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Joe Orton
An exploration of the life and legacy of the playwright Joe Orton.
Shappi Khorsandi and Gillian Clarke on stage in the Â鶹ԼÅÄ's Big Blue Tent at the Edinburgh Festival
Shappi Khorsandi and Nassim Soleimanpour in front of a live audience in Edinburgh.
John Eliot Gardiner, Apphia Campbell, The Nature of Forgetting, Reviewing at the Edinburgh Festivals
Live from Edinburgh with guests including Sir John Eliot Gardiner on Monteverdi at 450.
Edinburgh International Books Festival: Val McDermid talks to Paul Auster and Denise Mina
Val McDermid at Edinburgh International Books Festival with Paul Auster and Denise Mina.
Lucy Porter, Martin Creed, and Soweto Gospel Choir on stage at the Edinburgh Festival
Comedian Lucy Porter and comedy tutor Jojo Sutherland give John a lesson in stand-up.
Peter Kosminsky on The State, Ben Whishaw, The secrets of Vermeer's studio
Peter Kosminsky on his new jihadi drama; Ben Whishaw on playing an aerospace billionaire.
Authors' better, but not-so-famous, books; Kathryn Bigelow; Eric Ravilious; a Shakespeare Sonnet in Pidgin
Not-so-famous but better books; Kathryn Bigelow; Eric Ravilious; a great sonnet in Pidgin.
Steven Soderbergh returns to film-making with Logan Lucky
Director Steven Soderbergh on Logan Lucky; Gwendolyn Brooks' poems; Cormoran Strike novels
Illness in comedy series, Ned Beauman, Thomas Meehan
Illness in comedy series with Peep Show creator Sam Bain.
Ronnie Wood, Shakespeare plays on screen, Taylor Swift's new song, Peter Hoeg
Ronnie Wood on his paintings; Cinematic adaptions of Shakespeare; Taylor Swift's new song.
Bill Nighy, The ever-changing appeal of Hamlet, Photographer Steve McCurry
Bill Nighy on his acting style, Janet Suzman on Hamlet, and Steve McCurry on Afghanistan.
Stan Laurel novel; Tanika Gupta; film Una; Ed Skrein Walks Away
Tanika Gupta play; John Connolly on Stan Laurel; Una review; Ed Skrein & whitewashing row.
Composer Alma Deutscher, Bake Off's return, Controversial statues, Last Days of June
Twelve-year-old composer, pianist and violinist Alma Deutscher talks to Kirsty Lang.
Brian Cox on playing real people, Author Omar Robert Hamilton, Game of Thrones legacy, Venice Film Festival opening
Brian Cox, Omar Robert Hamilton, Game of Thrones legacy and Venice Film Festival.
Patti Cake$, Lord of the Flies, Nicole Krauss, James Ngcobo
Nicole Krauss' new novel, an all-female Lord of the Flies, James Ngcobo on The Suitcase.
Suranne Jones returns as Doctor Foster, Lancashire's Fabrications Festival, Josephine Barstow on Sondheim's Follies
Doctor Foster is back; Stephen Sondheim's Follies; remembering Steely Dan's Walter Becker.
Woman's Hour Craft Exhibition, Lloyd Dorfman, Karen McCarthy Woolf, John Ashbery
Woman's Hour Craft Exhibition at the V&A; poets John Ashbery and Karen McCarthy Woolf.
Roddy Doyle, Heroes in TV dramas, Stephen King's IT
Roddy Doyle, Stephen King's IT film, heroes in TV dramas and the art of sports commentary.
Marian Keyes, Tim Roth, Joe Lycett
Marian Keyes on her new novel The Break, and Tim Roth on Tin Star.
Joanne Froggatt, Darren Aronofsky, 25 years of Classic FM
Downton Abbey's Joanne Froggatt, and Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky.
Stephen Frears and Ali Fazal, Pears' Cyclopaedia final edition, Jeff Pope on Cilla
Victoria and Abdul, the last edition of Pears' Cyclopaedia, and Cilla The Musical.
Sir Peter Hall remembered
Sir Peter Hall, director of theatre, opera and film, remembered by friends and colleagues.
Sara Pascoe, Man Booker Prize shortlist, Robert Lindsay
Comedian Sara Pascoe on Pride and Prejudice, Man Booker shortlist, actor Robert Lindsay.
Ute Lemper, Steelworks play We're Still Here, Vasily Petrenko
Singer Ute Lemper, Welsh play We're Still Here, Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko.
Jack Dee, Joanna Trollope reveals the Â鶹ԼÅÄ National Short Story Award Shortlist
Jack Dee talks to John Wilson about his new sitcom Bad Move.
Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn on action movie Kingsman, Jasper Johns, Â鶹ԼÅÄ National Short Story Award
Â鶹ԼÅÄ National Short Story Award shortlisted author Cynan Jones, Jasper Johns retrospective.
Bill Murray and Jan Vogler; Oslo reviewed; Poet Yrsa Daley-Ward; Helen Oyeyemi, Â鶹ԼÅÄ National Short Story Award nominee
The Hollywood actor and cellist Jan Vogler discuss their new classical album.
Benedict Cumberbatch, Giles Coren, Borg vs McEnroe, Will Eaves
Benedict Cumberbatch talks about bringing Ian McEwan's novel The Child in Time to TV.
Juliet Stevenson, Basquiat, Tony Blackburn, NSSA shortlisted Jenni Fagan
Juliet Stevenson on playing a fierce female aviator in the play Wings.
Gerald Scarfe, Novelist Maja Lunde, The Judas Passion
Celebrated political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe; new oratorio The Judas Passion.
Nancy Meyers, Jenny Erpenbeck, Literary modern classics, Turner Prize show
Romcom director and writer Nancy Meyers, and what makes a literary modern classic.