The Arts Show - Season 4 / Year 2016

A feast of cultural delights, including a rare interview with artist Terry Bradley and a beginner's guide to buying art on budget.

Presented by Marie-Louise Muir.

The Arts Show explores the newly restored stately home at Mount Stewart, where some of the finest artworks in Europe are hanging on the freshly decorated walls. A banquet of poetry, song and classic sculpture awaits.

A rich buffet of fashion, sculpture and fine art, served up by talented young artists and presented by Marie-Louise Muir.

The Arts Show explores a stunning exhibition by graduates at the University of Ulster.

In this programme, conflict photographer Paul Seawright gives a guided tour of his latest exhibition. Presented by Marie-Louise Muir.

In this programme, both short film and opera are under the spotlight, and there is a look at how the gay community is reflected culturally in contemporary Northern Ireland.

The Arts Show rounds off 2015 with a special tribute to Irish literary giant, Brian Friel, who died in October. Marie-Louise Muir talks to friends and colleagues who worked with him and for him, including Oscar-nominated actor, Stephen Rea, Irish playwright, Tom Kilroy, and actor/director, Adrian Dunbar.

In this programme, new talent is the focus, showcasing the names to watch in 2016, a look at the symbolism of Chinese New Year and music from Ports.

Features in this month's show include the screen adaptation of David Park's novel The Truth Commissioner; David Ireland's latest play, Cyprus Avenue; Bafta-nominated director Stephen Fingleton's new movie, The Survivalist; and jazz from the David Lyttle Trio.

On the 200th anniversary of her birth, an examination of Charlotte Bronte's impact as a trailblazer for female writers. Plus, a look at the inspiration for the face on the Irish Republic's new currency post-partition, and a celebration of the posthumous publication of Seamus Heaney's final work.