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13 Episodes 2015 - 2016
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 5
Episode 6
Richard Wilson looks at Samuel Beckett's enduring fascination in contemporary theatrical cultures.
Episode 12
The poet George the Poet explores whether there is anything such as "black culture," or whether writers, poets and artists are looking for new and idiosyncratic modes of expression.
Episode 13
Theater director Josie Rourke looks at the modern day fascination with biography and considers whether there is such a thing as a male hero in contemporary western cultures.
Episode 17
Episode 22
Comedian and ventriloquist Nina Conti looks at the ways in which masks can conceal as well as reveal aspects of the human personality. Among the companies she visits are the Trestle Theatre Company in St. Albans, Hertfordshire.
Episode 23
Maria Balshaw, director of the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, reflects on the extent to which opportunities for women have expanded since the Suffragette Movement a century ago. She focuses in particular on theater, politics, and the arts.
Episode 24
A unique experiment showing visitors' reactions to paintings at Tate Modern in London, and how such reactions tell us a lot about their lives.
Episode 25
A brain surgeon and a successful novelist discuss the links between psychology, science, honesty and the unknowable.
Episode 26
Two American performers talk about how to overcome severe personal problems of alcoholism and depression using mindfulness.
Episode 28
Ryan Gander proposes that everyday life can be a creative act. He visits an artistic colony and meets Olafur Eliasson, who is fascinated by cookery.