Culture

Television executive Pat Younge worked in the BBC’s news and current affairs department at the time the Diana interview was broadcast.

Today, the prime minister said he was “very concerned” about Lord Dyson’s findings, showing that Martin Bashir faked documents to secure the scoop.

Krishnan speaks to Gary about what saved his music career, his experiences with depression and how the best day of his life is yet to come.

Comedian Steve Royle, who came third in Britain’s Got Talent last year, joined us to talk about tackling comedy in the pandemic.

We spoke to the chief executive of Blackpool’s Grand Theatre, Ruth Eastwood, and Kate Shane, who looks after Blackpool attractions for Merlin Entertainments, which includes the famous Blackpool Tower. 

We have been meeting the performers and theatre workers finally emerging from lockdown into the light.

Britain’s ethnic minority populations are concentrated in towns and cities – leaving the countryside overwhelmingly white.

Jamelia speaks to Krishnan about what she describes as her ‘tug of war’ relationship with the TV industry and how this has affected her mental health.

This Living Hand is curated by potter Edmund de Waal and explores Moore’s relationship with touch.

Tawseef Khan speaks to Krishnan about Islamophobia, what integration means to him and his experience growing up as a Muslim in the north of England.

Does it feel like social media has all gone a bit quiet in recent months?

Paraic O’Brien explores how even though Northern Ireland’s youth weren’t around during the Troubles, the stories they are told strengthen the bonds of Unionism today.

We are all waiting to know what the new normal is going to be, but for a few thousand ravers in a Liverpool warehouse who are taking part in a Covid-safe pilot event, the answer might be that the new normal is very familiar indeed.

Tim talks to Krishnan about the UK’s current place on the world stage, how much power China has and how space is the new frontier for political negotiations.

This was the year of the socially distanced Oscars, when the stars were vaccinated, tested, tested again. Most were kitted out with masks to match their designer outfits.