November 11, 2004 • 1h
Verity Sharp presents an accessible guide to the best exhibitions, books, films and music. As Disney's effects-laden The Incredibl...Read more
November 18, 2004 • 1h
As the newly expanded Museum of Modern Art in New York reopens, world-renowned art critic Robert Hughes is offered a first look in...Read more
November 25, 2004 • 1h
Ahead of its official opening by the Queen, Charles Hazlewood gets an advance look inside the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, ...Read more
December 2, 2004 • 1h
Dissected livestock, a cast of a house, a painting with elephant dung and an electrical time switch - all past winners of the Turn...Read more
December 9, 2004 • 1h
Germaine Greer meets artist Paula Rego and Andrew Graham-Dixon uncovers the secret of Velazquez's 'Lady with a Fan'. Plus reports ...Read more
December 16, 2004 • 1h
A report on Gateshead's new Sage music centre, which opens tomorrow, plus the rest of the top stories in art and culture. With Charles Hazlewood.
January 13, 2005 • 1h
Reports on Charles Saatchi 's rediscovery of painting, the competition to be recognised as Britain's best museum and a close-up lo...Read more
January 20, 2005 • 1h
The review of the latest developments on the arts and culture scene includes a report on the Celtic Connections music festival, a ...Read more
February 3, 2005 • 1h
London's Abbey Road Studios opens its doors to the public next month for the first time in 20 years. Mariella Frostrup previews th...Read more
February 10, 2005 • 1h
Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse Five was inspired by his experiences in Dresden during the devastating Second World War bombi...Read more
February 17, 2005 • 1h
Director Martin Scorsese explains the influence of Caravaggio on his films, particularly with regard to light, shadow and realism....Read more
February 24, 2005 • 1h
A report from Ferryside in Carmarthenshire where a trial for TV's digital switchover is taking place. Plus Liam Neeson on his biop...Read more
March 3, 2005 • 1h
Woody Allen talks about his latest film Melinda and Melinda, starring Radha Mitchell and Chloe Sevigny, and there's an interview w...Read more
March 10, 2005 • 1h
As well as an interview with 1960s counter-culture cartoonist Robert Crumb at his house in France, there's analysis of the legacy ...Read more
March 17, 2005 • 1h
Damien Hirst, dubbed Britain's most expensive living artist, discusses his recently opened exhibition of paintings in New York. Pl...Read more
April 14, 2005 • 1h
Composer and Master of the Queen's Music Sir Peter Maxwell Davies talks about his career, there's an interview with maverick archi...Read more
April 21, 2005 • 1h
Sylvie Guillem - widely considered one of the greatest dancers of her generation - is interviewed in the week she and the Ballet B...Read more
April 28, 2005 • 1h
Conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim, director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and music director of the Deutsche Staatsoper i...Read more
May 5, 2005 • 1h
As Tate Modern celebrates its fifth birthday, Charles Hazlewood considers the extent of its cultural impact. Plus, Matthew Sweet o...Read more
May 12, 2005 • 1h
American crime novelist Ed McBain talks about turning real life into fiction and discusses his battle with cancer. Plus a visit to...Read more
May 19, 2005 • 1h
Lawrence Pollard reports on a new approach to public art being trialled in Bristol, with temporary exhibits taking the place of tr...Read more
May 26, 2005 • 1h
Gillian Ayres discusses her work and Louisa Buck visits two art exhibitions. Lawrence Pollard considers whether 'book towns' such ...Read more
June 2, 2005 • 1h
Germaine Greer and artist Susan Wilson are among the women explaining what Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's work means to them, and si...Read more
June 9, 2005 • 1h
Maverick artists Gilbert and George discuss their work for the British Pavilion at the 51st Venice Biennale. Ewan McGregor talks a...Read more
June 13, 2005 • 1h
U2 talk about music, politics and 25 years together, on the eve of the UK leg of their world tour. There's a rare interview with c...Read more