Main content

The Arts Hour Episodes

  1. Nawal el Saadawi, Biyi Bandele, Nitin Sawhney

    As James Bond movie Spectre opens around the world we talk to director Sam Mendes

  2. Guillermo del Toro, Laurie Anderson, Marcus Miller

    "The mansion is sort of a rocking carcass and they live in there" - Guillermo del Toro.

  3. Man Booker Prize Winner, Geena Davis, Suffragette

    The best global arts coverage from across the BBC.

  4. Hugh Jackman, Margaret Atwood, Claudia Rankine

    Film star Hugh Jackman revels in playing the dastardly pirate Blackbeard.

  5. Ridley Scott, Drew Barrymore, Orhan Pamuk

    The best global arts coverage from across the BBC.

  6. Ai Weiwei, Maia von Lekow, Salman Rushdie

    Ai Weiwei on his time in prison.

  7. The Arts Hour in Delhi, India

    How tolerant is Indian Culture of new ideas?

  8. Sona Jobarteh

    West Africa's first ever kora virtuoso.

  9. Michael Soi

    Michael Soi paints Nairobi at night how he sees it

  10. Dele Sosimi, Juliette Binoche, Beardyman

    "Everything in Europe, America, Asia is upside down.' - Dele Sosimi

  11. Rachel Brown, Stephen Fry, Carlos Gamerro

    "I kind of just like to blend genres together" - Rachel Brown

  12. Sylvie Guillem, Calvin Harris, Petina Gappah

    International ballet star Sylvie Guillem explains why she’s hanging up her pointe shoes.

  13. Marlon Brando, Iris Apfel, Aziz Ansari

    "Inferiority, I've been very close to it all my life." - Marlon Brando

  14. The Mahotella Queens, Sara Paretsky, Tiken Jah Fakoly

    The Mahotella Queens; Choman Hardi; Japanese comedy; Sara Paretsky; Tiken Jah Fakoly.

  15. Placido Domingo, Amy Poehler, Harper Lee

    Placido Domingo on his opera competition Operalia and actor Amy Poehler on Inside Out

  16. Toni Morrison, Hyeonseo Lee, Jake Gyllenhaal

    Toni Morrison looks back at her formative influences and author Hyeonseo Lee on defecting

  17. Caine Prize Winner, Kendrick Lamar, Pather Panchali

    Zambian writer Namwali Serpell wins Caine Prize and rapper Kendrick Lamar on his career

  18. Claudia Rankine, Sunjeev Sahota, Sandra Bullock

    'Do we call out the things that we know are unacceptable?' - poet Claudia Rankine

  19. Amy Winehouse, James Taylor, Gene Simmons

    "I've been through times where I've had to write everything down" - Amy Winehouse

  20. Nuruddin Farah, Jung Chang, Seun Kuti

    'I said to myself 'this is the easiest job ever!' - Sean Kuti

  21. Melissa McCarthy, Yasmina Khadra, Souad Massi

    Spies, a world of writers and African music

  22. Taylor Swift, David Oyelowo, Amanda Palmer

    'You have to not eat a lot of food after a show ... you'll get tour fat' Taylor Swift

  23. Abderrahmane Sissako, George Clooney, Saud Alsanousi

    How to age gracefully according to George Clooney, and Abderrahmane Sissako on Timbuktu

  24. Mr Vegas, Amir Amirani, Yoko Ono, U2

    Yoko Ono on the art of 1960s New York, Amir Amirani's film 'We Are Many', Mr Vegas and U2

  25. Jon Stewart, Antonio Sanchez

    Comedian Jon Stewart on film making and the drummer Antonio Sanchez

  26. Philip Glass, Bapsi Sidhwa, Julia Wolfe

    Philip Glass on his life and music and novelist Bapsi Sidhwa on Pakistan and Partition

  27. Blur, Valeria Luiselli, Roy Andersson

    The best global arts coverage from across the BBC.

  28. Toni Morrison, Noura Mint Seymali, Julie Fowlis

    Toni Morrison's latest novel God Help The Child and Noura Mint on ancient griot music

  29. Irvine Welsh, Billie Holiday, Des Bishop

    The best global arts coverage from across the BBC.

  30. Russell Crowe, Tracey Emin, Vidhu Vinod Chopra

    Russell Crowe on directing The Water Diviner, and Tracey Emin's unmade bed

  2. 1
  3. …
  4. 18
  5. 19
  6. 20
  7. 21
  8. 22
  9. …
  10. 28