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Costa Book Awards Special: Jon McGregor, Katherine Rundell, Rebecca Stott, Helen Dunmore and Gail Honeyman

A special episode featuring the five category winners of the Costa Book Awards 2017

• 49 mins

The Vagina Monologues 20 years on, French crime drama Spiral

The Vagina Monologues 20 years on and feminist theatre today, French TV crime drama Spiral

• 30 mins

Melvyn Bragg, TV arts programmes, '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay' by Otis Redding, the Fire and Fury

Melvyn Bragg - 40 years of The Southbank Show, TV arts programmes today, The Fire and Fury

• 30 mins

Rita, Sue and Bob Too controversy, Philanthropist Jonathan Ruffer, Poet Sasha Dugdale

Director Vicky Featherstone, philanthropist Jonathan Ruffer, and poet Sasha Dugdale.

• 30 mins

Tom Hanks, Sir Simon Rattle, French heritage funding

Tom Hanks on his new film, The Post, co-starring Meryl Streep.

• 30 mins

Liam Neeson, Gorillaz artist Jamie Hewlett, TS Eliot Poetry Prize winner, fake Modiglianis

Liam Neeson, graphic artist Jamie Hewlett, TS Eliot Poetry Prize winner, fake art.

• 30 mins

Will & Grace revived, Disney and Pixar's evolution, the London Sinfonietta at 50

Will & Grace return 20 years on, the changing face of animation, London Sinfonietta at 50.

• 30 mins

Carleen Anderson, Elif Shafak, the commuter in film

Singer Carleen Anderson on her Cage Street Memorial project and the novelist Elif Shafak.

• 30 mins

Bridget Riley, Nick Park, David Lodge, Bayeux Tapestry

Recent work by renowned artist Bridget Riley, known for her abstract geometric images.

• 30 mins

Last Flag Flying director, literary fiction in decline, poet Danez Smith

Film director Richard Linklater on Last Flag Flying, Why literary fiction is in decline.

• 30 mins

Downsizing, filming sex scenes and a satire on ceramics

Downsizing with Matt Damon reviewed, the logistics of sex scenes, and a satire on ceramics

• 30 mins

Oscar Nominations 2018

The Oscar nominations for 2018 were announced on Monday, so who's in and who's out?

• 30 mins

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Ursula K Le Guin remembered, Charles I: King and Collector

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Ursula K Le Guin remembered.

• 30 mins

Paapa Essiedu, Rebecca Watts and Don Paterson, A J Finn

Actor Paapa Essiedu on Hamlet, poet Rebecca Watts' criticism of the poetry establishment.

• 30 mins

Turkish literature special from Istanbul featuring Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk

Kirsty Lang explores the literary scene in Istanbul including Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk.

• 30 mins

Julius Caesar, the Grammys, Joe Dunthorne, architect Neave Brown

Nicholas Hytner on Julius Caesar, author Joe Dunthorne, social housing design.

• 30 mins

James Graham on The Culture, Costa Book Prize winner announced, Ocean Liners

James Graham on his new play about Hull's year as City of Culture.

• 30 mins

Fiddler on the Roof lyricist, how musicals have evolved since 'Fiddler', Olafur Eliasson

Sheldon Harnick on his new musical, 50 years of musicals and artist Olafur Eliasson.

• 30 mins

Simple Minds, Phantom Thread, Napoleon Disrobed, Alex La Guma

Scottish rock band Simple Minds perform live and discuss their 40-year career.

• 30 mins

Nicola Benedetti, Winchester, Reading Europe: Russia

Nicolas Benedetti on rewriting the cadenza of Beethoven's Violin Concerto.

• 30 mins

Mike Bartlett on Trauma, Cornelia Parker, Val McDermid

Mike Bartlett discusses his new TV drama Trauma, and election artist Cornelia Parker.

• 30 mins

Mica Paris, Ethics of Arts Funding, Jim Crace

Mica Paris sings Ella Fitzgerald, the ethics of funding the arts, author Jim Crace.

• 30 mins

Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz, Irish Women Writers, Vaseem Khan

Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz on their new film The Mercy.

• 30 mins

David Hare on Collateral, Carmen, John Burningham and Helen Oxenbury

Playwright David Hare on his latest TV drama series Collateral.

• 30 mins

Chadwick Boseman, The Black Panther, Shakespeare for Children, Welsh Music - In Welsh

Chadwick Boseman, Black Super-heroes, Shakespeare for Children and Welsh Music - in Welsh.

• 30 mins

Bob Geldof on WB Yeats, The Fifty Shades phenomenon, Julian Rowlands & the Santiago Quartet

Musician Bob Geldof on A Fanatic Heart, his documentary about Irish poet WB Yeats.

• 30 mins

The Shape of Water, Terracotta Warriors, Samira Ahmed, RuPaul's Drag Race

Samira Ahmed discusses Guillermo del Toro's Oscar-nominated film The Shape of Water.

• 30 mins

Greta Gerwig, Opportunities for disabled actors, National Short Story Award

Greta Gerwig on her directorial debut film Lady Bird.

• 30 mins

Ruth Wilson on Dark River, Cal McCrystal on ENO's Iolanthe, Creative Scotland funding decisions

Ruth Wilson on her latest big screen role in the psychological drama Dark River.

• 30 mins

Art in response to trauma: Louise Allen and Maude Julien

Writers of two memoirs on how art and literature served as a lifeline in very dark times.

• 30 mins