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Robert Caro

Robert Caro talks to Samira Ahmed about his biography The Passage of Power.

• 45 mins

All in the Best Possible Taste, Adam Phillips, Nancy Holt, Robert Macfarlane

Anne McElvoy discusses taste, and talks to authors Robert Macfarlane and Adam Phillips.

• 45 mins

Pina Bausch, Martin Amis, Philosophy at the Institut Francais, Snow White

Presented by Rana Mitter. With a discussion on Pina Bausch's dance company.

• 45 mins

Harry Belafonte

Matthew Sweet talks to Harry Belafonte about leading black actors in film.

• 45 mins

Europe, Gatz

Philip Dodd presents a discussion on Europe's future.

• 45 mins

Cosmopolis, Science and the Arts, The Islands, Rachel Whiteread

David Cronenberg talks to Anne McElvoy about his new film Cosmopolis.

• 45 mins

Billy Budd, Adriana Sinclair

Philip Dodd explores English National Opera's new version of Britten's opera Billy Budd.

• 45 mins

Tate Liverpool, Timothy Secret

Anne McElvoy examines Tate Liverpool's exhibition of works by Turner, Monet and Twombly.

• 45 mins

Veep, Charlotte Blease

Samira Ahmed on Armando Iannucci's new political comedy, Veep.

• 45 mins

International Review Edition

Matthew Sweet hosts an International Review edition of the arts and ideas programme.

• 45 mins

Jenny Saville

Matthew Sweet discusses the work of artist Jenny Saville on display in Oxford.

• 45 mins

Edvard Munch

Rana Mitter visits a new retrospective of the work of Edvard Munch and reviews Les Troyens

• 45 mins

Rousseau

Philip Dodd explores the influence of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 300 years after his birth.

• 45 mins

Todd Solondz

Film director Todd Solondz talks to Anne McElvoy about his new suburban satire Dark Horse.

• 45 mins

Landmarks: Blackmail

Matthew Sweet with a Landmark edition examining Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece, Blackmail.

• 45 mins

03/07/2012

Samira Ahmed: A Clockwork Orange, Procrastination, Tim Spector & Woman in a Dressing Gown.

• 45 mins

04/07/2012

Philip Dodd discusses Germany's increasing economic power in Europe.

• 45 mins

05/07/2012

John Banville discusses his new novel Ancient Light. With Anne McElvoy.

• 45 mins

Titian

Anne McElvoy explores the life and influence of Titian.

• 45 mins

London

Matthew Sweet explores London's relationship with the rest of the UK.

• 45 mins

James Fenton, Tommie Smith, Ibsen, Jonathan Healey

Presented by Rana Mitter. With James Fenton, Tommie Smith and Jonathan Healey.

• 45 mins

LS Lowry, Thomas Kuhn, Magic Mike, Voyeurism

Philip Dodd casts an irreverent eye over the reputations LS Lowry and Thomas Kuhn.

• 45 mins

What is 'Enough'?

Philip Dodd on what 'enough' means in an economic climate dominated by wanting 'more'.

• 45 mins

11/09/2012

Anne McElvoy asks if we put too much weight on happiness as a measure of quality of life.

• 45 mins

Landmarks: Dostoevsky's The Idiot

Matthew Sweet with a Landmark edition examining Dostoevsky's The Idiot.

• 45 mins

Amartya Sen

In a programme exploring 'the good life', economist Amartya Sen talks to Philip Dodd.

• 45 mins

Sebastian Faulks, John Elliott, Cui Jian

Rana Mitter talks to author Sebastian Faulks and the historian John Elliott.

• 45 mins

Sir John Major, Salman Rushdie, Julietta

Matthew Sweet talks to Salman Rushdie about his time living under the Iranian Fatwa.

• 45 mins

Howard Jacobson, Morality, Barbara Hulanicki

Philip Dodd is joined by Barbara Hulanicki, founder of the famous clothes store Biba.

• 45 mins

Ryszard Kapuscinski, Jonathan Healey, Mademoiselle Julie, Bristol Old Vic

With a discussion on Ryszard Kapuscinski, the 'undeserving poor', and Mademoiselle Julie.

• 45 mins