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Musician Steve Martin

"I was really happy being a movie star, that's a nice job" says Steve Martin.

Join Nikki Bedi for Steve Martin on his new banjo album with Edie Brickell; the Danish director of Pierce Brosnan's Love is All You Need says that English is a less brutal language than her native tongue and there's new play The Arrest of Ai Wei Wei. Also actor Alec Baldwin talks to Singing in the Rain star Debbie Reynolds; the new 'voice of angelic beauty' Julia Lezhneva sings live; Tanika Gupta talks about 19th century Indian emigration in her new play The Empress and we celebrate a Heavy Metal milestone in Los Angeles where The Roxy Theatre celebrates 40 years on the scene.

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50 minutes

Last on

Mon 29 Apr 2013 03:05GMT

Chapters

  • Fela Kuti

    Duration: 06:15

  • Ai Weiwei

    Duration: 04:21

  • Steve Martin

    Duration: 04:59

  • Susanne Bier

    Duration: 05:31

  • Rhonagh Downloads

    Duration: 01:52

  • Alec Baldwin talks to Debbie Reynolds

    Duration: 07:30

  • Heavy Metal

    Duration: 03:35

  • Escalators

    Duration: 03:27

  • Tanika Gupta

    Duration: 05:30

  • Julia Lezhneva

    Duration: 06:26

Broadcasts

  • Sun 28 Apr 2013 00:05GMT
  • Sun 28 Apr 2013 12:05GMT
  • Sun 28 Apr 2013 19:05GMT
  • Mon 29 Apr 2013 03:05GMT