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Lars von Trier

In a special edition, Matthew Sweet talks to Danish film director Lars von Trier.

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Tyrannosaur, Joanna Bourke, In Our Own Words: Soldiers' Thoughts from Afghanistan, Susan Ray

Matthew Sweet interviews Joanna Bourke about her new book What It Means to Be Human.

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Midnight in Paris, Fiona Shaw, Madness, St Paul's Cathedral

Juliet Gardiner interviews Woody Allen about his latest film Midnight in Paris.

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Claire Tomalin, Forward Poetry Prize, Gerhard Richter, The Iliad

Philip Dodd talks to Claire Tomalin about her new biography of Charles Dickens.

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Nobel Prize for Literature, The Veil, Steve Fuller and Toby Litt, Grayson Perry

Anne McElvoy presents the announcement of the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Organ Donation

Anne McElvoy examines the ethics of donating human bodily material for medicine.

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Landmark: Catch-22

Philip Dodd marks the first publication in 1961 of Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22.

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Edward Bond, White Cube, Hell and Back Again, Robert Trivers

Matthew Sweet talks to playwright Edward Bond as a revival of his play Saved opens.

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Deng Xiaoping Biography, Quentin Blake, Saving Money, Black Power Mixtape

Rana Mitter talks to Ezra Vogel about his new biography of Deng Xiaoping.

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Margaret Atwood, Civility, Ali Soufan

Philip Dodd talks to ex-FBI agent Ali Soufan about the search for Al Qaeda.

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Lynne Ramsay, Man Booker Prize 2011, The Village, New Egyptian Novels

Matthew Sweet talks to Lynne Ramsay about her new film We Need to Talk about Kevin.

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Ernest Hemingway, The Liberty of Servants

Juliet Gardiner reads The Letters of Ernest Hemingway Volume 1 1907 - 1922.

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John Sutherland

Anne McElvoy talks to John Sutherland about his new book.

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The Help, Advisors, Nathan Wolfe, Building the Revolution

Rana Mitter talks to biologist Nathan Wolfe about his new book The Viral Storm.

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13

Matthew Sweet presents a first night review of Mike Bartlett's new play 13.

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Chris Patten

Philip Dodd talks to Chris Patten, the new chairman of the 麻豆约拍 Trust.

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Jeanette Winterson

Philip Dodd talks to novelist Jeanette Winterson about her new memoir.

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Top Boy, Jack Goes Boating, Marina Warner

Presented by Matthew Sweet. With Ronan Bennett on his new TV drama Top Boy.

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Al Jazeera, Collaborators, Steven Pinker, Mark Doty

Philip Dodd talks to Steven Pinker about our increasingly peaceful society.

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Ken Russell, Public Enemies, The Novelists' Peak, The Deep Blue Sea

Presented by Anne McElvoy. With a discussion about the life of film director Ken Russell.

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The Singing Detective

Matthew Sweet and guests discuss Dennis Potter's television series The Singing Detective.

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Owen Shears, Bernini, An Artist's Creative Peak, Hamlet

Rana Mitter talks to writer Owen Shears, and discusses artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Scorsese, Ashmolean, Kosminsky, Creativity

Anne McElvoy interviews film director Martin Scorsese about his new film Hugo.

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Night Waves at Free Thinking - Revision Time! What Are Schools Really For?

Anne McElvoy and guests discuss the question of what are schools really for.

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International Review

Matthew Sweet hosts a review of international arts with critics from around the world.

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Anne Reevell, Literary Tourism, The Mysteries of Lisbon

Philip Dodd discusses the film The Mysteries of Lisbon, set in 19th-century Portugal.

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Is Politics Dead

Philip Dodd asks whether we are witnessing the death of politics.

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Zoopolis

Rana Mitter discusses Zoopolis, a new book on the relationship between animals and humans.

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Noises Off, Dreams of a Life, Daniel Kahneman

Matthew Sweet discusses Dreams of a Life, a new film about the forgotten in society.

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Landmarks: Charles Dickens

Philip Dodd presents a Landmark edition of the programme devoted to Charles Dickens.

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