About this programme

Andrew Graham-Dixon presents from the recently revamped Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, where Clemency Burton-Hill goes behind the scenes as the RSC celebrates its 50th birthday. Mark Kermode explores a new exhibition at the British Library examining science fiction through literature, film, illustration and sound. Jon Ronson discusses his new book The Psychopath Test, and Lindsay Johns investigates the links between 14th-century Italian scholar Petrarch and hip-hop.