Artists at Work Podcast
How creatives write, perform and make art, design and music. The home of arts and culture from 麻豆社 World Service.
How creatives write, perform and make art, design and music. The home of arts and culture from 麻豆社 World Service.
In The Studio follows the world鈥檚 leading creative figures while they work. Nikki Bedi hosts The Arts Hour, with news of the latest releases from around the world, and in World Book Club Harriett Gilbert puts your questions and comments to best-selling authors.
In the Studio episodes are released on Tuesdays, The Arts Hour with you on Fridays and World Book Club drops on the first Saturday of each month.
Episodes to download
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The Arts Hour: Visionary filmmaker Boots Riley on his radical new movie I Love Boosters
Today
Nikki Bedi talks to the most exciting directors from this year's London Film Festival
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The Arts Hour: Tom Cruise on his latest film Digger
Last Friday
Plus Nikki Bedi speaks to Sudanese-Russian director Suzannah Mirghani about Cotton Queen
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In the Studio: German Synth Music
Tue 6 Oct 2026
In Berlin, three artists have come together to make some unusual music.
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World Book Club: Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts
Sat 3 Oct 2026
Josie Long interviews Paul Tremblay about A Head Full of Ghosts
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The Arts Hour: Saoirse Ronan and Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Fri 2 Oct 2026
Nikki talks to Rachel Elia Griffiths about Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie
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In the Studio: Le茂la Slimani takes on Tolstoy
Tue 29 Sep 2026
The globally acclaimed French-Moroccan novelist on writing her very first stage play
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The Arts Hour: Juliette Binoche and Nicholas Winding Refn
Fri 25 Sep 2026
Nikki speaks to Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn about his new movie Her Private Hell
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In the Studio: Poet Leonie Charlton on wildfires
Tue 22 Sep 2026
Leonie Charlton on her new poem about wildfire
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In the Studio: Jack in the Green
Tue 15 Sep 2026
The Jack in the Green procession is one of the UK's biggest May Day celebrations.
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In the Studio: The Bayeux Tapestry
Tue 8 Sep 2026
British Museum prepares for blockbuster exhibition
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Steve Levine: Revisiting the Beach Boys
Tue 8 Sep 2026
As Steve remixes his 1985 CD, celebrity friends join him to discuss the original sessions
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Daniyal Mueenuddin : This is Where the Serpent Lives
Sat 5 Sep 2026
Author Daniyal Mueenuddin answers questions about This is Where the Serpent Lives
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Introducing: Artists at Work
Thu 3 Sep 2026
Harriett Gilbert has news about changes coming to the World Book Club podcast
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Kaarina Parker: Fulvia
Sat 1 Aug 2026
Kaarina Parker talks about her debut novel set in ancient Rome - Fulvia.
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Rachel Kushner: The Mars Room
Sat 4 Jul 2026
Harriett Gilbert talks with Rachel Kusher about The Mars Room.
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Karin Slaughter: The Good Daughter
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Karin Slaughter answers questions about her brutal thriller The Good Daughter
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John Connolly - The Book of Lost Things
Sat 2 May 2026
Harriett Gilbert talks with John Connolly about 'The Book of Lost Things'.
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Ragnar Jonasson: The Darkness
Sat 4 Apr 2026
Octavia Bright talks to Ragnar Jonasson about his thriller, The Darkness
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Laurent Binet - HHhH
Sat 7 Mar 2026
Laurent Binet answers your questions about his debut novel, HHhH.
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Linwood Barclay - Take Your Breath Away
Sat 7 Feb 2026
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni - The Palace of Illusions
Sat 3 Jan 2026
Harriett Gilbert speaks with Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni about The Palace of Illusions
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Philippa Gregory: The Other Boleyn Girl
Sat 6 Dec 2025
Bestselling author Philippa Gregory joins to discuss The Other Boleyn Girl
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Oyinkan Braithwaite - My Sister, The Serial Killer
Sat 1 Nov 2025
Harriett talks to Oyinkan Braithwaite about My Sister, The Serial Killer.
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Mexican Gothic
Sat 4 Oct 2025
Harriett is joined by Silvia Moreno-Garcia to discuss her bestseller Mexican Gothic.
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Arthur Conan Doyle - The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sat 6 Sep 2025
Join Harriett for a special episode exploring the legacy of Sherlock Holmes.
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Juhea Kim - Beasts of a Little Land
Sat 2 Aug 2025
Harriett Gilbert speaks with Juhea Kim about her novel Beasts of a Little Land.
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Graeme Macrae Burnet - His Bloody Project
Sat 5 Jul 2025
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
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Abdulrazak Gurnah: Paradise
Sat 3 May 2025
Harriett Gilbert talks with Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah about his novel Paradise
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Michelle de Kretser: Scary Monsters
Sat 5 Apr 2025
Harriett Gilbert talks with Michelle de Kretser about her novel Scary Monsters
