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The Arts Hour: Elif Shafak
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In the Studio: Joachim Trier
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The Arts Hour: Visionary filmmaker Boots Riley on his radical new movie I Love Boosters
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The Arts Hour: Tom Cruise on his latest film Digger
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In the Studio: German Synth Music
October 6, 2026 · 27 minIn Berlin, three artists have come together to make some unusual music. They’re not a regular rock band in a commercial recording studio, but in an experimental space, where rare vintage synthesisers from Cold War East Germany sit…
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World Book Club: Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts
October 3, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minJosie Long interviews one of the masters of modern horror, Paul Tremblay. He answers your questions on on of his best loved novels, A Head Full of Ghosts. The story centres on the Barretts, a typical New England suburban family, torn apart…
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The Arts Hour: Saoirse Ronan and Rachel Eliza Griffiths
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In the Studio: Leïla Slimani takes on Tolstoy
September 29, 2026 · 27 minPrix Goncourt-winning writer Leïla Slimani this year completed a trilogy of novels; an era-spanning epic family saga set in Morocco, which concludes with the semi-autobiographical I'll Take The Fire. Never one to stay in her comfort zone…
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The Arts Hour: Juliette Binoche and Nicholas Winding Refn
September 25, 2026 · 44 minNikki Bedi speaks to visionary Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn about his latest movie, Her Private Hell, and discusses this week’s cultural highlights with critic Zing Tsjeng: Plus, we hear from Oscar-winning French actor Juliette…
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In the Studio: Poet Leonie Charlton on wildfires
September 22, 2026 · 27 minAn edition of In The Studio on the subject that became the dominant story across the world in the summer of 2026. In December 2024, the Scottish poet Leonie Charlton’s house burned to the ground. From that moment, Leonie was obsessed with…
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In the Studio: Jack in the Green
September 15, 2026 · 27 minIn the south of England, Hastings' traditional Jack in the Green takes place every early May Day weekend and sees a seven foot-tall conical tower of leaves - the Jack - being processed through the old fishing quarters of the town before…
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In the Studio: The Bayeux Tapestry
September 8, 2026 · 26 minThe Bayeux Tapestry has English history stitched into its fabric, depicting the last time the country was invaded, by William the Conqueror in 1066. France has been its home since then. But now thanks to high-level negotiations involving…
About the show
How creatives write, perform and make art, design and music. The home of arts and culture from BBC World Service.
In The Studio follows the world’s leading creative figures while they work. Nikki Bedi hosts The Arts Hour, with news of the latest releases from around the world, and in World Book Club Harriett Gilbert puts your questions and comments to best-selling authors.
In the Studio episodes are released on Tuesdays, The Arts Hour with you on Fridays and World Book Club drops on the first Saturday of each month.