Artsnight Season 3 Episodes

Episode 1

David Baddiel

Episode 2

Nicholas Serota

Sir Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate, makes a personal journey to one of the most economically deprived areas of the UK, as he dares to ask why contemporary art matters?

Episode 3

Lionel Shriver

Episode 4

Charlotte Church

Episode 5

Paul Mason

At the Hay Festival, Paul Mason talks to six writers engaged with the most urgent issues of our time, from documenting the horrors of the war in Syria to how AI will determine our future, and from the fall of past empires to the possibility of a war with Russia. In the face of these momentous challenges to the global order, Paul Mason asks if the west can survive. With Simon Sebag Montefiore, Margaret Boden, Gaia Vince, Janine di Giovanni, Ruth Dudley Edwards and General Sir Richard Shirreff.

Episode 6

Kieran Long

Episode 7

Lynn Barber Meets Mumford & Sons

Episode 9

A Tribute to Carla Lane

Fri, Jul 15, 2016

Carla Lane redefined British comedy drama in the 1960s with her unique brand of 'situation tragedy'. At a time when television writing was the preserve of middle-class men, she brought a convincing cast of working-class female characters to British screens. The daring honesty with which she told the stories of ordinary women revolutionised the roles available to actresses on TV and blazed a trail for the screenwriters following in her footsteps.

Episode 10

Val McDermid

Episode 11

Lynn Barber Meets John Lydon

Lynn Barber meets up with the self-ordained king of punk John Lydon, who turned 60 this year. Fresh from a European tour with his group PIL (Public Image Ltd.) and with a new album out, What the World Needs Now, Lydon discusses his life, legacy and songs.

Episode 12

Meg Rosoff