Episode description

Steve McQueen talks about his new film Blitz, starring Saoirse Ronan and set in London during the Second World War.

Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael are among the artists on show in the UK's largest exhibition of drawings from the Italian Renaissance, at the King's Gallery, Buckingham Palace. Samira is joined by the curator Martin Clayton and Renaissance historian Maya Corry.

Booker shortlisted author Rachel Kushner on her novel Creation Lake, about an American spy-for-hire.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Timothy Prosser