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Actor Arinzé Kene
Actor Arinzé Kene on playing Bob Marley on the London stage
Actor Andrew Garfield
Andrew Garfield on how he came to sing in the musical movie Tick Tick Boom.
On tour in Lisbon
Live music, comedy, leading artists and a live audience on The Arts Hour tour in Portugal
Film-makers Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Oscar-winning Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi on their documentary The Rescue
American photographer Annie Leibovitz
Annie Leibovitz joins Nikki Bedi to talk about her career
Actor Jaime Callica
Nikki Bedi is joined by the king of the holiday films genre, Jaime Callica
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason
World famous cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason joins Nikki Bedi.
New Year's concert
Georgia Mann presents the World Service’s annual New Year's concert
The Arts Hour International Comedy Show
The Arts Hour celebrates the New Year with a festive feast of laughter
Writers Colson Whitehead and Isabel Allende
Nikki Bedi speaks with two very different internationally-renowned, award-winning authors
Actor Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves reflects on the legacy of the Matrix films and how it changed his life.
Actor and director Romola Garai
Actor-director Romola Garai joins Nikki Bedi to talk about her directorial debut Amulet
Director Guillermo del Toro
Oscar winning Mexican director Guillermo del Toro discusses the influence of film noir.
Director Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar on reflecting on a painful chapter of Spanish history in his new film
Actor and producer Jessica Chastain
Jessica Chastain on her new film The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Poet Olive Senior
Jamaica’s Poet Laureate discusses her new book
Writer and poet Lemn Sissay
Lemn Sissay joins Nikki Bedi to talk about his children's book
Oscar Nominees
Nikki Bedi talks to performers and creatives in the run up to this year’s Academy Awards
Author Marlon James
Bestselling Jamaican author Marlon James joins Nikki Bedi for an extended interview
On Tour in New York
The Arts Hour On Tour goes to New York for the first of three shows recorded in the USA.
On Tour in Seattle
The Arts Hour On Tour stops off in Seattle for the second of three USA shows
On Tour in Los Angeles
Oscar winning directors Sian Heder and Barry Jenkins join Nikki Bedi on stage in LA
Designer Osman Yousefzada
Nikki Bedi is joined by designer Osman Yousefzada and critic Saba Imtiaz.
Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
Camera d'Or-winning Croatian director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović on her film Murina
Actor Meera Syal
Actors Meera Syal and Jared Leto plus film directors Juho Kuosmanen and Robert Eggers
Playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury
Nikki Bedi talks to Pulitzer prize winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury
Actor Viola Davis
Award-winning actor Viola Davis on sharing the lows as well as the highs of her career.
Directors Barry Jenkins and Sian Heder
Nikki Bedi interviews Oscar winning movie directors Barry Jenkins and Sian Heder
Brighton Festival 2022
Nikki Bedi speaks to artists and creators involved in this year's Brighton Festival
Lizzo: singer, rapper and flautist
Lizzo, Minnie Driver, Norah Jones, Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Leah Purcell
Comedian Ricky Gervais
Comedian Ricky Gervais, theatre director Indhu Rubasingham & Irish author Louise O’Neill