Air date: 2015-06-19

Runtime: 30 min

Andrew Marr champions some great Renaissance dramatists who aren't Shakespeare.

Air date: 2015-07-03

Runtime: 30 min

Model and actress Lily Cole explores whether children inhibit or enhance an artistic life.

Air date: 2015-07-10

Runtime: 30 min

Journalist Lynn Barber takes over editorial control to explore the world of artist Doug Aitken.

Air date: 2015-07-17

Runtime: 30 min

Broadcaster Samira Ahmed takes a look at photography, both historically and in the present day.

Air date: 2015-07-24

Runtime: 30 min

Martha Lane Fox explores how the west's two cultures - science and arts - work together.

Air date: 2015-07-31

Runtime: 30 min

Richard Wilson looks at Samuel Beckett, speaking to Ian McKellen and Hugo Weaving.

Air date: 2015-09-25

Runtime: 30 min

Irvine Welsh goes to Edinburgh to see what effect the Scottish referendum had on the arts.

Air date: 2015-10-02

Runtime: 30 min

Hofesh Shechter explores how embarrassment can be rich territory for artistic exploration.

Air date: 2015-10-09

Runtime: 30 min

Ben Okri explores the transformative effect of the prize on the career of its recipients.

Air date: 2015-10-16

Runtime: 30 min

BBC arts editor Will Gompertz investigates the thriving art market.

Air date: 2015-10-23

Runtime: 30 min

Lynn Barber considers the idea of taking risks in art.

Air date: 2015-10-30

Runtime: 30 min

Spoken word artist George the Poet explores the heritage and future of black culture.

Air date: 2015-11-06

Runtime: 30 min

Josie Rourke looks at the changing idea of the hero in contemporary culture.

Air date: 2015-11-13

Runtime: 30 min

Clara Amfo, one of BBC Radio 1's rising stars, looks at how the fame industry works.

Air date: 2015-11-20

Runtime: 30 min

Artist Edmund de Waal looks at the theme of memory and art.

Air date: 2015-11-27

Runtime: 30 min

Kwasi Kwarteng looks at how the British Empire impacted on art and literature.

Air date: 2015-12-04

Runtime: 30 min

Ana Matronic explores how robots are taking over mainstream culture.

Air date: 2015-12-11

Runtime: 30 min

Chris Dercon talks to world-famous celebrity photographer Juergen Teller.