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Ridley Scott, Drew Barrymore, Orhan Pamuk

The best global arts coverage from across the 大象传媒.

Ridley Scott discusses storyboarding, space and shooting Matt Damon with Go Pro cameras in The Martian. We introduce the Kenyan Kenny Rogers, and discover an unlikely country music scene. Danish writer Dorthe Nors considers the current state of writing in Denmark: crime fiction is big. British composer Max Richter says he really did want people to sleep through his eight hour overnight music premiere 鈥. whilst his live audience tell us what it was like to stay awake and experience it all. After that Professor Eric Clarke tells us about new research linking music with the creation of empathy in listeners. Back at the multiplex, Hollywood stars Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette talk about their new cancer movie Miss You Already. And Turkish writer and Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk tells us about his novel A Strangeness in My Mind spanning four decades of Istanbul's history.

(Photo shows Ridley Scott (c) Miguel Medina/Getty, Drew Barrymore (c) Lisa Maree Williams/Getty, Orhan Pamuk (c) Ozan Kose/Getty)

50 minutes

Last on

Tue 6 Oct 2015 01:06GMT

Music and featured items

  • Ridley Scott

    The director discusses his latest film The Martian, starring Matt Damon

    Duration: 09:23

  • Kenyan's love of country music

    Kim Chakanetsa has been in Kenya, learning about the country's love of country music.

    Duration: 04:58

  • Dorthe Nors

    An investigation of Danish fiction

    Duration: 08:37

  • Sleep

    An all-night world premiere performance of Max Richter's eight-hour epic

    Duration: 06:32

  • Music and Empathy

    Psychologist Professor Eric Clarke on how music can increase our levels of empathy

    Duration: 06:02

  • Miss You Already

    Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette on their new film Miss You Already

    Duration: 08:20

  • Orhan Pamuk

    The Nobel Prize winner talks about his latest novel and politics.

    Duration: 02:06

  • Roots Manuva

    Watch Me Dance

  • Martina McBride

    This One's For The Girls

  • Incesaz And Dilek Turkan

    Ask Kerpeteni

  • Max Richter

    Sleep

  • BeBe & CeCe Winans

    Addicted Love

  • Dr. Dre

    What's The Difference

  • Harry Gregson鈥怶illiams

    The Martian Soundtrack

  • Chet Atkins

    Tip Toe Through The Bluegrass

  • Agnes Obel

    Fuel to Fire - David Lynch Remix

  • AR Rahman

    Bombay Awakes

Broadcasts

  • Sat 3 Oct 2015 11:06GMT
  • Sun 4 Oct 2015 22:06GMT
  • Mon 5 Oct 2015 08:06GMT
  • Tue 6 Oct 2015 01:06GMT