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Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey, Class in Britain, An Eton Education

With a review of Shelagh Delaney's play A Taste of Honey at the National Theatre.

• 45 mins

Landmark: Charlie Chaplin's City Lights

Matthew Sweet hosts a discussion about Chaplin recorded at the Bristol Slapstick Festival.

• 45 mins

France and Algeria, Birds, Augustus

Anne McElvoy discusses France and its former colonies, plus bird mating systems.

• 45 mins

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Danny Dorling

Samira Ahmed considers scoundrels in culture and also the housing market.

• 45 mins

Amy Chua, Versailles by Peter Gill, Spitting Image

Writers Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld talk to Anne McElvoy about what determines success.

• 45 mins

Vikings, Seafaring and Navigation

Matthew Sweet visits the British Museum's Vikings exhibition.

• 45 mins

Wim Wenders on Peace, Richard King on Taking Offence

Film director Wim Wenders and philosopher Mary Zournazi discuss peace with Philip Dodd.

• 45 mins

Julian Schnabel, Michael Goldfarb on pianist Alice Herz-Sommer

Philip Dodd meets artist Julian Schnabel. Plus Michael Goldfarb on Alice Herz-Sommer.

• 45 mins

Flora Thompson Biography, Ruins at Tate Britain, Ravel

Richard Mabey discusses his biography of Flora Thompson, author of Lark Rise to Candleford

• 45 mins

David Grossman

Matthew Sweet is in conversation with Israeli novelist David Grossman.

• 45 mins

Riba: The Brits Who Built the Modern World

From Riba, the architects whose work redefined the world's cities discuss their careers.

• 45 mins

Jonathan Lethem, Gary Shteyngart

American authors Jonathan Lethem and Gary Shteyngart are in conversation with Samira Ahmed

• 45 mins

Blithe Spirit, Strong Leadership and Military Intervention, Brain Surgery

Samira Ahmed discusses Blithe Spirit, military intervention and brain surgery.

• 45 mins

Live at Southbank Centre: Childhood

Frank Field MP joins Philip Dodd for a discussion about different aspects of childhood.

• 45 mins

Live at Southbank Centre: A Charm Offensive

Stephen Bayley, Rachel Johnson, AL Kennedy and Philip Dodd discuss what we mean by charm.

• 45 mins

Landmark: Seven Samurai

Matthew Sweet and guests including Ian Christie and SF Said on Kurosawa's Seven Samurai.

• 45 mins

Live at Southbank Centre: EM Forster

South African novelist Damon Galgut joins Rana Mitter to discuss the career of EM Forster.

• 45 mins

Live at Southbank Centre: Contemporary Curating, World Thinkers, The Language of Peace

With Anne McElvoy on displaying art and design, World Thinkers and the language of peace.

• 45 mins

Policing: Fact and Fiction

Matthew Sweet explores depictions of policing and corruption with playwright Roy Williams.

• 45 mins

Orhan Pamuk

Orhan Pamuk talks to Philip Dodd about his writing career and his views of modern Turkey.

• 45 mins

Is War Good for Us?

Anne McElvoy explores the impact of war, Afghan elections and childhood violence.

• 45 mins

Betty Balfour Profile, James Lovelock, Peter Buwalda

Lucy Porter and Bryony Dixon profile silent film star Betty Balfour with Matthew Sweet.

• 45 mins

Originality

Nicholas Penny, Simon Stephens and Geoff Mulgan join Philip Dodd to discuss originality.

• 45 mins

Are We Living Through a New 18th Century?

Philip Dodd explores the parallels between the 18th-century London and now.

• 45 mins

18th-Century Power Politics

With Anne McElvoy. Historians including Amanda Foreman on 18th-century monarchy and power.

• 45 mins

Mandeville's View of 18th-Century Economics

Matthew Sweet on the lessons about finance outlined in Mandeville's Fable of the Bees.

• 45 mins

18th-Century Crime and Punishment

Philip Dodd explores 18th-century attitudes to the law, crime and punishment.

• 45 mins

Dame Janet Suzman

Actress and director Dame Janet Suzman is in extended conversation with Philip Dodd.

• 45 mins

Stealing Banksy? Vice Media, Chris Marker Profile

Samira Ahmed asks who owns street art, and whether it should be up for sale.

• 45 mins

Eighteenth-Century Sexual Politics

Philip Dodd explores the sexual mores of 18th-century England.

• 45 mins