29 May: Lady Antonia Fraser Wed, 29 May 13 Lady Antonia Fraser chooses an oil painting by J.M.W. Turner, full title The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up (1839), depicting a ship that played a crucial part in the Battle of T...
28 May 13: Nicholas Hytner Wed, 29 May 13 Nicholas Hytner Director of the National Theatre chooses the Finale from Act II of The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart. Plus archive interviews with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Elvis Costello and Sir Georg Solti. Go to...
24 May 13: Angela Gheorghiu Fri, 24 May 13 Angela Gheorghiu chooses a diva from a previous generation, Virginia Zeani (pictured below), and in particular her recording of Qui la Voce from Bellini's opera I Puritani. Presented by John Wilson. Archive...
23 May 13: Nigel Kennedy Thu, 23 May 13 Violin virtuoso Nigel Kennedy chooses the song Black and Blue, composed by Fats Waller and performed by Louis Armstrong. Plus archive from Louis Armstrong himself, Ken Clarke on Fats Waller, and Michael Parkins...
22 May 13: AS Byatt Wed, 22 May 13 ?A.S. Byatt chooses The Red Studio (1911) by the French artist Henri Matisse. Presented by Mark Lawson. Plus archives interviews with Matisse himself from 1951, Matisses biographer Hilary Spurling, artist Patrick He...
21 May 2013: Mary Beard Thu, 23 May 13 Classicist Mary Beard chooses the sculpture Laocoon and His Sons. Plus archive interviews including Seamus Heaney on Virgil, Ralph Fiennes as Aeneas, and the story of the Trojan Horse. Go to Front Rows Cultural...
17 May 13: Alison Balsom Fri, 17 May 13 Alison Balsom chooses the St Matthew Passion by J.S. Bach. She tells John Wilson why the recording by Philippe Herreweghe and Collegium Vocale Gent (Harmonia Mundi) is particularly special to her. The interview...
20 May 13: David Walliams Mon, 20 May 13 Actor and writer David Walliams chooses Harold Pinter's play No Man's Land. Presented by Mark Lawson. The interview is followed by selected clips from the BBC archive: Pinter himself on his relationship with t...
16 May 13: Terence Stamp Thu, 16 May 13 Terence Stamp chooses The Razor's Edge as his favourite work. Based on Somerset Maugham's novel, the Oscar nominated film stars Gene Tierney and Tyrone Power as an American World War One pilot searching for mea...
15 May 13: Will Self Wed, 15 May 13 Will Self chooses GK Chesterton's detective story The Man Who Was Thursday, published in 1908. Presented by Mark Lawson. The interview is followed by selected clips from the BBC Archive: GK Chesteron on eating beef...