About this season
An art magazine show guest-edited by a different personality each week.
Episodes (12)
1. David Baddiel
Aired 6 May 2016 • 30 min
David Baddiel travels to New York to investigate Thomas Carlyle's Great Man theory.
2. Nicholas Serota
Aired 13 May 2016 • 30 min
Sir Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate, investigates why contemporary art matters.
3. Lionel Shriver
Aired 20 May 2016 • 30 min
Lionel Shriver asks why economics has become one of the most exciting subjects for writers
4. Charlotte Church
Aired 27 May 2016 • 30 min
Charlotte Church meets musicians pushing the boundaries of what a voice can do.
5. Paul Mason
Aired 3 June 2016 • 30 min
Paul Mason talks to six writers engaged with the most urgent issues of our time.
6. Kieran Long
Aired 10 June 2016 • 30 min
The V&A's architecture curator Kieran Long explores the future of the home in Britain.
7. Lynn Barber meets Mumford & Sons
Aired 17 June 2016 • 30 min
Mumford & Sons talk to Lynn Barber about becoming an international super group.
8. Maria Balshaw
Aired 8 July 2016 • 30 min
Maria Balshaw visits the five museums shortlisted for the 2016 Museum of the Year award.
9. A Tribute to Carla Lane
Aired 15 July 2016 • 30 min
Rarely seen interviews in which writer Carla Lane discusses her life and work.
10. Val McDermid
Aired 22 July 2016 • 30 min
Is fiction the best way to access the truth?
11. Lynn Barber Meets John Lydon
Aired 29 July 2016 • 30 min
Lynn Barber meets up with the self-ordained king of punk John Lydon.
12. Meg Rosoff
Aired 5 August 2016 • 30 min
Novelist Meg Rosoff explores the relationship between art and the unconscious mind.