Podcast Episodes

Jazz legend Miles Davis at 100

Writer and broadcaster Kevin Le Gendre, and trumpeter and composer Yazz Ahmed on 100 years of Miles Davis - the musician regarded as the Picasso of j…

2 weeks, 2 days ago

Live from Hay with Jack Thorne and Val McDermid

Live from Hay, celebrating reading and writing in many different forms, Samira is joined on stage by Jack Thorne - multi-award-winning screenwriter o…

2 weeks, 3 days ago

21/05/2026

Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.

3 weeks ago

Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid

Canadian author Rachel Reid talks to us about the the phenomenon which has followed the publication of her books about the romantic relationship betw…

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Winston Churchill: The Painter, and Smoggie Queens creator and star Phil Dunning

The paintings of Winston Churchill are being exhibited at the Wallace Collection in London. Xavier Bray, Director of the Wallace Collection, and Kath…

3 weeks, 2 days ago

White Lotus and Bridget Jones star Leo Woodall on his new film

Leo Woodall stars in the film Tuner, about a young piano prodigy who turns to crime, in cinemas on the 29th May.

The classical music world has been pa…

3 weeks, 3 days ago

Reviews of the second series of Rivals and the film The Christophers starring Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel

Observer Theatre critic Susannah Clapp and Heat's Entertainment Director Boyd Hilton join Samira to discuss The Christophers - Steven Soderbergh’s fi…

4 weeks ago

Director Mark Cousins on his 16-hour epic The Story of Documentary Film

From landmark releases to hidden treasures, director Mark Cousins on his 16-hour epic The Story of Documentary Film, which is screening at the Cannes…

4 weeks, 1 day ago

Celebrating Sir John Vanbrugh, rock star architect of the Baroque age

This year marks the tercentenary of polymath Sir John Vanbrugh, regarded as the rockstar architect of the Baroque era. Art historian Sir Charles Saum…

4 weeks, 2 days ago

Highs, lows and Jet-Skis at the Venice Biennale

Critics Ben Luke and Aviva Dautch bring us all the news from The Venice Biennale. Following the death of the great Shakespearean actor Michael Penn…

1 month ago