Series 3

S3 · E1 · 06/05/2016 · 30 min

David Baddiel

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

S3 · E2 · 13/05/2016 · 30 min

Nicholas Serota

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

S3 · E3 · 20/05/2016 · 30 min

Lionel Shriver

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

S3 · E4 · 27/05/2016 · 30 min

Charlotte Church

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

S3 · E5 · 03/06/2016 · 30 min

Paul Mason

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

S3 · E6 · 10/06/2016 · 30 min

Kieran Long

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

S3 · E7 · 17/06/2016 · 30 min

Lynn Barber meets Mumford & Sons

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

S3 · E8 · 08/07/2016 · 30 min

Maria Balshaw

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

S3 · E9 · 15/07/2016 · 30 min

A Tribute to Carla Lane

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

S3 · E10 · 22/07/2016 · 30 min

Val McDermid

Is fiction the best way to access the truth?

S3 · E11 · 29/07/2016 · 30 min

Lynn Barber Meets John Lydon

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

S3 · E12 · 05/08/2016 · 30 min

Meg Rosoff

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