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18/03/2002
John Updike speaking on his 70th birthday.
John Irving
John Irving author of A Prayer for Owen Meany and The Cider House Rules.
Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo author of Libra, Underworld and now Cosmopolis.
27/12/2001
Patricia Cornwell discusses her life and her career as a crime writer.
Edward Albee
Playwright Edward Albee discusses his career.
16/03/2010
Jeremy Irons on his return to the RSC after 23 years to star in Dennis Kelly's new play.
17/03/2010
Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti on the follow-up to her controversial play Behzti; art of TV titles.
18/03/2010
John Wilson reports on the world's biggest art theft, still unsolved.
19/03/2010
Vadim Jean on his film about two men's 37 years in solitary confinement.
22/03/2010
Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
23/03/2010
A review of The Blind Side, which won Sandra Bullock a Best Actress Oscar.
24/03/2010
Peter Greenaway discusses his film inspired by Rembrandt's painting The Night Watch.
25/03/2010
David Byrne on his song cycle about Imelda Marcos; film Perrier's Bounty reviewed.
26/03/2010
James Shapiro investigates who the real Shakespeare was.
29/03/2010
Roger Daltrey on performing The Who's album Quadrophenia for the first time in ten years.
Steven Moffat on writing Doctor Who.
Steven Moffat on writing the new Doctor Who.
31/03/2010
Jenny Agutter on 40 years of The Railway Children. With John Wilson.
01/04/2010
Kirsty Lang meets Joanne Harris, whose novels include the best-selling Chocolat.
02/04/2010
Mark Lawson talks to Brian Eno, guest artistic director of the 2010 Brighton Festival.
05/04/2010
John Wilson visits historic houses, including Chatsworth in Derbyshire.
06/04/2010
The verdict on Drew Barrymore's directorial debut, and former Cream bassist Jack Bruce.
07/04/2010
With Mark Lawson, including a review of The Infidel, a film written by David Baddiel.
08/04/2010
With Mark Lawson, including an interview with Pierce Brosnan on his latest film.
09/04/2010
With Mark Lawson, including a review of the new version of the TV classic The Prisoner.
12/04/2010
Tina Fey and Steve Carell on new movie Date Night.
13/04/2010
Warwick Davis on the pressures of being one of the world's leading short actors.
14/04/2010
Singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading talks to Mark Lawson.
15/04/2010
With Mark Lawson. including a first night review of a new production of the musical Hair.
16/04/2010
Kiefer Sutherland; Morrissey and Paul Weller on record shops; art from Iraq.
The Joneses; Shelagh Stephenson; Mark Twain
With Mark Lawson, including a review of the film The Joneses, starring Demi Moore.
20/04/2010
Italian Renaissance Drawings at the British Museum; interview with actor Toby Stephens.
