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Greece, Daniel Evans on Sarah Kane, Indian Summers
With the future of Greece discussed, Sarah Kane's plays and the TV series Indian Summers.
Paul Muldoon and Roy Foster, Rona Munro
Presented by Philip Dodd. With poet Paul Muldoon and historian Roy Foster in conversation.
Andrew O'Hagan: Eddie Marsan: John Singer Sargent
Andrew O'Hagan talks to Matthew Sweet about his new novel which looks at memory and war.
Race in America: Selma, Joyce Carol Oates, Timberlake Wertenbaker
Including Joyce Carol Oates's new novel, the film Selma and the play Jefferson's Garden.
Henry Marsh Tom Stoppard's The Hard Problem, Daniel Levitin
With Tom Stoppard's play The Hard Problem, plus musician and neuroscientist Daniel Levitin
Nazis, Holocaust, Time and Memory
Rana Mitter with historians Richard J Evans, Jane Caplan and David Cesarani.
Cities and Resilience, Daisy Hay, Brian Clarke on Robert Fraser
Features the relationship between Disraeli and his wife, plus cities and disaster planning
Winston Churchill and Englishness
David Reynolds, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Simon Heffer and David Edgar discuss Churchill.
Dramatising Democracy: Michael Dobbs, James Graham, Paula Milne, Trudi-Ann Tierney
Debate asking if seeing democracy on screen and stage undermines confidence in politicians
2015 Oscar Nominations, Russell T Davies
Matthew Sweet discusses the 2015 Oscar nominations and talks to dramatist Russell T Davies