Anne McElvoy chairs a discussion about movements and people who have altered the political...

Jonathan Freedland chairs a discussion in which theatre director Carrie Cracknell describes the...

At the Brighton Festival, Stephanie Flanders talks to author Michael Rosen about why he thinks...

Lisa Jardine chairs a discussion in which artist Gavin Turk addresses the question of...

Tom Sutcliffe discusses the cultural history of Italy with film director Bernardo Bertolucci,...

Jonathan Freedland chairs a discussion in which geneticist Adam Rutherford discusses the...

Stephanie Flanders chairs a discussion in which novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie examines the...

Philosopher John Gray discusses the mythical aspect of human progress, while novelist James...

Allan Little discusses the novel How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia with its author Mohsin...

Lisa Jardine investigates whether conflict and difference have dominated in written history....

Ken Loach reveals how the spirit of unity that developed in the wake of the Second World War...

Anne McElvoy is joined by Living Dolls author Natasha Walter, sociologist Catherine Hakim,...

Bridget Kendall chairs a debate about the Commonwealth's future, as the organisation's former...

Lisa Jardine discovers how complex maths has broken free of the laboratory and now influences...

Bridget Kendall investigates the spread of the al-Qaeda model of terrorism from the Arab world...

Guests Joan Bakewell, Chris Mullin, Tim Montgomerie and Phil Collins discuss the legacy of...

Tom Sutcliffe hears from composer John Adams, who discusses the concert he is conducting at the...

Anne McElvoy speaks to environmental campaigner Tony Juniper about the monetary commitments...

The cultural agenda for the week, presented by Andrew Marr.

Andrew Marr is joined by neuropsychiatrist Michael Trimble to discuss the power of the voice...

Andrew Marr is joined by neuropsychiatrist Michael Trimble to discuss the power of the voice...

Andrew Marr is joined by University of Cambridge chemist Peter Wothers to discuss modern-day...

Andrew Marr explores what it means to be Scottish, hearing from crime writer Ian Rankin, whose...

Andrew Marr introduces discussion of Iran's prospective nuclear weapons strategy, inviting...

Andrew Marr invites his guests to discuss Germany's role in Europe, with economist Katinka...

Andrew Marr investigates how Britain trains the artists and designers of the future, as...

Andrew Marr talks to movie director Kevin Macdonald about his extensive catalogue of work, and...

Andrew Marr attends Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival in Gateshead, where he is joined by former...

Journalist Ian Cobain, lawyer David Anderson, playwright Clare Bayley and author MR Hall join...

Writers Kevin Jackson and Ali Smith, as well as journalist Will Gompertz and composer Julian...

Authors Richard Ford and Lionel Shriver join Andrew Marr to discuss the United States, and in...

Andrew Marr is joined by novelist Philip Hensher to discuss handwriting, a practice that began...

Andrew Marr and his guests discuss central Europe's relationship with the EU, and Anne...

Andrew Marr and guests look forward to the 200th anniversary of the first publication of the...

Andrew Marr talks to author Salman Rushdie about the years he spent under police protection...

Andrew Marr is joined by political activist Maajid Nawaz, who explains how he went from being...

Andrew Marr is joined by psychoanalyst Adam Phillips, who explores how far frustration is...

Andrew Marr asks how far scientific findings can influence the political agenda. Professor...

Andrew Marr leads a discussion on the Second World War - a period that presented greater...

Andrew Marr talks to writer Virginia Nicholson at the Charleston Festival, the setting in east...

Andrew Marr discusses ancient landscapes with writer Robert Macfarlane, who examines the ideas...

Andrew Marr is joined by political philosopher and writer Michael Sandel, economist Diane Coyle...

Andrew Marr invites his guests to discuss Spain's economic crisis and the legacy of Franco. He...

Andrew Marr is joined by Nick Harkaway, who dismisses fears of a digital dystopia, while Simon...

Andrew Marr discusses the concept of creativity with writer Jonah Lehrer, and experimental...

Andrew Marr invites his guests to discuss national identity and belonging. He is joined by...

Andrew Marr is joined by author Jonathan Fenby, who explores the inner complexity and global...

Andrew Marr is joined by novelist Peter Carey, who talks about his latest book The Chemistry of...

Andrew Marr is joined by author Alwyn Turner, who discusses his belief that the 1992...

Anne McElvoy talks to film-maker Werner Herzog about his latest documentary Into the Abyss, and...

Author Nadine Gordimer talks to Andrew Marr about her latest book, No Time Like the Present,...

Andrew Marr talks to author Colm Toibin about the way writers portray their families, AS Byatt...

Andrew Marr discusses the significance and purpose of middle age. Scientist David Bainbridge...

