BBC Sounds - Categories - Arts, Culture & the Media

Sean Cooney

Sean Cooney chooses audio highlights from the past week.

• 42 mins
• 28 Apr 2024

Classic Desert Island Discs - Benjamin Zephaniah

Sue Lawley talks to the poet Benjamin Zephaniah in a programme first broadcast in 1997

• 35 mins
• 28 Apr 2024

Antony Gormley

Sculptor Sir Antony Gormley reveals his formative creative influences and experiences.

• 43 mins
• 25 Apr 2024

Radio 3 Shake Up and The Now Show No More

Radio 3 Controller on recent schedule changes and Punt and Dennis on end of The Now Show.

• 28 mins
• 25 Apr 2024

1. June, Betty and Victoria

Samira Ahmed and guests Arabella Weir and Lissa Evans discuss women’s evolution in satire.

• 60 mins
• 10 Mar 2021

Stuart Maconie with Richard Herring, Adelayo Adedayo, Natalie Haynes, Nectar Woode, Eddy Grant, LYR

Stuart Maconie and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.

• 42 mins
• 27 Apr 2024

Are ‘kidults’ a problem?

Are young people refusing to grow up, or just enjoying harmless escapism?

• 54 mins
• 26 Apr 2024

Has Milei fixed Argentina’s inflation problem?

What falling inflation means for Milei’s austerity plan and economic “shock” measures

• 9 mins
• 27 Apr 2024

Sunjeev Sahota

Alex Clark talks to Sunjeev Sahota about his new novel, The Spoiled Heart.

• 28 mins
• 28 Apr 2024

9. That cat deserves an Oscar

Nat and Jo chat about Race Across The World, Renegade Nell and Have I Got News For You.

• 36 mins
• 24 Apr 2024

Matthew Freud special

David Yelland and Simon Lewis discuss PR, politics and power with Matthew Freud.

• 35 mins
• 22 Apr 2024

Helen Lewis Has Left the Chat

Left the Chat: No 6. The Telegram War

How one messaging app became Vladimir Putin’s nemesis - and perhaps his secret weapon.

• 28 mins
• 08 May 2024

Fashion

Mark Kermode and Ellen E Jones examine the rich history of style and the moving image.

• 42 mins
• 26 Apr 2024

Lasting Legacy: What went wrong at a Hull funeral home?

What happened at a Hull funeral home where police found 35 bodies and unidentified ashes?

• 37 mins
• 16 Apr 2024

The Interview Archive - Benjamin Zephaniah

Daljit Nagra selects the best poetry programmes from the BBC's poetry archive.

• 30 mins
• 14 Apr 2024

Agatha Christie's Many Houses

A portrait of a writer via her addresses.

• 24 mins
• 24 Apr 2024

Pet Shop Boys, review of Challengers film and Expressionists exhibiition

Pet Shop Boys new album, Zendaya's film Challengers, Expressionists at Tate Modern.

• 42 mins
• 25 Apr 2024

Kant today, Spice Girls Reunited, Impersonating an Animal

Girl power past and present, the wisdom of goats and seagulls and Kant's ideas on reason.

• 57 mins
• 26 Apr 2024

Ofcom, impartiality and elections

Ofcom's Cristina Nicolotti Squires gives viewers' take on politician presenters.

• 57 mins
• 24 Apr 2024

Feeding the world and the Green Revolution

Turning points in arable farming

• 49 mins
• 27 Apr 2024