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  • Fri 3 Apr 2020

    • Birmingham Royal Ballet company hosts a special ballet class live from dancers' homes across the globe including Australia, France, Japan, New Zealand, the USA and UK.

      Birmingham Royal Ballet - Home From Home
  • Fri 17 Apr 2020

  • Thu 23 Apr 2020

  • Thu 30 Apr 2020

    • On 30 April, Culture in Quarantine joined with institutions around the country for day of celebration and insights into the many joys of museums and galleries.

      Museum From Home
  • Fri 8 May 2020

    • 8 – 10 May 2020

      Highlights from the virtual book festival that unites many British literary events.

      Big Book Weekend
  • Tue 12 May 2020

    • Life Drawing Live! 2020 drew the UK's four nations together for the largest ever live, life drawing class on BBC Four.

      Life Drawing Live! 2020
  • Sat 16 May 2020

    • 16 – 17 May 2020

      A weekend of events and talks celebrating women, and spanning topics including history, health, sport, science and sexuality. And The Great Big WOW Quiz with Sandi Toksvig...

      WOWxBBC Festival
  • Fri 25 Sep 2020

    • 25 – 27 Sep 2020
      Cumbria

      The UK’s biggest poetry and performance festival of new writing returned in September 2020. The festival took place in Cumbria, with live coverage on BBC Arts and on BBC Radio, and additional programmes on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds.

      2020
  • Thu 8 Oct 2020

    • 8 – 16 Oct 2020

      #MuseumPassion is a week-long celebration across the BBC's TV, Radio and Digital outlets. One of many highlights is on Thursday 15 October, as BBC Arts brings the UK's fantastic museums to a global audience with a full day of live events.

      #MuseumPassion
  • Thu 19 Nov 2020

    • 16:00

      Discussion and debate on the shortlist plus the announcement of the winner of the Booker Prize.

      The 2020 Booker Prize