The Arts HourEpisodes Episode guide
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01/08/2026 GMT
The best global arts coverage from across the BBC.
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25/07/2026 GMT
The best global arts coverage from across the BBC.
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18/07/2026 GMT
The best global arts coverage from across the BBC.
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The Arts Hour
The best global arts coverage from across the BBC.
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04/07/2026 GMT
The best global arts coverage from across the BBC.
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Rebecca Zlotowski on directing Jodie Foster
French director Rebecca Zlotowski on working with actor Jodie Foster in Vie Privée(R)
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Director Tina Gharavi on Virginia Woolf
Iranian-born director on her new film Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day
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Leila Slimani
Nikki speaks to the French-Moroccan author about her trilogy of novels
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Actor Kristin Scott Thomas
Kristin Scott Thomas on her debut as film director
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International bestselling novelist Tayari Jones
International bestselling novelist Tayari Jones on her latest book, Kin
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Sandra Oh, star of Killing Eve and Grey’s Anatomy
Killing Eve star Sandra Oh on her UK Theatrical debut
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Carla Simon
Nikki is joined by Spanish director of Romeria and our cultural critic Zakia Sewell
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Film-maker Alejandro González Iñárritu
Oscar winning Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu
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Reggae artist Protoje
Jamaican reggae artist Protoje
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Comedian Sindhu Vee
Comedian and actor Sindhu Vee talks about her new stand-up show
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Croatian actor Slavko Sobin
Croatian actor Slavko Sobin on his film Surviving Earth
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Film-maker Olive Nwosu
Nigerian British film-maker Olive Nwosu on her debut feature, Lady
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Norwegian best selling crime author Jo Nesbo
Norwegian crime author Jo Nesbo on his Netflix series, Jo Nesbo’s Detective Hole
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Raoul Peck discusses his new George Orwell documentary
Nikki Bedi talks to the award-winning filmmaker and Haiti's former Minister of Culture
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Ryan Gosling on his role in Project Hail Mary
Ryan Gosling on playing a reluctant hero in the movie Project Hail Mary
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Director Baz Luhrmann on EPIC: Elvis Presley in Concert
Baz Luhrmann on his labour of love, EPIC: Elvis Presley in Concert
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The Arts Hour Oscars Special
Nikki Bedi and Leila Latif preview contenders for this year’s Academy Awards
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Jan Komasa
Nikki Bedi talks to Polish director Jan Komasa about his unsettling thriller The Good Boy
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Oscar nominated cinematographer Adolpho Veloso
Oscar nominated Brazilian cinematographer Adolpho Veloso on filming Train Dreams
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Oscar and BAFTA nominated actor Wunmi Mosaku
British Nigerian Actor Wunmi Mosaku on her Oscar and BAFTA nominated role in Sinners
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Author Daniyal Mueenuddin
Nikki talks to the Pakistani-American writer about This Is Where The Serpent Lives
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Film-maker Akinola Davies Jnr
British Nigerian writer director Akinola Davies Jnr on his film, My Father’s Shadow
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Actor Wagner Moura and director Kleber Mendonça Filho
Brazilian actor Wagner Moura and director Kleber Mendonça Filho on The Secret Agent
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Kaouther Ben Hania on her film The Voice of Hind Rajab
Nikki Bedi talks to Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania about her new film.
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Director Chloé Zhao on her film Hamnet
Nikki Bedi interviews Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao about her new film Hamnet
