Podcast Episodes

Lesley Manville, and Art in Space

Lesley Manville, on appearing in Les Liaisons Dangereuses at London's National Theatre

Art In Space: As Nasa prepares to send people back to the Moon,…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Review: Riz Ahmed comedy Bait, Schiaparelli at the V&A

On this week's review show, critic and broadcaster Rhianna Dhillon and fashion historian and writer Amber Butchart join Tom Sutcliffe to discuss Riz …

6 months ago

Actor Forbes Masson on the stage production of cult sitcom The High Life

Actor Forbes Masson on the National Theatre of Scotland's stage musical revival of cult sitcom The High Life in which he starred alongside Alan Cummi…

6 months ago

Noah Wyle on hit hospital drama The Pitt

The much anticipated, Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning medical drama The Pitt finally hits HBO max screens in the UK this week. Samira talks to l…

6 months ago

Saturday Night Live arrives in the UK

The UK now has its own SNL, 50 years after the US original. But is it funny? Culture journalist Natalie Jamieson gives her verdict.

As the BFI begins…

6 months ago

Review: La Grazia, the latest film from The Great Beauty director Paolo Sorrentino

Writer Alexander Larman and journalist Zoe Williams join Tom Sutcliffe to discuss the film La Grazia - which was written and directed by The Great Be…

6 months, 1 week ago

The Daffodil Days - Author Helen Bain on her book inspired by Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath's year in Devon

From bellringing to beekeeping - Author Helen Bain talks about the highly detailed research she conducted for the writing of her The Daffodil Days, i…

6 months, 1 week ago

17/03/2026

Anne Lister, the 19th century landowner and diarist, better known by her nickname, Gentleman Jack, has inspired folksongs, television dramas, and no…

6 months, 1 week ago

The Oscars, Ryan Gosling, Self Esteem

Self Esteem, aka Rebecca Lucy Taylor, performs her new song written for David Hare’s play Teeth 'n' Smiles.

We bring you a roundup of the 2026 Academy…

6 months, 1 week ago

Review: David Hockney: A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts about Painting at Serpentine North

Art critic Ben Luke and writer Sarah Crompton join Samira Ahmed to review David Hockney’s first exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery in London: A Yea…

6 months, 2 weeks ago