BBC World Service - The Arts Hour

Actress Ann Dowd on The Handmaid's Tale

Actress Ann Dowd on playing Gilead villain Aunt Lydia

Nikki Bedi is joined by playwright Tanika Gupta and film critic Rich Cline

Nikki Bedi is backstage at the BBC Open Ear concert of cutting edge music

Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt on starring in Once Upon A Time in Hollywood

Nikki Bedi is backstage at Womad

Director Jon Favreau on his hyper-realistic animated remake of the The Lion King

Nikki Bedi explores Tbilisi's vibrant, young cultural scene

We hear from this year's Caine Prize Winner

Madonna is back with her new album Madame X

Nikki Bedi is joined by Danielle de Niese and British-Lebanese writer Nasri Atallah