大象传媒

With John Wilson.

The new TV drama series The Syndicate, written by Kay Mellor, is the tale of a group of supermarket workers who win the lottery. It stars Joanna Page and Timothy Spall. Heat TV Editor Boyd Hilton reviews.

Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood and Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki discuss how their music appears side by side on a new recording. Penderecki inspired a new orchestral work by Greenwood, and they reflect on their approaches to composition.

A major new exhibition focuses on the brain, both in the name of science and culture, with exhibits ranging from a specimen of Einstein's brain to paintings by Descartes. John looks at the brains with neuroscientist Tali Sharot and cultural historian Marius Kwint.

This week Disney announced that their film John Carter, which is set on Mars, is likely to lose $200m. Adam Smith examines why so many films about Mars and Martians flop at the box office.

Producer Tim Prosser.