Andrew Marr discusses faith and doubt with his guests. Former bishop Richard Holloway reflects...

Tom Sutcliffe examines how science has shaped society. Ian Stewart explains how centuries-old...

Andrew Marr considers to what extent particular eras can be represented by their leaders and...

Andrew Marr and guests examine the state of conservatism. Columnist Peter Hitchens argues for a...

Andrew Marr hears from internet activist Wael Ghonim about the vital role of social networks in...

Andrew Marr is joined by Simon Stephens, who questions how the International Criminal Tribunal...

Andrew Marr focuses on solutions to the current global financial crisis. Detlev Schlichter...

Andrew Marr begins the new year with a look at austerity. Social policy analyst Anna Coote...

Andrew Marr meets David Hockney at his studio in Bridlington, East Yorkshire. The artist shares...

Andrew Marr talks to Canon Giles Fraser, who argues that the Christian Christmas was invented...

Andrew Marr asks if sport still embodies a notion of fair play and Corinthian spirit, or...

Andrew Marr discusses the role of the public intellectual. French philosopher, journalist and...

Andrew Marr examines the pursuit of power and the art of leadership. He is joined by Ghanaian...

Andrew Marr is joined by Rory Bremner, Peter Kosminsky, Iwona Blazwick and Sarah Gillespie to...

Andrew Marr discusses the writing of history with Peter Englund, who puts the lives of ordinary...

Andrew Marr discusses Australia's cultural heritage with writer Thomas Keneally, who has built...

Andrew Marr travels to Perth for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. He is joined by...

Andrew Marr talks to musician Jarvis Cocker about lyrics, and playwright Jez Butterworth...

Cosmologist Lisa Randall joins Andrew Marr to discuss how the latest developments in physics...

Jeremy Paxman reflects on how Britain's imperial past still has the power to influence...

Andrew Marr discusses the role of the British secret service with former military intelligence...

Andrew Marr discusses the work of composer Pierre Boulez with pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard,...

Andrew Marr discusses the murky world of cyber-crime with journalist Misha Glenny and Google...

Andrew Marr is joined by historian Antony Beever and writers Andrey Kurkov and Linda Grant to...

Science-fiction author China Mieville, whose latest creation explores the links between...

Philosopher Raymond Tallis mounts an assault on those who believe neuroscience and evolutionary...

Andrew Marr hears from Tim Harford, who explains his theory that the fear of failure...

Andrew Marr talks to Richard Sennett about increasing urbanisation. With half the world's...

Andrew Marr talks to the historian Jane Shaw about the story of Mabel Barltrop: she was renamed...

Andrew Marr wanders the globe with Paul Theroux, as he celebrates the pleasures and pains of...

Andrew Marr talks to the former British ambassador, Sherard Cowper-Coles, about the failures of...

Andrew Marr talks to Francis Fukuyama about the development of political institutions from the...

Andrew Marr talks to the MP Denis MacShane about the political situation in France. It's 30...

Andrew Marr explores how far empathy, or the lack of it, can explain cruelty. Simon Baron-Cohen...

Andrew Marr explores how far empathy, or the lack of it, can explain cruelty. Simon Baron-Cohen...

Andrew Marr talks to the theatre director Greg Doran about the literary detective work involved...

Andrew Marr's guests include the neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris, who argues that...

Tom Sutcliffe talks to Anne Dudley about the new opera, The Doctor's Tale, which with a Monty...

Andrew Marr talks to the Catholic Archbishop Vincent Nichols about how far his faith's social...

Andrew Marr talks to Niall Ferguson about the history of civilisation, and how the West came to...

Andrew Marr talks to Pamela Yates about filming the mass killing of Guatemala's indigenous...

Andrew Marr with the physicists Brian Greene and Brian Cox explores the universe in all its...

Andrew Marr talks to the human rights lawyer, Peter Harris, who represented the ANC when...

Andrew Marr with the former UN deputy secretary-general Mark Malloch-Brown, who argues that...

Andrew Marr talks to Simon Wessely about the mental health of soldiers serving in Iraq and...

Andrew Marr talks to David Attenborough as he goes on the trail of the elephant bird. Fifty...

Andrew Marr talks to the British film-maker Mike Figgis about directing Donizetti's most...

Andrew Marr talks fonts with the graphic designer Neville Brody, whose Anti-Design manifesto...

Andrew Marr talks to John Gray about our delusional quest for immortality, from Victorian...

Start the Week focuses on justice, fairness and ethical dilemmas this week. The leading Marxist...

In the first Start the Week of the New Year Andrew Marr asks what has gone wrong in the West....

Andrew Marr celebrates 40 years of Start the Week. When Richard Baker first presented the show...

