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Review Show: Irvine Welsh's new novel and Glenn Close's new film
Richard Dadd at the Royal Academy and AI companies shredding rare books.

Live from the Edinburgh Festivals: Stockard Channing on directing Krapp's Last Tape
Actress Stockard Channing on her directorial debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

John Hannah on his new comedy crime drama set in Benidorm
John Hannah on Benidorm is Murder and a look at Hull's newly refurbished Maritime Museum.

Magic live in the studio
Magic live in the studio, author Jacqueline Crooks and French museum security.

Review show: Childhood in War, Children of Wolves and kids in Luton
Lawrence Osborne's new cat-and-mouse thriller and a debut British film.

How the opiod crisis inspired an opera
Composer Missy Mazzoli on her opera The Galloping Cure.

Mary Beard reveals the Booker Prize longlist, plus Bill Pullman on taking on Chekhov
Mary Beard, chair of the judges for the 2026 Booker Prize.

Bill Oddie, remembered by his friend Graeme Garden
Bill Oddie remembered, Frank Miller on Batman and Children's Laureate, Patrice Lawrence.

Review Show: Trainspotting the Musical, Colson Whitehead's new novel
Plus fishing romance drama On the Sea.

Andrew Ridgeley on Wham in China
Wham's Andrew Ridgeley; The impact of Fleabag on 10 years of TV; The art of costume making