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Colour: Sean Scully, Jamie Ward, Caroline Cox

Philip Dodd talks to artist Sean Scully and reflects on the way colour is perceived.

• 45 mins

Libertarianism, Trevor Paglen and Surveillance, Civil War Ranters

Anne McElvoy presents. Including Ranters, libertarianism, Trevor Paglen and Naomi Paxton.

• 45 mins

Landmark: The Thirty-Nine Steps and World War I

Matthew Sweet discusses WWI, empire and adventure in John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps.

• 45 mins

Barbara Kruger, Laurie Penny, The Minds of Molecules

Samira Ahmed talks to American artist Barbara Kruger and journalist Laurie Penny.

• 45 mins

Balancing Power in World War I and Now

Anne McElvoy, Margaret MacMillan and Jonathan Powell explore the Great Powers in WWI.

• 45 mins

Wood and Trees: War and Remembrance

From Paul Nash paintings to commemorative planting: Samira Ahmed on woods in war and peace

• 45 mins

Yael Farber, Liberalism

Philip Dodd explores Liberal ideas past and present and talks to director Yael Farber.

• 45 mins

Oh What a Lovely Savas

Rana Mitter discusses the roles of Turkey, India, China and Japan in World War I.

• 45 mins

Boyhood, Cory Arcangel, The Digital Age

Matthew Sweet presents. Toby Litt reviews Boyhood and Cory Arcangel on digital art.

• 45 mins

The History of Pain, Martin Freeman as Richard III, Animal Rights

With Philip Dodd. Includes Richard III, medical attitudes to pain and animal rights.

• 45 mins

Virginia Woolf Portraits, Richard Flanagan, Medical History, The Security Services in Fiction

With Anne McElvoy. Virginia Woolf portraits, Richard Flanagan's new book and spy novels.

• 45 mins

Animals and Anthropomorphism, Nadine Gordimer Tribute, Prison

Matthew Sweet discusses prisons and anthropomorphism.

• 45 mins

Kenyan Authors Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Billy Kahora

Philip Dodd discusses Kenya past and present with Billy Kahora and Ngugi wa Thiong'o.

• 45 mins

City of London Festival Debate

Anne McElvoy, her panel and audience debate the influence of emotion on the money markets.

• 45 mins

The Battle of Culloden, Outlander, Peter Watkins

Matthew Sweet with Outlander creator Diana Gabaldon, historian Tom Devine and John Cook.

• 45 mins

Lenny Henry in Conversation at Birmingham Rep

Lenny Henry talks to Matthew Sweet in front of an audience at Birmingham Rep.

• 45 mins

Martin Amis in Conversation at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms

Author Martin Amis discusses his writing with Philip Dodd.

• 45 mins

Figuring out Abstract Art

From Tate Modern, London, Anne McElvoy leads a debate about abstract art past and present.

• 45 mins

Language

Matthew Sweet discusses language with Steven Pinker and Will Self.

• 45 mins

Howard Jacobson, Francis Fukuyama

Philip Dodd is joined by political scientist Francis Fukuyama and author Howard Jacobson.

• 45 mins

Thomas Ostermeier, Joseph O'Neill, Ali Smith

Thomas Ostermeier's Ibsen adaptation, Joseph O'Neill and Man Booker nominee Ali Smith.

• 45 mins

Neel Mukherjee, Images of China

Matthew Sweet talks to novelist Neel Mukherjee, shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize.

• 45 mins

Kristin Scott Thomas as Electra, Ai Weiwei at Blenheim Palace

Rana Mitter with a first-night review of Sophocles' Electra, starring Kristin Scott Thomas

• 45 mins

Matthew Barzun, Speed-the-Plow Review

Anne McElvoy is joined by the US ambassador to Britain. Plus a review of Speed-the-Plow.

• 45 mins

Tim Minchin, Shami Chakrabarti, David Cronenberg

Matthew Sweet is joined by Tim Minchin, Shami Chakrabarti and film-maker David Cronenberg.

• 45 mins

Anselm Kiefer and Sigmar Polke, Henry IV, Patrick Modiano

Anne McElvoy discusses Phyllida Lloyd's all-female production of Shakespeare's Henry IV.

• 45 mins

Man Booker Prize, Sherlock Holmes, Plato and Aristotle

Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet discuss Sherlock Holmes. Plus the 2014 Man Booker Prize.

• 45 mins

David Baddiel, Shlomo Sand, Julie Burchill

Rana Mitter is joined by David Baddiel, Shlomo Sand and Julie Burchill.

• 45 mins

William Morris, Our Town, The Roosevelts

With two William Morris exhibitions, the play Our Town and the documentary The Roosevelts.

• 45 mins

Landmark: Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu

A landmark edition celebrating Proust's great novel In Search of Lost Time.

• 44 mins