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Antonia Fraser; Eric Rohmer's The Green Ray

Antonia Fraser talks to Matthew Sweet about her Memoir of Growing Up.

• 45 mins

Sleep, Sleeplessness and Creativity

Rana Mitter discusses sleep, with neuroscientist Russell Foster and comedian Matt Berry.

• 45 mins

Mike Bartlett, Hans Fallada, Michel Houellebecq

Anne McElvoy is joined by playwright Mike Bartlett, writer of King Charles III.

• 45 mins

TS Eliot Prize winner David Harsent, Robert Crawford, Allan Ropper on healing the brain

Anne McElvoy celebrates TS Eliot and discusses the human brain with Allan Ropper.

• 45 mins

Looking at Art: Fred Wiseman

Philip Dodd explores the way we look at art, talking to documentary maker Fred Wiseman.

• 45 mins

2015 Oscar Nominations, Russell T Davies

Matthew Sweet discusses the 2015 Oscar nominations and talks to dramatist Russell T Davies

• 45 mins

Dramatising Democracy: Michael Dobbs, James Graham, Paula Milne, Trudi-Ann Tierney

Debate asking if seeing democracy on screen and stage undermines confidence in politicians

• 45 mins

Winston Churchill and Englishness

David Reynolds, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Simon Heffer and David Edgar discuss Churchill.

• 45 mins

Cities and Resilience, Daisy Hay, Brian Clarke on Robert Fraser

Features the relationship between Disraeli and his wife, plus cities and disaster planning

• 45 mins

Nazis, Holocaust, Time and Memory

Rana Mitter with historians Richard J Evans, Jane Caplan and David Cesarani.

• 45 mins

Henry Marsh Tom Stoppard's The Hard Problem, Daniel Levitin

With Tom Stoppard's play The Hard Problem, plus musician and neuroscientist Daniel Levitin

• 45 mins

Race in America: Selma, Joyce Carol Oates, Timberlake Wertenbaker

Including Joyce Carol Oates's new novel, the film Selma and the play Jefferson's Garden.

• 45 mins

Andrew O'Hagan: Eddie Marsan: John Singer Sargent

Andrew O'Hagan talks to Matthew Sweet about his new novel which looks at memory and war.

• 45 mins

Paul Muldoon and Roy Foster, Rona Munro

Presented by Philip Dodd. With poet Paul Muldoon and historian Roy Foster in conversation.

• 45 mins

Greece, Daniel Evans on Sarah Kane, Indian Summers

With the future of Greece discussed, Sarah Kane's plays and the TV series Indian Summers.

• 45 mins

Utopian Living: Dylan Evans, Sex in Cinema

Matthew Sweet discusses utopian communities and eroticism in British cinema.

• 45 mins

Contemporary France: Karim Miske and Aatish Taseer

Karim Miske and Aatish Taseer discuss their writing and religion with Philip Dodd.

• 45 mins

Britain's Economy: Will Hutton, Luke Johnson, Wendy Carlin, Richard Davies

Will Hutton joins Anne McElvoy for a programme focusing on economics and wealth in Britain

• 45 mins

Landmark: The One Thousand and One Nights Yesterday and Tomorrow

Philip Dodd and guests including Robert Irwin discuss The One Thousand and One Nights.

• 45 mins

Buddhism, Therapy, Violence and Rationality

Rana Mitter explores Buddhism in therapy and politics.

• 45 mins

Paul Foot Award, Valuing the Arts

Anne McElvoy with the 2014 Paul Foot Award winner and Craig Calhoun on valuing the arts.

• 45 mins

Social Identity and Belonging in Europe, Valuing the Arts

Philip Dodd discusses the value of the arts and the notion of social identity in Europe.

• 45 mins

David Cohen prize winner

Rana Mitter talks to the winner of the biennial David Cohen Prize for Literature.

• 45 mins

John Gray, Paul Durand Ruel and Inventing Impressionism

Presented by Matthew Sweet. Philosopher John Gray discusses illusory ideas of freedom.

• 45 mins

The Arguments Against Democracy

Rana Mitter and guests discuss the arguments against democracy.

• 45 mins

Interview with Kazuo Ishiguro, Antigone Review

Kazuo Ishiguro talks to Anne McElvoy about his new novel, The Buried Giant.

• 45 mins

The Age of Earthquakes, Maths in Films

With discussions about the 'extreme present' and maths and mathematicians in film.

• 45 mins

Tom McCarthy, Asne Seierstad, Fairness

With novelist Tom McCarthy, journalist Asne Seierstad and what is the idea of fairness.

• 45 mins

Madness in Civilisation, Night Walking

Matthew Sweet discusses the history of mental illness. Plus a nocturnal history of London.

• 45 mins

Sociology in the 21st Century

Philip Dodd debates whether sociology still has a role to play in the 21st century.

• 45 mins