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03/07/2009
Mark Lawson reports from the Manchester International Festival.
06/07/2009
Includes a film review of Bruno and Antony Gormley on his latest project, One & Other.
07/07/2009
Including an interview with Harry Potter actress Emma Watson.
08/07/2009
Abba's Benny Andersson tells John Wilson about his Swedish folk roots.
09/07/2009
With Kirsty Lang. Plus TV drama Desperate Romantics, Apollo missions music, MJ Hyland.
10/07/2009
Mark Lawson reports on the continuing success of celebrity memoirs.
13/07/2009
With author Glen David Gold, a review of Frozen River and Jimmy McGovern on The Street.
14/07/2009
Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Includes a look at links between cricket and music
15/07/2009
Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Discussing television in the recession.
16/07/2009
Includes playwright Lucy Prebble on her drama about the Enron scandal.
17/07/2009
With Kirsty Lang. Pianist Stephen Hough on kicking off the Proms and why bands cancel gigs
20/07/2009
Presented by Kirsty Lang, including an interview with actress Charlotte Gainsbourg.
21/07/2009
Tony Scott on his latest film. Mercury Prize judge Simon Frith on Best Album shortlist.
22/07/2009
With Mark Lawson, including a new stage version of Hanif Kureishi's The Black Album.
23/07/2009
Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. Looking at the RIBA Stirling Prize nominees.
24/07/2009
Kirsty Lang talks to native American singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie.
27/07/2009
Talking to the first official biographer of Muriel Spark and crime writer Lee Child.
28/07/2009
Arts news and reviews. Discussing the Booker Prize longlist.
29/07/2009
With a review of Rachel Weisz in A Streetcar Named Desire. David Peace on his latest novel
30/07/2009
Arts news and reviews. Includes a review of the film Coco Before Chanel.
31/07/2009
Arts news and reviews. Includes a look at the exhibition Exquisite Bodies.
03/08/2009
Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. Including an interview with writer Tim Lott.
04/08/2009
With John Wilson. Including Kwame Kwei Armah on his documentary, On Tour with the Queen.
05/08/2009
Mark Lawson reports from the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival.
06/08/2009
Kirsty Lang meets renowned tenor Jose Carreras, who reflects on his wide-ranging career.
07/08/2009
John Wilson reports on David Byrne turning a building into a huge musical instrument.
10/08/2009
Tracy Chevalier on her new novel, a review of Sin Nombre and the verdict on demo tracks.
11/08/2009
Looking at the Hollywood Blacklist; Tony Parsons on his new novel; and self-portraits.
12/08/2009
Writers join Mark Lawson to explore the best ways of writing about the past.
13/08/2009
John Wilson interviews the man behind Woodstock as it celebrates its 40th anniversary.
14/08/2009
Costa Prize-winning author AL Kennedy talks about short stories and stand-up comedy.