Andrew Marr talks to the sculptor Anthony Caro about the development of modern British...

Andrew Marr talks to the conductor Semyon Bychkov about Tannhauser, Wagner's tortured artist,...

Andrew Marr talks to the choreographer Matthew Bourne about his vision for Cinderella, while...

Andrew Marr travels back to Egypt in the 1950s to a time of religious pluralism and openness...

Andrew Marr takes a satirical look at the world in Start the Week. The satirist PJ O'Rourke...

Andrew Marr talks to the forensic psychotherapist Dr Gwen Adshead about the medicalisation of...

Andrew Marr talks to the Swedish poet, Lars Gustafsson about whether writers have a...

Andrew Marr looks at what the future holds for Ireland after the financial crisis, with the...

Andrew Marr talks to the Scottish writer and artist, Alasdair Gray about his life through the...

In a special programme, Start the Week discusses morality, religion and politics. The...

In a special programme recorded at the Cheltenham Literature Festival Andrew Marr talks to...

Andrew Marr talks to Jonathan Franzen, hailed as a 'Great American Novelist' for his latest...

Andrew Marr talks to the economist Will Hutton about the need to transform a country blighted...

In the first programme of a new series of Start the Week the former MP Lord Hattersley charts...

Start The Week pits rational optimism against humane pessimism as Andrew Marr brings together...

On Start The Week Andrew Marr talks to John Akomfrah about his latest film installation about...

Start The Week with Andrew Marr and the actor Tom Hollander who reveals what it's like to play...

On Start the Week Andrew Marr talks to Gary Younge about how nationalism and patriotism shape...

On Start the Week with Andrew Marr, the novelist Yann Martel, who wrote Life of Pi, explains...

On Start the Week this Bank Holiday Monday, Andrew Marr gets his hands dirty with the...

On Start the Week on Monday the psychologist Dorothy Rowe asks why we lie. Andrew Marr...

On Start the Week, with Andrew Marr, the historian and former advisor to Margaret Thatcher,...

On Start the Week, Andrew Marr talks to Australia's foremost poet, Les Murray, on the joy of...

Andrew Marr Starts the Week with Sir Peter Hall talking about directing comedy as he returns to...

Andrew Marr Starts the Week with Fiona Shaw talking about her new production 'Elegy for Young...

Andrew Marr Starts the Week with Gurinder Chadha, director of 'Bend It Like Beckham', who talks...

Andrew Marr talks to playwright David Hare about his forty years in the theatre, to musician...

In a special edition of Start the Week recorded at Lambeth Palace, Andrew Marr talks to the...

Andrew Marr talks to Lionel Shriver whose new book 'So Much For That' looks at ageing, illness,...

Andrew Marr discusses how the key moments of the last century were reported by the British...

Andrew Marr finds out what science can tell us about the human condition. Ian McEwan's new...

Andrew Marr discusses films, soundtracks and the idea of LA with composer John Adams, as he...

Anthony Julius tells Andrew Marr how far he thinks anti-Semitism pervades English culture*,...

Andrew Marr looks at how society is shaped by science and war. Caroline Alexander explores what...

Andrew Marr gains insight into the workings of government offices with the investigative...

Andrew Marr gains insight into the workings of government offices with the investigative...

Andrew Marr discusses the need for radical reform of the markets with former World Bank...

Stewart Brand, a pioneer of the 1960s environmental movement, tells Tom Sutcliffe that the...

Andrew Marr discusses 'How to Live' with the help of Montaigne biographer Sarah Bakewell and...

Tom Sutcliffe is caught in a web of deception, as Ben Macintyre retells one of the greatest...

Andrew Marr talks to the Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk about obsessive love and his decision to...

Andrew Marr looks at the ideas and issues that have dominated the world of science in the past...

Andrew Marr sets the week's cultural agenda with a rich and electic mix of guests. He...

Tom Sutcliffe explores the pitfalls of the web, with Evgeny Morozov arguing that it's exploited...

Andrew Marr explores whether the Enlightenment or communism is more relevant today, with...

Andrew Marr explores how terrorism ends with strategist Audrey Kurth Cronin and police chief...

Andrew Marr finds out how much faith and science can tell us about identity with Tariq Ramadan...

Tom Sutcliffe discusses tradition and modernity with musician Nitin Sawhney, drama and wartime...

Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week. He talks to writer Tony Marchant about...

Andrew Marr discusses memory, secrets, failed states and snobbery with his guests. Academic...

Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week, in conversation with the former British...

Andrew Marr discusses game theory with CIA advisor Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Charles II with...

Andrew Marr's guests include writer Audrey Niffenegger on her new novel, historian Robert...

Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week. His guests include PD James on the art of...

Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week. He is joined by the former cabinet minister...