Meridian Episodes Available now

Artist Alison Britton
How artists use 鈥榚veryday stuff鈥 such as clay. Presented by Michael Rosen

Books of the Year, 2001
Recommendations from Doris Lessing, Sarah Paretski and James Lovelock

The Art of Conducting: Part 2
How the conductor has changed over the last one hundred years and what the future might hold.

Steven Spielberg
A profile of the American film director on the release of AI Artificial Intelligence

Sculptor David Nash
How artists use 鈥榚veryday stuff鈥 such as wood. Presented by Michael Rosen

August Wilson interview
The Pulitzer prize-winning playwright talks about his drama Ma Rainey鈥檚 Black Bottom

Ama Ata Aidoo interview
The Ghanaian writer talks about her work, including the novel Changes

Mitsuko Uchida interview
鈥淭he piano can do everything!鈥 The Japanese pianist talks about her instrument

Sculptor Glynn Williams
How artists use 鈥榚veryday stuff鈥 such as stone. Presented by Michael Rosen

The Lord of the Rings
Exploring the Middle Earth trilogy, including an archive interview with JRR Tolkien