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The Misanthrope

Moliere's play The Misanthrope at the Young Vic in London

• 28 mins

Joseph Brodsky

A look at the life and work of the Russian poet Joseph Brodsky

• 28 mins

David Lan

The playwright and social anthropolgist David Lan talks about his new play

• 28 mins

Woody Allen on tour

Fame and downfall, desert island, culture and clapping

• 28 mins

PG Wodehouse

A documentary on the writer PG Wodehouse

• 28 mins

The Soldier's Song

A play which explores the troubles in Northern Ireland

• 26 mins

Samuel Taylor Coleridge in a new Light

Richard Holmes shines a new light on the Romantic English poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• 28 mins

Isabelle Huppert as Mary Stuart on stage

French film star Isabelle Huppert and English actress Anna Massey talk about their roles

• 28 mins

Judith Weir – 'a composer of endless surprises'

Interview with Judith Weir – "a composer of endless surprises"

• 28 mins

Goya – Painting beyond Rules

What made Francisco Goya the greatest Spanish painter and printmaker of his period?

• 28 mins

Mahesh Dattani brings his 'Queen' to England

Indian playright Mahesh Dattani talks about his first play to be performed in England

• 28 mins

The Globe Theatre Special

The new Globe theatre – built to an Elizabethan design – is almost ready to open in London

• 28 mins

Steven Berkoff – My Life

Interview with Steven Berkoff, controversial British actor, writer and director

• 28 mins

The Divine Right of Kings in a modern World

Divine Right is a new play about the future of the British Royal Family

• 28 mins

Ben Okri's Dangerous Love

Ben Okri talks about why he set his new book, Dangerous Love, in 1970s Lagos

• 28 mins

Martin Sherman – Some Sunny Day

Martin Sherman talks about his new play, Some Sunny Day, and why it's set in Cairo in 1942

• 28 mins

Spellbound by the silver Screen

What happens when artists are Spellbound – an exhibition marking 100 years of cinema

• 26 mins

Shakespeare – How do we like ours?

Can the Royal Shakespeare Company be trusted with the Bard?

• 28 mins

Taking it slowly, with Milan Kundera

Critics are divided over Milan Kundera's novel Slowness, his first book written in French

• 28 mins

William Morris – Artist as Activist

Life and legacy of William Morris, English designer, writer and social activist

• 28 mins

Putting History on the Stage

How do you put history on to the modern stage?

• 28 mins

John Updike – In the Beauty of the Lilies

Kay Redfield Jameson on her new book about mental illness, a tribute to Israeli writer, Emile Habibi, Seamus Heaney, we'll be finding out how to get a book published, John Updike's new novel In the Beauty of the Lilies.

• 28 mins

Kenneth MacMillan's Anastasia dances again

Kenneth MacMillan's ballet Anastasia is performed again by the Royal Ballet after 18 years

• 28 mins

Cultures come together at the Birmingham Festival

Highlights of the Birmingham Festival in the UK

• 28 mins

Simon Gray's hero returns – after 25 years

Simon Gray explains why he has brought Simon Hinch back to life, 25 years on

• 28 mins

What are Museums for?

What is the purpose of museums now – and how should we remember the painful past?

• 28 mins

Surely Sherlock wasn't French –Ìýor was he?

Why French fans are claiming Sherlock Holmes as one of their own

• 28 mins

The trial of Shakespeare's Daughter

Peter Whelan's play about Shakespeare's daughter Susanna Hall who was accused of adultery

• 28 mins

The Railway Man's path to Forgiveness

The Railway Man is Eric Lomax's prize-winning memoir of being a PoW on the Burma railway

• 28 mins

Blood on the Floor – from painting to music

Composer Mark-Anthony Turnage talks about writing Blood on the Floor, premiered this week

• 28 mins