 mins

Es Devlin: Artist and Stage Designer

The British artist who creates shows for the Olympics, Adele and Louis Vuitton

• 32 mins

Sharon Olds: Poetry coming down my arm

The Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet discusses how she writes her poetry

• 31 mins

Evan Kim: Tattoo artist

The New York tattooist is tasked with a challenging brief. Can he pull it off?

• 32 mins

Shobana Jeyasingh: Recreating the 1918 flu pandemic through dance

Following the choreographer's work, Contagion

• 31 mins

Ann Goldstein: The art of the translator

What are the challenges of translating foreign language books into the English language?

• 27 mins

Chick Corea: Accomplishing the goal of art

The legendary jazz pianist composes a new work

• 32 mins

Daniel Lee: Revitalising a fashion house

The British fashion designer on reinventing classic Italian brand, Bottega Veneta

• 31 mins

Jordi Savall

A musical time-traveller who bridges centuries and cultures

• 31 mins

Guggenheim Bilbao: From Covid to Kandinsky

The museum prepares to open a Kandinsky show during the Covid pandemic

• 31 mins

René Redzepi on Noma's autumn menu

Copenhagen’s two Michelin-starred restaurant prepares for its autumn reincarnation

• 31 mins

Rachel Barrie: Master whisky blender

A three-year journey to create a new range of whiskies for a Scottish distillery

• 32 mins

AR Rahman: The man behind the music

The Indian composer on how spirituality is entwined with his art

• 32 mins

The Big Fix Up: A new, digital venture for Wallace and Gromit

The plasticine heroes leave stop motion animation for an interactive phone app

• 30 mins

Viet Thanh Nguyen: The art of memoir

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author takes on a new, deeply personal challenge

• 30 mins

Leila Aboulela: Writing the Stories of Scotland and Sudan

The Sudanese writer on developing a story about the rebuilding of Khartoum

• 31 mins

Max Richter: Writing music based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Composer Max Richter on collaborating with artist Yulia Mahr on their new work Voices

• 31 mins

Patrick Woodroffe: Lighting the stars

The acclaimed lighting designer rehearses The Last Domino? Tour with rock greats Genesis

• 48 mins

YouTube’s Life In A Day: The making of a documentary

Director Kevin Macdonald and executive producer Ridley Scott on making Life In A Day 2020

• 31 mins

Rex, King of Mardi Gras

New Orleans’s oldest parading organisation on keeping the spirit of carnival alive

• 30 mins

Ben Okri

In the Studio enters the creative mind of the celebrated Nigerian poet Ben Okri.

• 30 mins

Emily Young: Stone carver and environmental artist

On turning a 3.5 tonne block of stone into her latest work of art.

• 30 mins