Your ticket to the world's arts and entertainment scene with Mark Coles.
World Service,路112 episodes
Soul star Mavis Staples tells the show why she's the original Beyonce
Will The Aviator score Martin Scorsese that elusive Oscar?
Novelist Francisco Goldman explains how he was inspired by a Guatamalan poem
British Indian choreographer Akram Khan tells the show about his influences
Why actor Dustin Hoffman is happy not to play leading roles these days
Singaporean theatre director Ong Keng Seng on curating a Singapore arts festival in London
The show looks at the highlights from Africa's Fespaco film festival in Burkina Faso
The Ticket looks at the arts coming from China's biggest and fastest growing city Shanghai
Who is Arkady Renko? Martin Cruz Smith explains
Kamila Shamsie talks about her new novel Broken Verses
A look at the life of one of the all-time musical greats, Billie Holiday
Nicole Kidman talks about her latest movie The Interpreter
A look at Nick Hornby's novel, A Long Way Down, which tackles the subject of depression
There's more to Michael Nyman than film music, as the show finds out
Jonathan Safran Foer reads from his new book, Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan talks about new film The Ballad Of Mangal Pandey: The Rising
The show looks at Sengalese singer Baaba Maal, son of a fisherman, performing at the Proms
How Andre Brink's fictional character Cupido Cockroach is based on a real person
A look at Caryl Phillips' fictionalised account of black entertainer Bert Williams' life
An interview with the 'bad boy of American fiction,' Bret Easton Ellis
An interiew with martial arts actor Jackie Chan
Actor Sir Antony Sher; Fernando Meirelles' film The Constant Gardener; Ricky Gervais' new show Extras. Presenter: Mark Coles.
Indian novelist Vikram Seth talks about his early life with his aunt and uncle
Musician Brian Eno on why he's taking to the stage after a long absence
Ang Lee talks about the making of Brokeback Mountain
Actress Judi Dench explains how she prepared for the role of Mrs Henderson
Mark Coles looks back at the arts in 2005
South African musician Bheki Mseleku talks about his career
Maori music group Wai explain why they're the next big thing
Writer Kurt Vonnegut talks about coming out of retirement with a new book
