The Arts Show - Season 6 / Year 2018
Season 6 / Year 2018
Episodes
Episode 1
This month's Arts Show includes Gulliver's Travels, public art, Julian Barratt, Seán Hillen and Derry's latest teenage troubadour Roe.
Episode 2
This month's Arts Show includes actor Colm Meaney on his latest movie, The Journey. Plus comedian Tim McGarry investigates erotic fiction, crime writer Ian Rankin reveals his cultural highlights, and there is live music from Saint Sister.
Episode 3
A special from the Belfast School of Art final degree shows, featuring new painting, animation, fashion and ceramics. Presented by Marie-Louise Muir.
In Conversation with Colm Meaney
The Arts Show returns with a special conversation with actor Colm Meaney about his life and career, which includes roles in The Commitments, Star Trek and The Journey.
In Conversation with Neil Jordan
Marie-Louise Muir talks to Irish director and writer Neil Jordan about his extensive career, which includes the movies Interview with the Vampire, The Crying Game and Michael Collins, and novels such as The Drowned Detective and Carnivalesque.
In Conversation with Adrian Dunbar
Marie-Louise Muir talks to actor Adrian Dunbar about his life and career, including his success in blockbuster cop drama Line of Duty.
Episode 7
Marie-Louise Muir meets controversial Turner Prize-winning duo Gilbert and George ahead of a rare exhibition in Belfast. And Joe Lindsay discovers that M - from the James Bond series - earned his spy stripes in Belfast.
Episode 8
Marie-Louise Muir meets Blindboy Boatclub from The Rubberbandits, Tim McGarry investigates the strange story of the Ulster Museum's most stolen painting and Katie Richardson takes a look at a slice of Americana art in Ards.
Episode 9
Sam McCready on the great forgotten writer Robert Harbison, Jack Pakenham reflects on a life of art and staying in Northern Ireland in troubled times, and illustrator Alison Soye on giving up other work to focus on her illustrations. Presented by Marie-Louise Muir.
Episode 10
This month's Arts Show includes Shane MacGowan, author Bernard MacLaverty, the man who penned films such as Lamb and Cal, on writing, films and living in Scotland. Plus Mary O'Malley - the formidable woman who brought the Lyric Theatre to life - 50 years on, and music from Elma Orkestra.
Episode 11
This month's Arts Show takes a look at Brian Friel's Translations, a play dealing with the turbulent relationship between Ireland and Britain.
Rewind
Marie-Louise Muir turns back the clock and digs deep in to the BBC archives to uncover gems like a teenage James Nesbitt and aspiring actor Liam Neeson.
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