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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.

• 45 mins

Al Jazeera, Collaborators, Steven Pinker, Mark Doty

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

• 45 mins

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.

• 45 mins

The Singing Detective

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

• 45 mins

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

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

• 45 mins

Scorsese, Ashmolean, Kosminsky, Creativity

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

• 45 mins

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.

• 45 mins

International Review

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

• 45 mins

Anne Reevell, Literary Tourism, The Mysteries of Lisbon

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

• 45 mins

Is Politics Dead

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

• 45 mins

Zoopolis

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

• 45 mins

Noises Off, Dreams of a Life, Daniel Kahneman

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

• 45 mins

Landmarks: Charles Dickens

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

• 45 mins

The Artist

Anne McElvoy discusses the new film The Artist, which celebrates Hollywood in the 1920s.

• 45 mins

Artistic Endeavours

Matthew Sweet examines the major artistic endeavours shaping the 21st century.

• 45 mins

Scientific Breakthroughs

Anne McElvoy on the scientific breakthroughs anticipated to shape the 21st century.

• 45 mins

Greed

Is greed good? Philip Dodd and guests discuss.

• 45 mins

Population Growth

Anne McElvoy considers how population growth is shaping the 21st century.

• 45 mins

Shame

Matthew Sweet and guests discuss Shame, The Iron Lady and Russia's Strongman.

• 45 mins

Sculpture Exhibition, Essays on the Digital Age, Margin Call, Critical Muslim

With Philip Dodd. Essays on changes taking place in the digital age; Margin Call reviewed.

• 45 mins

John Keane

Gil Scott Heron, Rupert Sheldrake, Liu Xiaobo, John Keane.

• 45 mins

Sadakat Kadri, Double Jeopardy, Survivor, War Horse

Presented by Anne McElvoy. With Sadakat Kadri on a history of Sharia Law.

• 45 mins

TS Eliot Poetry Prize, Coriolanus, Film Funding, Tali Sharot

Matthew Sweet introduces a review of Ralph Fiennes's film of Coriolanus.

• 45 mins

David Hockney, Adhaf Soueif, Scott's Last Expedition, Cities

Juliet Gardiner with a review of a new exhibition of David Hockney's landscape paintings.

• 45 mins

Roger Scruton, WG Sebald, Travelling Light, Being Scottish

Matthew Sweet talks to Roger Scruton about his new book, Green Philosophy.

• 45 mins

J. Edgar

Anne McElvoy on J Edgar Hoover as a new film on the controversial FBI director opens.

• 45 mins

Night Waves at Free Thinking

Margaret Drabble in conversation at the 2011 Free Thinking Festival.

• 45 mins

The Trial of Ubu, Religion for Atheists, Celluloid Ceiling, The Descendants

Anne McElvoy discusses philosopher Alain de Botton's new book Religion for Atheists.

• 45 mins

Turner and the Elements, War Crimes Tribunals, Hajj Exhibition

Matthew Sweet visits the new Hajj exhibition at the British Museum.

• 45 mins

Iran

Rana Mitter presents a special programme on Iran.

• 45 mins