Culture in Quarantine

Bringing arts and culture into your home

The tiny pants with a lifesaving message

This craft project is raising awareness of the importance of smear tests

BBC ARTS

The magical marriage of music and the movies

Mark Kermode on the greatest concert films, biopics and documentaries

BBC ARTS

Sing with a West End star

You can take part in this very special show alongside a glittering cast of performers

BBC One / Radio Two

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Patti Smith and David Lynch talk Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet

Marking Lynch's 75th birthday, we revisit the artists discussing process, aging and the joy of creating

Newsnight Encounters

Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes

An award winning adaptation of the legendary film about obsession, posession and living for dance

BBC iPlayer

Maria By Callas

Tom Volf’s revealing account of the rise of the legendary opera singer from humble beginnings to international superstar

BBC iPlayer

New Creatives

BBC Introducing Arts with Gemma Cairney

Experimental music, soundscapes, spoken word and documentary from exciting, fresh and emerging British artists

6 MUSIC ON BBC SOUNDS

Anoraks

Arthur & Gwen are obsessive Cornish re-enacters on a quest

BBC IPLAYER

Get Animated!

Plunge into exciting, strange and beautiful animated worlds

BBC iPlayer

Made in Lockdown

Home Carnival Queen

A beautiful exploration of UK carnival culture, from the lens of black women

BBC iPlayer

Sign Night

Two deaf women separated by lockdown unite through sign language in poetic projection

BBC iPlayer

We Are Not The Virus

A hopeful ode to frontline workers arguing that we can combat anything

BBC iPlayer

Get Creative at Home: Masterclasses

Shazia Mirza

The comedian reveals how to find humour even in the world of lockdown isolation

BBC iPlayer

Cynthia Erivo

The Oscar-nominated actress gives a singing masterclass with RADA student Daniel Bowerbank

BBC iPlayer

Clare Twomey

The artist demonstrates how anyone can create beautiful bowls with marizipan

BBC iPlayer

Inside Cinema

Lynchian Nightmares

What lurks behind the white picket fence? Explore the uncanny world of David Lynch

BBC iPlayer

Trixie Mattel's Guide to Drag Cinema

Category is: silver screen glamour realness. From the most sickening looks in golden-era cinema to divine cult hits

BBC iPlayer

Summer Holidays

From makeovers to murder, a trip to sunnier climes is always eventful in the movies

BBC iPlayer

Animated Thinking on BBC iPlayer

I Feel Different

Experience the untold stories of autistic girls and women in their own words

AHRC

A Room in Mumbai

How rehousing from slums to high-rises has adversely affected women’s lives in Mumbai

AHRC

The Life and Times of a Witch Bottle

The story of a stoneware flask, from its 17th century manufacture to its use as a ‘witch bottle’ and recent rediscovery

AHRC

CripTales from BBC Four

Hamish

Hamish's new self operated wheelchair offers independence, but heading to the woods presents some rough terrain

BBC iPlayer

Paper Knickers

Will amputation affect Jackie's chance of pursuing her romance?

BBC iPlayer

The Shed

She's falling in love with her next-door neighbour. But her carer does not approve

BBC iPlayer

Get Creative at Home

Craft harmony for your home

Turn your home into a project haven with this step-by-step guide to making a mosaic door plaque

MAKE! Craft Britain

#GetCreativeAtHome

Search the site for creative activites to do at home, or add activites to listings if you are a creative organisation

Get Creative at Home

How To be More Creative In Daily Life

Actor and writer Kayode Ewumi shares five tips for unleashing your inner creativity

BBC ideas

The Novels That Shaped Our World

10 political novels to challenge your views

Stories about the ideas, people and power struggles that shaped worlds

Novels that shaped our world

10 novels about crime and conflict

The impact of war, violence and struggle unite these choices

Novels that shaped our world

10 tales of family and friendship

The good, the bad and the ugly side of our relationships

Novels that shaped our world

10 novels that broke the mould

The characters who break rules and challenge our perceptions of life itself

Novels that shaped our world

10 classic novels about the joy and jeopardy of youth

Exploring the characters growing up and finding their way in the world

Novels that shaped our world

100 Novels That Shaped Our World

Explore the list of 100 novels whose stories have the power to change us

BBC Arts

Galleries, museums & archives: Culture in Quarantine

Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema - The Exhibition

A preview of the National Galleries of Scotland exhibition which reopens 1 February 2021

BBC iPlayer

Art Deco By The Sea

A tour of the Sainsbury Centre’s 2020 exhibition reveals the transformation of the British seaside in the 1920s and 30s

BBC iPlayer

The Clash: London Calling

The Museum of London's 2020 exhibition of memorabilia and insights including rare studio footage, photos and performance

BBC iPlayer

Performance: Culture in Quarantine

Why Are Sea Shanties Trending On Social Media?

In Tune explores what's behind the Sea Shanty earworm phenomenon online

BBC Radio 3

Max Richter's Sleep

Following the composer and Yulia Mahr as they navigate a performance of his celebrated eight-hour opus Sleep in LA

BBC Four

Untold: Caroline

Revealing personal stories through musical performance from Camerata, and spoken word delivered by Jackie Kay

Manchester Camerata

More Arts on BBC iPlayer

The Art of Sculpture

David J Mitchell shares the artistic process that leads to a figure being immortalised in sculpture

Loop

Emin/Munch: Between the Clock and the Bed

The documentary charts the relationship of Tracey Emin's work to that of her hero Edvard Munch, in a new exhibition

BBC Two

The Sound of TV With Neil Brand

Brand looks at the impact jingles, idents and advertising have on us and our collective memory

BBC Four

More Arts on BBC Sounds

Bowie: Dancing Out In Space

Broadcast simultaneously on Radio Four and 6Music, Stuart Maconie explores the impact of Bowie on the lives of others

BBC Radio Four & 6 Music

Grounded With Louis Theroux: 16. Oliver Stone

Multi award-winning film director Oliver Stone talks to Louis about surviving Vietnam, drug addiction and US Presidents

BBC Radio 4

Transcendance: How Can I Feel Art Again?

Can arts curator Gaylene Gould reawaken her sensitivity to art?

BBC Radio 4

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Arena

The BBC's multi award-winning arts strand

Free Thinking

The ideas shaping our lives today - with artists and thinkers in debates and interviews

Front Row

Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music

imagine...

The arts series edited and presented by Alan Yentob

BBC Books

All of the BBC's coverage of the written word in one place

Get Creative

The UK's biggest celebration of creative participation

Inside Cinema

Short films taking you to the heart of the movies

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