麻豆约拍

Oscar Nominations, Steve McQueen, Slavery Narratives

Director Steve McQueen talks to Matthew Sweet talks about his new film 12 Years a Slave.

• 45 mins

Suicide; black British actors; Roma; audio games

Matthew Sweet explores the sound of gaming and the way we talk about suicide.

• 45 mins

Japanese History, Chinese Democracy

Rana Mitter talks to Zhang Weiwei, one of China's leading public intellectuals.

• 45 mins

Simon Russell Beale; Derek Jarman

Simon Russell Beale talks about playing King Lear; an appraisal of Derek Jarman's career.

• 45 mins

Martin Creed, Feminism in Theatre, Pete Seeger

Matthew Sweet discusses the work of artist Martin Creed and debates feminism in theatre.

• 45 mins

Germaine Greer, Christos Tsiolkas

Samira Ahmed presents a special edition discussing Australian culture.

• 45 mins

Unrest in Ukraine and protest in Russia

Anne McElvoy discusses unrest in Ukraine and the state of dissent in Russia today.

• 45 mins

Christine Lagarde

Anne McElvoy explores the arguments of Christine Lagarde's Richard Dimbleby Lecture.

• 45 mins

The Monocled Mutineer; Roman Krznaric's Empathy Revolution

Matthew Sweet discusses TV series The Monocled Mutineer and First World War archives.

• 45 mins

Hanif Kureishi

Author Hanif Kureishi in extended interview with Philip Dodd.

• 45 mins

Spike Jonze's Her, Big Data

Matthew Sweet on Spike Jonze's new film Her, Big Data and the Internet of Things.

• 45 mins

Atheism and Belief

Philip Dodd discusses religious belief with Terry Eagleton, Peter Watson and Roger Scruton

• 45 mins

Jane Eyre versus Anne of Green Gables, Parent Power, Georg Baselitz, Flooding in Literature

Anne McElvoy discusses parent power, literary heroines, artist Georg Baselitz and floods.

• 45 mins

Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey, Class in Britain, An Eton Education

With a review of Shelagh Delaney's play A Taste of Honey at the National Theatre.

• 45 mins

Landmark: Charlie Chaplin's City Lights

Matthew Sweet hosts a discussion about Chaplin recorded at the Bristol Slapstick Festival.

• 45 mins

France and Algeria, Birds, Augustus

Anne McElvoy discusses France and its former colonies, plus bird mating systems.

• 45 mins

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Danny Dorling

Samira Ahmed considers scoundrels in culture and also the housing market.

• 45 mins

Amy Chua, Versailles by Peter Gill, Spitting Image

Writers Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld talk to Anne McElvoy about what determines success.

• 45 mins

Vikings, Seafaring and Navigation

Matthew Sweet visits the British Museum's Vikings exhibition.

• 45 mins

Wim Wenders on Peace, Richard King on Taking Offence

Film director Wim Wenders and philosopher Mary Zournazi discuss peace with Philip Dodd.

• 45 mins

Julian Schnabel, Michael Goldfarb on pianist Alice Herz-Sommer

Philip Dodd meets artist Julian Schnabel. Plus Michael Goldfarb on Alice Herz-Sommer.

• 45 mins

Flora Thompson Biography, Ruins at Tate Britain, Ravel

Richard Mabey discusses his biography of Flora Thompson, author of Lark Rise to Candleford

• 45 mins

David Grossman

Matthew Sweet is in conversation with Israeli novelist David Grossman.

• 45 mins

Riba: The Brits Who Built the Modern World

From Riba, the architects whose work redefined the world's cities discuss their careers.

• 45 mins

Jonathan Lethem, Gary Shteyngart

American authors Jonathan Lethem and Gary Shteyngart are in conversation with Samira Ahmed

• 45 mins

Blithe Spirit, Strong Leadership and Military Intervention, Brain Surgery

Samira Ahmed discusses Blithe Spirit, military intervention and brain surgery.

• 45 mins

Live at Southbank Centre: Childhood

Frank Field MP joins Philip Dodd for a discussion about different aspects of childhood.

• 45 mins

Live at Southbank Centre: A Charm Offensive

Stephen Bayley, Rachel Johnson, AL Kennedy and Philip Dodd discuss what we mean by charm.

• 45 mins

Landmark: Seven Samurai

Matthew Sweet and guests including Ian Christie and SF Said on Kurosawa's Seven Samurai.

• 45 mins

Live at Southbank Centre: EM Forster

South African novelist Damon Galgut joins Rana Mitter to discuss the career of EM Forster.

• 45 mins