Air date: 2016-05-06

Runtime: 30 min

David Baddiel travels to New York to investigate Thomas Carlyle's Great Man theory.

Air date: 2016-05-13

Runtime: 30 min

Sir Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate, investigates why contemporary art matters.

Air date: 2016-05-20

Runtime: 30 min

Lionel Shriver asks why economics has become one of the most exciting subjects for writers

Air date: 2016-05-27

Runtime: 30 min

Charlotte Church meets musicians pushing the boundaries of what a voice can do.

Air date: 2016-06-03

Runtime: 30 min

Paul Mason talks to six writers engaged with the most urgent issues of our time.

Air date: 2016-06-10

Runtime: 30 min

The V&A's architecture curator Kieran Long explores the future of the home in Britain.

Air date: 2016-06-17

Runtime: 30 min

Mumford & Sons talk to Lynn Barber about becoming an international super group.

Air date: 2016-07-08

Runtime: 30 min

Maria Balshaw visits the five museums shortlisted for the 2016 Museum of the Year award.

Air date: 2016-07-15

Runtime: 30 min

Rarely seen interviews in which writer Carla Lane discusses her life and work.

Air date: 2016-07-22

Runtime: 30 min

Is fiction the best way to access the truth?

Air date: 2016-07-29

Runtime: 30 min

Lynn Barber meets up with the self-ordained king of punk John Lydon.

Air date: 2016-08-05

Runtime: 30 min

Novelist Meg Rosoff explores the relationship between art and the unconscious mind.