Podcast Episodes

Lynval Golding of The Specials on Live from the Cathedral, the album the band has said will be their last

Lynval Golding of two-tone and ska legends The Specials , on the band’s final album, Live from the Cathedral, which was recorded in Coventry Cathedra…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Ai Weiwei in Manchester

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has just created his largest site-specific exhibition - Ai Weiwei: Button Up! - which has now opened at Aviva Stu…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Madonna's Confessions II album, Daphne du Maurier, Sky's anticipated takeover of ITV

Confessions II is Madonna's first album in 7 years. Novelist Matt Cain and journalist and broadcaster Miranda Sawyer discuss going back to the dancef…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Review: Penélope Cruz in The Invite film and Pride the musical

Tom Sutcliffe is joined by critics Bidisha and David Benedict to review:

The Invite, a new film directed by Olivia Wilde about two couples who join ea…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro on his passion for films featuring trains

The acclaimed novelist Kazuo Ishiguro talks about how he went about curating a season of films featuring trains for the BFI - from classics such as S…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Dave Eggers on his new novel Contrapposto and Supergirl director Craig Gillespie

Author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, and The Circle, Dave Eggers is back with a new novel about a young aspiring artist. Contrapposto…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Penelope Keith tribute, Russell Tovey, Katherine Rundell on fairy tales

We mark the passing of actress Dame Penelope Keith, speaking with John Lloyd and Mel Giedroyc about her long career.

Actor Russell Tovey plays a trou…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Review show - Frida: The Making of an Icon at Tate Modern in London

Writer Charlotte Mullins and author Viv Groskop join Tom to discuss the Frida Kahlo exhibition at Tate Modern in London. It's the highest pre-selling…

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Lauren Child on 25 years of Charlie & Lola

25 years since she published her first Charlie and Lola book, former Children's Laureate Lauren Child returns with a new friendship-focused series fe…

3 months ago

Bill Nighy on acting, podcasting and style tips

Bill Nighy joins to talk about his new family drama 500 Miles, where he plays a reclusive painter on the west coast of Ireland who gets an unexpected…

3 months ago