The best global arts coverage from across the BBC.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Arts Hour is hosted by BBC World Service. The show has published 5 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The Arts Hour podcast has has a new home!" (25 September 2026, 1 minute), "Hugh Jackman on his film The Death of Robin Hood" (18 September 2026, 45 minutes), and "The Arts Hour Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman" (11 September 2026, 47 minutes).
The Arts Hour publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 45 minutes across 5 episodes.
Booking probability for The Arts Hour is 27%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Arts Hour requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Arts Hour's contact route on record: verified email.
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BBC World Service hosts The Arts Hour, an arts show with 5 episodes published.
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This podcast has now moved. To listen to The Arts Hour after broadcast, search for "Artists at Work" wherever you get your podcasts from - where you'll also be able to get other great programmes from the BBC World...
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Nikki Bedi speaks to German director Joscha Bongard about his film, Babystar and discusses this week’s cultural highlights with critic Larushka Ivan-Zadeh: Australian movie star Hugh Jackman on starring in his latest...
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Nikki Bedi and Rhianna Dhillon chat about the week’s big film release, Practical Magic 2 – is it bewitching or cursed? Plus, Indian dancer Radhe Jaggi joins to discuss the enchanting art of Bharatanatyam We also hear...
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Nikki Bedi’s interview guest, Kanan Gill, is one of the biggest comedians to come out of India. He talks about his global tour with the show, Not This Again, and critic Bidisha joins them in conversation about other...
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Nikki Bedi speaks to the Oscar winning documentary maker Orlando von Einsiedel about his latest film, The Cycle of Love and discusses this week's cultural highlights with critic Arifa Akbar: Australian star of the...
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Nikki Bedi meets Booker Prize longlisted Mexican American author Chloe Aridjis to discuss her latest novel, The Shadow of the Object British actor James Norton, on joining the cast of the hugely popular Games of Thrones...
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Nikki Bedi meets Preeti and Kranti - two members of India’s first all-female hip hop collective, Wild Wild Women - to talk about their extraordinary journeys thus far Plus critic Alexandra Steinacker-Clark joins to give...
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British actor Samantha Morton on playing Circe in Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film, The Odyssey Nikki Bedi meets US comedy star Jay Jurden to talk about his stand-up show ‘Jay Jurden Takes London’ and Karen...
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Actor, writer and director Uzoamaka Power talks about her rom com, Call of My Life, which has been breaking box office records in Nigeria Nikki Bedi reflects on other cultural highlights of the week with critic Zing...
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British Argentinian actor Anya Taylor-Joy on playing a con artist in the new TV series, Lucky Nikki Bedi meets Portuguese musician Ana Lua Caiano to talk about her music, reinventing Portuguese traditions with...
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Oscar-winning director Christopher Nolan and actor Matt Damon talk about one of the year’s most anticipated blockbusters, their movie, The Odyssey Nikki Bedi meets Chilean screenwriter and director Diego Cespedes whose...
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Global superstar Madonna talks about her new album, Confessions II and her relationship with dance Nikki Bedi meets Italian Director Francesco Sossai to discuss Italian masculinity in his film, The Last One for the Road...
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<p>Nikki Bedi speaks to fresh new voice in Indian cinema, the director Rohan Kanawade, about his groundbreaking Cactus Pears (Sabar Bonda). The first Marathi-language film to premiere at the Sundance Festival, it was...
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Nikki Bedi speaks to fresh new voice in Indian cinema, the director Rohan Kanawade, about his groundbreaking Cactus Pears (Sabar Bonda). The first Marathi-language film to premiere at the Sundance Festival, it was also...
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<p>French filmmaker Rebecca Zlotowski tells Nikki Bedi about directing Oscar winning actor Jodie Foster in Vie Privée (A Private Life), her first starring role in a French language film</p><p>Nikki is joined by critic...
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French filmmaker Rebecca Zlotowski tells Nikki Bedi about directing Oscar winning actor Jodie Foster in Vie Privée (A Private Life), her first starring role in a French language film Nikki is joined by critic Rhianna...
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<p>Nikki Bedi speaks to Iranian-born director Tina Gharavi about her new film Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day, starring Haley Bennett and Lily Allen</p><p>Zing Tsjeng joins as cultural critic to give her take on some of...
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<p>Nikki Bedi speaks to the internationally acclaimed French-Moroccan author of Lullaby about the final part of her historical family trilogy, I’ll Take The Fire</p><p>Steven Spielberg remembers falling in love with...
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<p>British actor Kristin Scott Thomas, star of the English Patient and Four Weddings and a Funeral, reveals the personal story behind her directorial debut film, My Mother’s Wedding. </p><p>Nikki Bedi is joined by...
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<p>Nikki Bedi meets international bestselling author Tayari Jones whose award-winning novel ‘An American Marriage’ was chosen by Oprah Winfrey for her Book Club and was championed by former US President Barack Obama. As...
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