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Turkish literature special from Istanbul featuring Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk

Kirsty Lang explores the literary scene in Istanbul including Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk.

• 30 mins

Julius Caesar, the Grammys, Joe Dunthorne, architect Neave Brown

Nicholas Hytner on Julius Caesar, author Joe Dunthorne, social housing design.

• 30 mins

James Graham on The Culture, Costa Book Prize winner announced, Ocean Liners

James Graham on his new play about Hull's year as City of Culture.

• 30 mins

Fiddler on the Roof lyricist, how musicals have evolved since 'Fiddler', Olafur Eliasson

Sheldon Harnick on his new musical, 50 years of musicals and artist Olafur Eliasson.

• 30 mins

Simple Minds, Phantom Thread, Napoleon Disrobed, Alex La Guma

Scottish rock band Simple Minds perform live and discuss their 40-year career.

• 30 mins

Nicola Benedetti, Winchester, Reading Europe: Russia

Nicolas Benedetti on rewriting the cadenza of Beethoven's Violin Concerto.

• 30 mins

Mike Bartlett on Trauma, Cornelia Parker, Val McDermid

Mike Bartlett discusses his new TV drama Trauma, and election artist Cornelia Parker.

• 30 mins

Mica Paris, Ethics of Arts Funding, Jim Crace

Mica Paris sings Ella Fitzgerald, the ethics of funding the arts, author Jim Crace.

• 30 mins

Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz, Irish Women Writers, Vaseem Khan

Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz on their new film The Mercy.

• 30 mins

David Hare on Collateral, Carmen, John Burningham and Helen Oxenbury

Playwright David Hare on his latest TV drama series Collateral.

• 30 mins

Chadwick Boseman, The Black Panther, Shakespeare for Children, Welsh Music - In Welsh

Chadwick Boseman, Black Super-heroes, Shakespeare for Children and Welsh Music - in Welsh.

• 30 mins

Bob Geldof on WB Yeats, The Fifty Shades phenomenon, Julian Rowlands & the Santiago Quartet

Musician Bob Geldof on A Fanatic Heart, his documentary about Irish poet WB Yeats.

• 30 mins

The Shape of Water, Terracotta Warriors, Samira Ahmed, RuPaul's Drag Race

Samira Ahmed discusses Guillermo del Toro's Oscar-nominated film The Shape of Water.

• 30 mins

Greta Gerwig, Opportunities for disabled actors, National Short Story Award

Greta Gerwig on her directorial debut film Lady Bird.

• 30 mins

Ruth Wilson on Dark River, Cal McCrystal on ENO's Iolanthe, Creative Scotland funding decisions

Ruth Wilson on her latest big screen role in the psychological drama Dark River.

• 30 mins

Art in response to trauma: Louise Allen and Maude Julien

Writers of two memoirs on how art and literature served as a lifeline in very dark times.

• 30 mins

Suffrage art and a celebration of female artists

To mark 100 years since women got the vote we look at suffrage art.

• 30 mins

I, Tonya; Robin Cousins on the art of ice skating; Jess Kidd

I, Tonya reviewed, plus Robin Cousins considers the art and the sport of ice skating.

• 30 mins

Carey Mulligan, Spoiler Alert!, Mosaic and the Death of the Lead Guitar

Carey Mulligan, spoilers discussed, Mosaic and the death of the lead guitar.

• 30 mins

Tracey Thorn, Rival Biographers, Image Licensing, Stormzy

Tracey Thorn, rivalry between biographers, licensing museum images and Stormzy.

• 30 mins

Red Sparrow, Adapting novels for the stage, Neanderthal art

The verdict on Jennifer Lawrence as a prima ballerina-turned-Russian spy in Red Sparrow.

• 30 mins

The Assassination of Gianni Versace, All Too Human exhibition, Debut novelist Mick Kitson

The Assassination of Gianni Versace, All Too Human, Girls on the run in new novel Sal.

• 30 mins

A Fantastic Woman, playing drunk, Lewis Gilbert and paintings under paintings

A Fantastic Woman reviewed, playing drunk, paintings under paintings, and Lewis Gilbert.

• 30 mins

Sharon Horgan, Maya Youssef, Samantha Harvey

Sharon Horgan in Game Night, Maya Youssef on the qanun and Samantha Harvey's new novel.

• 30 mins

Civilisations, Wendy Cope, Contemporary Chinese Art

We review new TV series Civilisations which explores thousands of years of visual culture.

• 30 mins

Jess Thom on Beckett's Not I, Disbelieved women in fiction, Deep Throat Choir

Jess Thom on why Beckett's Not I speaks to her so strongly as someone with Tourette's.

• 30 mins

You Were Never Really Here, Colin Currie, Charlotte Salomon

Lynne Ramsay's thriller, You Were Never Really Here, reviewed, Percussionist Colin Currie.

• 30 mins

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Picasso at the Tate, David Oyelowo

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Picasso at Tate Modern, David Oyelowo.

• 30 mins

David Attenborough on painter John Craxton, Wonder Wheel, #MeToo poetry anthology

David Attenborough on why he loves the work of painter John Craxton.

• 30 mins

Jessica Jones, Women's Prize for Fiction nominees, The Cherry Orchard, Redressing the gender balance in the music industry

Detective Jessica Jones returns to television screens. Have her superpowers diminished?

• 30 mins