Evelyn Glennie
Musician Evelyn Glennie talks to John Wilson about her career and some of the key cultural turning points of her life. From growing up in rural Aberdeenshire and becoming profoundly deaf at a young ag...
27 Nov 202142min
Caitlin Moran
Author and columnist Caitlin Moran talks to John Wilson about some of the works and events that have had the biggest influence on her writing career.The eldest of eight children, she was home-schooled...
20 Nov 202142min
Carlos Acosta
Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta talks to John Wilson about some of the key moments of his cultural life. He discusses the influence of his father, his early love of breakdancing in the streets of Hava...
13 Nov 202142min
Mike Leigh
Film-maker Mike Leigh talks to John Wilson about his cultural influences and some of the moments that have had an impact on his creative life. He reveals how a life-drawing class at art college proved...
7 Nov 202142min
Tracey Emin
Artist Tracey Emin talks openly and honestly to John Wilson about her controversial career and her life, including her experiences of cancer and abortion. She reveals some of the deeply personal aspec...
30 Okt 202142min
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney talks to John Wilson about his key influences and inspirations. In a candid conversation, in which he discusses his relationship with John Lennon, the break-up of The Beatles and his si...
23 Okt 202142min
Bernardine Evaristo
Author Bernardine Evaristo talks to John Wilson about the formative experiences and cultural influences that have had a profound effect on her work. She looks back on her early childhood in South Lond...
16 Okt 202142min
Kenneth Branagh
Actor and filmmaker Sir Kenneth Branagh talks to John Wilson for the first of a new series of interviews in which the world’s leading cultural figures discuss their key influences and inspirations. In...
9 Okt 202142min
