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04/06/2012
Sarfraz Manzoor talks to Patti Smith, the iconic American singer-songwriter.
05/06/2012
Grammy winning British multi-instrumentalist and composer Imogen Heap.
Harry Belafonte
American musician and social acitivist Harry Belafonte tells his remarkable story.
07/06/2012
Jutta Schwengsbier investigates the plight of musicians seeking refuge in Germany.
08/06/2012
Audrey Brown talks to Nigerian writer Chika Unigwe about her new book Night Dancer.
11/06/2012
Harriett Gilbert talks to Maria Noel and Laureana Toledo about Latin American Art.
12/06/2012
Tom Cruise sings an '80s soundtrack in Rock of Ages. Lizo Mzimba reviews.
13/06/2012
Will the new version of Dallas match up to the drama of who shot JR?
14/06/2012
Argentine novelist Carlos Gamerro discusses The Islands
15/06/2012
We talk to producer Damian Jones about his sport movie Fast Girls
18/06/2012
Art in Gaza: How artists are responding to life on the strip.
19/06/2012
The Amazing Spider-Man, which is set to be one of the biggest blockbusters of the summer.
20/06/2012
We review the Russian road movie, Silent Souls, directed by Alexei Fedorchenko.
21/06/2012
Hamid Pourazari talks about his latest production, Unfinished Dream
22/06/2012
We find out what's on offer at this year's London Indian Film Festival
25/06/2012
We meet Melissa Tandiwe Myambo, shortlisted for the 2012 Caine Prize for African Writing.
26/06/2012
The runaway success of the Indian TV chat show tackling controversial subjects.
27/06/2012
We review the debut feature film Ted from Seth MacFarlane, the creator of the Family Guy.
28/06/2012
The director of the Exorcist William Friedkin is back with a black comedy.
29/06/2012
We continue our series profiling the nominees for the Caine Prize for African Writing 2012
02/07/2012
We review the new film from often-controversial three-time Oscar-winner, Oliver Stone.
03/07/2012
We talk to this year's winner of the Caine Prize for African Literature, Rotimi Babatunde.
04/07/2012
Asif Kapadia and Olympic Short Film The Odyssey.
05/07/2012
Nuruddin Farah talks pirates, his hatred of fear and questions he wants answered
06/07/2012
In today's programme Christopher Hope talks to Harriett about his novel, Shooting Angels.
09/07/2012
The patchwork boat created from donated wood by British artists Lone Twin.
10/07/2012
In Argentina, the world's first ever self-destructing book.
11/07/2012
We review Detachment, the latest film from maverick British director Tony Kaye.
12/07/2012
We review God Bless America, a black satire on American reality television
13/07/2012
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16/07/2012
We review the new Hollywood blockbuster, The Dark Knight Rises.