Acclaimed actor Maxine Peake takes over editorial control, 'curating' the opening episode. Celebrating voices marginalised by mainstream culture, Maxine talks to the most controversial band in Britain, Sleaford Mods. She discusses the…
Sunday Times journalist Lynn Barber takes over editorial control to 'curate' the second episode. Lynn wants to look at some of the most exciting developments in popular culture in 2015. She chats to Mark Ronson, the most intriguing pop…
Writer, director and satirist Armando Ianucci takes the reins of Artsnight for the third episode of the series. Armando looks afresh at high culture - poetry, classical music and fine art - to ask why some people feel excluded from it,…
Chris Dercon, director of Tate Modern, takes the helm of Artsnight for the fourth episode of the series. Chris asks why Berlin is the creative capital of Europe; the city is a magnet for artists and musicians, with an expanding array of…
Andrew Marr champions some great Renaissance dramatists who aren't Shakespeare.
Model and actress Lily Cole explores whether children inhibit or enhance an artistic life.
Journalist Lynn Barber takes over editorial control to explore the world of artist Doug Aitken.
Broadcaster Samira Ahmed takes a look at photography, both historically and in the present day.
Martha Lane Fox explores how the west's two cultures - science and arts - work together.
Richard Wilson looks at Samuel Beckett, speaking to Ian McKellen and Hugo Weaving.
Irvine Welsh goes to Edinburgh to see what effect the Scottish referendum had on the arts.
Hofesh Shechter explores how embarrassment can be rich territory for artistic exploration.
Ben Okri explores the transformative effect of the prize on the career of its recipients.
BBC arts editor Will Gompertz investigates the thriving art market.
Lynn Barber considers the idea of taking risks in art.
Spoken word artist George the Poet explores the heritage and future of black culture.
Josie Rourke looks at the changing idea of the hero in contemporary culture.
Clara Amfo, one of BBC Radio 1's rising stars, looks at how the fame industry works.
Artist Edmund de Waal looks at the theme of memory and art.
Kwasi Kwarteng looks at how the British Empire impacted on art and literature.
Ana Matronic explores how robots are taking over mainstream culture.
Chris Dercon talks to world-famous celebrity photographer Juergen Teller.
David Baddiel travels to New York to investigate Thomas Carlyle's Great Man theory.
Sir Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate, investigates why contemporary art matters.
Lionel Shriver asks why economics has become one of the most exciting subjects for writers
Charlotte Church meets musicians pushing the boundaries of what a voice can do.
Paul Mason talks to six writers engaged with the most urgent issues of our time.
The V&A's architecture curator Kieran Long explores the future of the home in Britain.
Mumford & Sons talk to Lynn Barber about becoming an international super group.
Maria Balshaw visits the five museums shortlisted for the 2016 Museum of the Year award.
Rarely seen interviews in which writer Carla Lane discusses her life and work.
Is fiction the best way to access the truth?
Lynn Barber meets up with the self-ordained king of punk John Lydon.
Novelist Meg Rosoff explores the relationship between art and the unconscious mind.
A look through the BBC archives to show how bards turned into broadcasters, featuring some of the most beloved poets Britain has produced.
Michael Palin travels to north Wales to interview legendary travel writer Jan Morris.
Julie Walters, one of Britain's most popular actresses, meets Willy Russell, to find out how a 15-year-old dropout from a working-class suburb of Liverpool became one of the most successful playwrights in the history of modern British…
David Baddiel introduces the six novels on the 2016 Man Booker Prize shortlist.
A look at why Lear resonates so deeply with contemporary audiences.