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29/12/2009
Mark Lawson reports on rumours of the death of the book.
30/12/2009
John Wilson meets the new generation of British female singer songwriters.
31/12/2009
Clint Eastwood, Emma Watson and Johnny Depp feature in this actors' special.
01/01/2010
Kirsty Lang talks to six of Britain's most promising young playwrights.
04/01/2010
The Costa Book Awards; the latest Meryl Streep rom-com; author Walter Mosley.
05/01/2010
A review of Oscar-hope The Road, and Jonathan Miller on modern Italian art.
06/01/2010
Mark Lawson interviews 'Nasty' Nigel Lythgoe and the American author Joyce Carol Oates.
07/01/2010
Biopic Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll, Jonathen Lethem, Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson.
08/01/2010
Playwright Frank McGuinness and a round-up of the must-see art exhibitions of the year.
11/01/2010
Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including an interview with Antonia Fraser.
12/01/2010
Meatloaf on being a reality TV judge, and Up in the Air reviewed.
14/01/2010
Reviews of Legally Blonde, The Musical, and the Ray Winstone gangster film 44 Inch Chest.
15/01/2010
Michael Samuels on his TV drama about Winnie Mandela; OSS117, France's Austin Powers.
18/01/2010
Clive Owen in The Boys are Back; New York composer Nico Muhly.
19/01/2010
AS Byatt reviews a major new Van Gogh exhibition, and the actor Jonathan Pryce on Pinter.
20/01/2010
Only Fools and Horses writer John Sullivan and the verdict on A Prophet.
21/01/2010
Tamsin Greig in new play The Little Dog Laughed; Blur on film; conductor Robin Ticciati.
22/01/2010
Julie Walters as Mo Mowlam in a new TV drama, and artist Dexter Dalwood.
25/01/2010
Arts news with Mark Lawson, including the verdict on film Precious.
26/01/2010
David Dimbleby on the story of Britain's treasures, plus a review of Edge of Darkness.
27/01/2010
Interviews with Costa-winning poet Christopher Reid and leading composer George Benjamin.
28/01/2010
Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson on new thriller play Ghost Stories.
29/01/2010
Andrea Levy on her new book The Long Song; Julien Temple on 1970s band Dr Feelgood.
01/02/2010
Martin Amis discusses The Pregnant Widow, his first novel for six years.
02/02/2010
Colin Firth on A Single Man; Oscar hopefuls respond as the Academy reveals its nominations
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Norman Mailer speaking in the last major broadcast interview of his life.
03/02/2010
Morgan Freeman as Mandela in new film Invictus; Corinne Bailey Rae; artist Gillian Ayres.
04/02/2010
Colin Firth on A Single Man; Giacometti's Walking Man sculpture; crime writer David Hewson
05/02/2010
Star of The Wire Dominic West and others discuss the casting of non-professional actors.
08/02/2010
A review of horror film The Wolfman; a new TV documentary on Muslim extremism.
09/02/2010
A review of romantic comedy Valentine's Day; Helen Baxendale on producing her new film.