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