Close menu
BBC Arts at Hay Festival

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on how the character Hamlet surprised them
The actors discuss the qualities they feel are within Hamlet.
  1. Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on how the character Hamlet surprised them
    03:41
    Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on how the character Hamlet surprised them
  2. How we named Monty Python's Flying Circus
    03:11
    How we named Monty Python's Flying Circus
  3. Why I've grown a moustache
    02:16
    Why I've grown a moustache
  4. Edmund de Waal: The fabled city of porcelain
    02:33
    Edmund de Waal: The fabled city of porcelain
  5. Billy Bragg: 'Who does she think she is, the Queen of England?!'
    02:48
    Billy Bragg: 'Who does she think she is, the Queen of England?!'
  6. Russell T Davies talks about diversity in his A Midsummer Night's Dream
    03:16
    Russell T Davies talks about diversity in his A Midsummer Night's Dream
  7. Maxine Peake on the challenges of playing Hamlet
    02:37
    Maxine Peake on the challenges of playing Hamlet
  8. Joan Bakewell reads from her memoir, Stop the Clocks
    02:46
    Joan Bakewell reads from her memoir, Stop the Clocks
  9. Salman Rushdie on the private act of writing a book
    01:37
    Salman Rushdie on the private act of writing a book
  10. Julian Clary and David Roberts: Drawing by committee
    02:39
    Julian Clary and David Roberts: Drawing by committee
  11. Ruby Wax on the most flattering thing you can do for another person
    02:12
    Ruby Wax on the most flattering thing you can do for another person
  12. Juliet not Romeo
    01:56
    Juliet not Romeo
  13. Much ado about characters
    01:16
    Much ado about characters
    14. Now playing
    Up next

Featured Collections

Act Videos