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Pierce Brosnan on Mamma Mia, Irish arts funding, Summer reads

Pierce Brosnan on his role in the Mamma Mia sequel, and arts funding news from Ireland.

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Sacha Baron Cohen's Who Is America?, Glasgow School of Art Rebuild, Anita Corbin, China's Most Expensive Film Flops

The verdict on Sacha Baron Cohen's new TV series and rebuilding the Glasgow School of Art.

• 30 mins

Alan Bennett and Nicholas Hytner, Diversity in children's fiction, Yves Klein at Blenheim Place

Alan Bennett and director Nicholas Hytner discuss their new play Allelujah!

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The Lehman Trilogy, Now That's What I Call Music 100, Zaffar Kunial

Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Ben Miles on The Lehman Trilogy play.

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Mission: Impossible - Fallout, American footballer-turned-opera star Morris Robinson, Commercial bookclubs

Morris Robinson, American footballer-turned-opera star, tells his story - and sings.

• 30 mins

John Hurt's paintings, The Fool in King Lear, Summer reads for the UK

John Hurt as Artist, and the role of the Fool in King Lear.

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Exit the King, Man Booker Longlist, Tony Walsh, Nick Drnaso

Playwright Patrick Marber on Exit the King, starring Rhys Ifans and Indira Varma.

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Andre Holland, Housing for artists, Feminist sci-fi

Moonlight actor Andre Holland on playing Othello with Mark Rylance as Iago.

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Marlon James, Mercury Prize shortlist, Decolonising museum collections

Marlon James champions cult novel Oreo and we assess this year's Mercury Prize shortlist.

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Iceman, Suicide in the performing arts, Samuel Barber opera Vanessa

Iceman, the film inspired by the discovery of Otzi, the prehistoric man.

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Dad's Army at 50, Jazz on streaming services, Marvellous Mechanical Museum

Fifty years of Dad's Army, jazz renaissance on streaming services, and automata on show.

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Love Island, Melvin Burgess, Milos Karadaglic and Joby Talbot, Roy Foster on Brian Friel

Love Island is over, but what is the cultural impact? Plus Melvin Burgess on his new book.

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Nature as artistic inspiration - live from Epping Forest, Loch Lomond and Helen's Bay

Tracy Chevalier and Brian Irvine on why the British landscape inspires so many artists.

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What is Inspiration? Plus playing music from memory with the Aurora Orchestra

Stella Duffy, Kei Miller, Julian Baggini and Aowen Jin attempt to define inspiration.

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Mezzo-Soprano Sarah Connolly, Inspire Season Commissions, The Producers at 50

Opera star Sarah Connolly sings English songs.

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Hang Ups, The Artist's Way author Julia Cameron, Brandenburg Concertos Prom

Stephen Mangan in Hang Ups and author of best-selling The Artist's Way, Julia Cameron.

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The Proclaimers, Gulliver's Travels, Internet as inspiration

The Proclaimers perform live, Gulliver's Travels, Artistic inspiration from the Internet.

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Sharks in culture, Thea Musgrave, Derren Brown

How sharks are represented in culture and Thea Musgrave marks her 90th birthday.

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Disenchantment, Alan Garner, tips to boost your creativity

We review Disenchantment the new animated series from The Simpsons creator Matt Groening.

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Denzel Washington, Imtiaz Dharker, Emilia Bassano and Shakespeare's dark lady

Denzel Washington on his vigilante action thriller film, The Equalizer 2.

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Rosie Jones, Janeane Garofalo and Jenni Fagan on stage at the Edinburgh Festival

Comedians Rosie Jones and Janeane Garofalo discuss their one woman shows.

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Live from Edinburgh with drag act Denim, Maggie O'Farrell, Penelope Skinner and Terry O'Donovan

Drag queen band Denim, Maggie O'Farrell, and dramatizing our online lives.

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Brian May and Professor Roger Taylor, Doctors' shows at the Fringe, Rachel Parris

Brian May on his passion for Victorian 3D photography, and three Fringe shows by doctors.

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Aretha Franklin remembered, David Suchet, Laura Mvula and Ben Okri

Aretha Franklin, the 'Queen of Soul', has died - Front Row assesses her life and work.

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Dwarfs in art, Barbara Rae, Christopher Robin

How people with dwarfism have been represented in art and culture.

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Sir Lenny Henry, Alan Cumming in Instinct, Divine inspiration in the arts

Sir Lenny Henry looks back at his career on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

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BlacKkKlansman, Helen Lederer, Alison Brackenbury, Esi Edugyan

Spike Lee's film BlacKkKlansman, Helen Lederer, Alison Brackenbury, Esi Edugyan.

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Bodyguard, Fanfiction, Bryony Lavery's stage adaptation of The Lovely Bones, Vaseem Khan

We review Jed Mercurio's latest TV drama, Bodyguard, starring Richard Madden.

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BSO Resound at the Proms, Edinburgh Comedy Awards shortlist, Creativity and the brain, Melissa Harrison

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra disabled-led ensemble, Resound, on their Proms debut.

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Ian McMillan, The internet as a source for horror, Patrick Gale, The end of The Big Bang Theory

Ian McMillan on graveyard inspiration, and the internet as a setting for horror.

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