The challenges of playing Demelza

'Aidan was our one and only choice'

The difficulties of making Poldark on a budget

Imtiaz Dharker's In Wales, wanting to be Italian

Thomas Keneally on the girl in red in Schindler's List

Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake's conceptions of Hamlet

Billy Bragg: 'Cynicism is the real enemy of all of us who want to make the world a better place'

Ruby Wax on the most flattering thing you can do for another person

James Shapiro on his own Shakespeare experiences

James Shapiro discusses Shakespeare's productivity

Sam Mendes: It's time for a new James Bond director

Michael Morpurgo sings The Old Barbed Wire

Baaba Maal - Traveller