Cultural highlights of 2012 from North America

A look back on the cultural highlights of 2012 with the BBC World Service's partner stations in North America. The Strand's Mark Coles is joined by WNYC Studio 360's host Kurt Andersen with his best of arts and culture in the USA, and by the presenter of CBC's Q, Jian Ghomeshi, with his top picks from Canada.

The programme features Kim Nguyen's Rebelle, Benh Zeitlin's Beasts of the Southern Wild, Lena Dunham's Girls, Will Ferguson's 419: A Novel, and music from Diamond Rings and Diana Krall.

Image: AP Photo/HBO, JoJo Whilden.