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The Arts Hour Episodes

  1. Shobana Jeyasingh

    Indian choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh on merging classical ballet and Eastern movement

  2. Chigozie Obioma, Kenneth Branagh, Prince

    Chigozie Obioma on his novel The Fishermen and Kenneth Branagh on Cinderella movie

  3. Kubra Khademi, Ayelet Gundar Goshen, Anne Tyler

    Performance artist Kubra Khademi, Israeli novelist Ayelet Gundar and author Anne Tyler

  4. Bjork, Aowen Jin, Coco Mbassi

    Bjorn on her new album, Aowen Jin on Factory Girls and why Coco follows her heart

  5. Jonas Kaufmann, Beau Willimon, Noah Stewart

    An opera theme with singers Jonas Kaufmann, Noah Stewart and Ailyn Pérez

  6. Lebo Mashile, Maziar Bahari, Kate Tempest

    Poet Lebo Mashile on post-apartheid writers and news from the Zanzibar music festival

  7. Julianne Moore, Aatish Taseer, Ali Zafar

    John Coltrane's A Love Supreme - 50 years on, Julianne Moore and the Berlin Film Festival

  8. Amit Chaudhuri, Elif Shafak, George the Poet

    The best global arts coverage from across the BBC.

  9. Amitabh Bachchan, Selma

    Bollywood star, Amitabh Bachchan talks about the first Indian film to be shot in Lapland

  10. Marian Keyes, The Songhoy Blues, Sarah Jane Morris

    On writing to cope with depression and the Malian musicians defying militants

  11. Bradley Cooper

    The film actor talks about his role in American Sniper

  12. Meryl Streep

    Meryl Streep talks about her latest film Into the Woods

  13. Eddie Redmayne, Gurinder Chadha, Michael Keaton

    Eddie Redmayne on playing physicist Stephen Hawking, Gurinder Chadha and Michael Keaton

  14. The Best of Arts on the BBC of 2014

    Film-maker Steve McQueen, Coldplay singer Chris Martin, spoken word artist Kate Tempest

  15. The Arts Hour in Shanghai

    The best global arts coverage from across the BBC.

  16. Paul McCartney, Idina Menzel, Kiesza

    Paul McCartney on writing a song for the game Destiny, Idina Menzel on voicing a princess

  17. Peter Jackson, Patricia Cornwell, Matthew Bourne

    Director Peter Jackson and screenplay writer Philippa Boyens on their final Hobbit film

  18. Ben Okri, Janina Fialkowska, Idris Elba

    'All we need is to be returned to the simple enchantment of story telling' - Ben Okri

  19. David Grohl, Paddington, Angelique Kidjo

    Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl on a rock odyssey of US cities and Michael Bond on Paddington

  20. Aaron Sorkin, Mark Ronson, Assaf Gavron

    Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin on the hazards of writing and DJ Mark Ronson on his new album

  21. Taylor Swift, Sir Willard White, Matthew McConaughey

    Taylor Swift on her new album 1989, Sir Willard White on his profundo voice, Giller Prize

  22. Elif Shafak, Emmanuel Jal, Akram Khan

    "I love asking questions and I leave the answers to the readers" - Elif Shafak

  23. Timothy Spall, André 3000, Imtiaz Dharker

    Actor Timothy Spall on playing the great British painter JMW Turner

  24. Shabana Azmi, Robert Downey Jr., Harriet Walter

    The best global arts coverage from across the BBC.

  25. Booker Prizer Winner, Tracey Emin, Omawumi Megbele

    Richard Flanagan on winning the Man Booker prize, Tracy Emin on children and Simon Cowell

  26. Lena Dunham, Wilbur Smith, Neel Mukherjee

    "The term 'over-sharing' is so complicated" - Lena Dunham

  27. Joseph O'Neill, Leonard Cohen

    Author Joseph O’Neill on his new novel The Dog, and Leonard Cohen on his latest CD

  28. Steve McQueen, Kamila Shamsie, Denzel Washington

    'Art was my salvation' - Steve McQueen

  29. Joyce DiDonato, Sona Mohapatra, Kate Tempest

    'I am all about bringing this to the people' - opera star Joyce DiDonato

  30. Nicole Kidman, Tony Bennett, Sinkane

    'The word 'allow' doesn't even come into my vocabulary' - Nicole Kidman

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