Artsnight
(2015)Streaming Episode Guide
Series 4
2016 The Year of King Lear
Episode 5 - 10-29-2016
A look at why Lear resonates so deeply with contemporary audiences.
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The Man Booker Prize 2016
Episode 4 - 10-22-2016
David Baddiel introduces the six novels on the 2016 Man Booker Prize shortlist.
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When Julie Walters Met Willy Russell
Episode 3 - 10-15-2016
Julie Walters, one of Britain's most popular actresses, meets Willy Russell, to find out how a 15-year-old dropout from a working-class suburb of Liverpool became one of the most successful playwrights in the history of modern British theatre.
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Michael Palin Meets Jan Morris
Episode 2 - 10-08-2016
Michael Palin travels to north Wales to interview legendary travel writer Jan Morris.
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Poets at the BBC
Episode 1 - 10-01-2016
A look through the BBC archives to show how bards turned into broadcasters, featuring some of the most beloved poets Britain has produced.
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Series 3
Meg Rosoff
Episode 12 - 8-05-2016
Novelist Meg Rosoff explores the relationship between art and the unconscious mind.
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Lynn Barber Meets John Lydon
Episode 11 - 7-29-2016
Lynn Barber meets up with the self-ordained king of punk John Lydon.
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Val McDermid
Episode 10 - 7-22-2016
Is fiction the best way to access the truth?
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A Tribute to Carla Lane
Episode 9 - 7-15-2016
Rarely seen interviews in which writer Carla Lane discusses her life and work.
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Maria Balshaw
Episode 8 - 7-08-2016
Maria Balshaw visits the five museums shortlisted for the 2016 Museum of the Year award.
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Lynn Barber meets Mumford & Sons
Episode 7 - 6-17-2016
Mumford & Sons talk to Lynn Barber about becoming an international super group.
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Kieran Long
Episode 6 - 6-10-2016
The V&A's architecture curator Kieran Long explores the future of the home in Britain.
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Paul Mason
Episode 5 - 6-03-2016
Paul Mason talks to six writers engaged with the most urgent issues of our time.
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Charlotte Church
Episode 4 - 5-27-2016
Charlotte Church meets musicians pushing the boundaries of what a voice can do.
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Lionel Shriver
Episode 3 - 5-20-2016
Lionel Shriver asks why economics has become one of the most exciting subjects for writers
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Nicholas Serota
Episode 2 - 5-13-2016
Sir Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate, investigates why contemporary art matters.
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David Baddiel
Episode 1 - 5-06-2016
David Baddiel travels to New York to investigate Thomas Carlyle's Great Man theory.
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Series 2
Juergen Teller - Fame, Fashion and Photography
Episode 18 - 12-11-2015
Chris Dercon talks to world-famous celebrity photographer Juergen Teller.
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Ana Matronic
Episode 17 - 12-04-2015
Ana Matronic explores how robots are taking over mainstream culture.
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Kwasi Kwarteng
Episode 16 - 11-27-2015
Kwasi Kwarteng looks at how the British Empire impacted on art and literature.
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Edmund de Waal
Episode 15 - 11-20-2015
Artist Edmund de Waal looks at the theme of memory and art.
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Clara Amfo
Episode 14 - 11-13-2015
Clara Amfo, one of BBC Radio 1's rising stars, looks at how the fame industry works.
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Josie Rourke
Episode 13 - 11-06-2015
Josie Rourke looks at the changing idea of the hero in contemporary culture.
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George the Poet
Episode 12 - 10-30-2015
Spoken word artist George the Poet explores the heritage and future of black culture.
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Lynn Barber
Episode 11 - 10-23-2015
Lynn Barber considers the idea of taking risks in art.
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Will Gompertz
Episode 10 - 10-16-2015
BBC arts editor Will Gompertz investigates the thriving art market.
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Ben Okri
Episode 9 - 10-09-2015
Ben Okri explores the transformative effect of the prize on the career of its recipients.
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Hofesh Shechter
Episode 8 - 10-02-2015
Hofesh Shechter explores how embarrassment can be rich territory for artistic exploration.
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Irvine Welsh
Episode 7 - 9-25-2015
Irvine Welsh goes to Edinburgh to see what effect the Scottish referendum had on the arts.
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Richard Wilson
Episode 6 - 7-31-2015
Richard Wilson looks at Samuel Beckett, speaking to Ian McKellen and Hugo Weaving.
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Martha Lane Fox
Episode 5 - 7-24-2015
Martha Lane Fox explores how the west's two cultures - science and arts - work together.
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Samira Ahmed
Episode 4 - 7-17-2015
Broadcaster Samira Ahmed takes a look at photography, both historically and in the present day.
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Lynn Barber
Episode 3 - 7-10-2015
Journalist Lynn Barber takes over editorial control to explore the world of artist Doug Aitken.
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Lily Cole
Episode 2 - 7-03-2015
Model and actress Lily Cole explores whether children inhibit or enhance an artistic life.
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Andrew Marr
Episode 1 - 6-19-2015
Andrew Marr champions some great Renaissance dramatists who aren't Shakespeare.
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Series 1
Chris Dercon
Episode 4 - 3-27-2015
Chris Dercon, director of Tate Modern, takes the helm of Artsnight for the fourth episode of the series. Chris asks why Berlin is the creative capital of Europe; the city is a magnet for artists and musicians, with an expanding array of galleries, museums and public arts intuitions. He talks to iconoclast Ai Weiwei, who has recently opened a studio in the city despite being unable to leave China. He explores the intriguing world of drone art and the pioneering work of the late Berlin-based artist Harun Farocki. He also commissions a new film about Nick Cave's formative years in West Berlin, when the city was burgeoning with creative talent prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Armando Iannucci
Episode 3 - 3-20-2015
Writer, director and satirist Armando Ianucci takes the reins of Artsnight for the third episode of the series. Armando looks afresh at high culture - poetry, classical music and fine art - to ask why some people feel excluded from it, and why these arts matter. He talks to acclaimed poet Kate Tempest about her life and work, visits an exhibition of Goya's drawings, meets Apollo Music Projects, who are transforming children's lives with classical music, and invites stand-up comedian Josie Long to reflect on the cultural life of the nation in an age of austerity.
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Lynn Barber
Episode 2 - 3-13-2015
Sunday Times journalist Lynn Barber takes over editorial control to 'curate' the second episode. Lynn wants to look at some of the most exciting developments in popular culture in 2015. She chats to Mark Ronson, the most intriguing pop star of the modern age, as well as looking at the boom of ingenious, inventive magazines bought by and made for young people. She sticks up for that supposed 'Mickey Mouse degree' - media studies - while former media studies student Jon Ronson explores the theme of shame in the internet age.
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Maxine Peake
Episode 1 - 3-06-2015
Acclaimed actor Maxine Peake takes over editorial control, 'curating' the opening episode. Celebrating voices marginalised by mainstream culture, Maxine talks to the most controversial band in Britain, Sleaford Mods. She discusses the role of women and television with an all-female panel, including W1A's Jessica Hynes, and she explores the life and legacy of Salford's Shelagh Delaney, the writer who helped inspire Coronation Street and the Smiths.
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