Homepage

Accessibility links

  • Skip to content
  • Accessibility Help
BBC Account
Notifications
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBeebies
  • CBBC
  • Food
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Innovation
  • Culture
  • Travel
  • Earth
  • Video
  • Live
More menu
Search BBC
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBeebies
  • CBBC
  • Food
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Innovation
  • Culture
  • Travel
  • Earth
  • Video
  • Live
Close menu
BBC Arts at Hay Festival
  • 2016 Home
  • Video
  • Radio
  • /
  • BBC at Hay archive
  • Hay Video Player
  • Hay 2025

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
Maxine Peake's approach to tackling Hamlet
The audiences' connection was what the actress considered key to her performance
  1. Maxine Peake's approach to tackling Hamlet
    00:39
    Maxine Peake's approach to tackling Hamlet
  2. Edna O'Brien on being invited to the White House for dinner
    03:30
    Edna O'Brien on being invited to the White House for dinner
    View More From Edna O'Brien
  3. Edna O'Brien reads from The Little Red Chairs
    01:54
    Edna O'Brien reads from The Little Red Chairs
    View More From Edna O'Brien
  4. Edna O'Brien on The Mothers of Srebrenica
    02:16
    Edna O'Brien on The Mothers of Srebrenica
    View More From Edna O'Brien
  5. Eleanor Tomlinson: 'You don't have a social life when you film Poldark'
    02:00
    Eleanor Tomlinson: 'You don't have a social life when you film Poldark'
  6. 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
  7. Which world leader got to drive the VW Beetle?
    01:42
    Which world leader got to drive the VW Beetle?
  8. A future President tells Americans the dollar has collapsed in Lionel Shriver's novel
    03:32
    A future President tells Americans the dollar has collapsed in Lionel Shriver's novel
  9. Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake's conceptions of Hamlet
    04:00
    Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake's conceptions of Hamlet
  10. Joan Bakewell reads from her memoir, Stop the Clocks
    02:46
    Joan Bakewell reads from her memoir, Stop the Clocks
  11. Thomas Keneally on the cruelty of writing
    01:04
    Thomas Keneally on the cruelty of writing
  12. Baaba Maal - Traveller
    05:37
    Baaba Maal - Traveller
  13. Stephen Frears on the Oscars diversity row
    00:52
    Stephen Frears on the Oscars diversity row
  14. Lionel Shriver: Why Donald Trump wouldn’t work as a fictional character
    02:54
    Lionel Shriver: Why Donald Trump wouldn’t work as a fictional character
  15. Now playing
    Up next

Featured Collections

  • The best of Hay 2016
    The best of Hay 2016
    A selection of highlights from the literary festival in Wales.
  • Shakespeare at Hay Festival 2016
    Shakespeare at Hay Festival 2016
    An incredible collection of actors, authors, writers and more celebrating the Bard
  • Literature
    Literature
    Conversations with great novelists at the 2016 Hay Festival.
  • Kids' corner
    Kids' corner
    Children's authors and illustrators at the 2016 Hay Festival.
  • Science, history and ideas
    Science, history and ideas
    The best thinkers at the 2016 Hay Festival, on everything from philosophy to feminism.
  • Film, television and music
    Film, television and music
    Directors, actors, TV personalities and singers - the best from the 2016 Hay Festival.

Act Videos

  • Andrew Davies
  • Baaba Maal
  • Ben Miller
  • Billy Bragg
  • Caitlin Moran
  • Chris Hoy
  • Chris Packham
  • Claire Harman
  • David Gilmour and Polly Samson
  • David Mitchell
  • Edmund de Waal
  • Eleanor Tomlinson, Karen Thrussell and Debbie Horsfield
  • Fay Weldon
  • George Monbiot
  • Germaine Greer
  • Gregory Doran
  • Imtiaz Dharker and Gillian Clarke
  • James Shapiro
  • Jeanette Winterson on The Gap of Time
  • Jeanette Winterson: Shakespeare 400
  • Joan Bakewell
  • Jonathan Bate
  • Jonathan Dimbleby
  • Julian Clary and David Roberts
  • Lionel Shriver
  • Malorie Blackman
  • Marlon James
  • Maxine Peake and Paapa Essiedu
  • Michael Morpurgo
  • Michael Palin
  • Neil MacGregor and Richard J Evans
  • Paul Mason
  • Peter Carey
  • Ruby Wax
  • Russell T Davies and Maxine Peake
  • Salman Rushdie
  • Salman Rushdie, Kamila Shamsie, Valeria Luiselli and Juan Gabriel Vasquez
  • Sam Mendes
  • Sarah Millican and Hannah Dunleavy
  • Simon Schama
  • Stephen Frears
  • Steve Silberman
  • Susan Calman
  • Thomas Keneally on Napoleon's Last Island
  • Thomas Keneally on Schindler's Ark
  • Yanis Varoufakis
  • Cymraeg
  • Gàidhlig
  • Gaeilge

Explore the BBC

  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBeebies
  • CBBC
  • Food
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Innovation
  • Culture
  • Travel
  • Earth
  • Video
  • Live
  • Terms of Use
  • About the BBC
  • Privacy Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookies
  • Cookies
  • Accessibility Help
  • Parental Guidance
  • Contact the BBC
  • Make an editorial complaint
  • BBC emails for you
  • Advertise with us
Copyright © 2026 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.

You might also like:

news | sport | weather | worklife | travel | future | culture | world | business | technology