Director Darren Aronofsky and Actor Clarke Peters

Nikki Bedi’s studio guests this week are actor Clarke Peters (The Wire) and playwright and actor Sudha Bhuchar.

Darren Aronofsky describes what it was like working with Jennifer Lawrence on his new film Mother!

Musicians Vuyo Sotashe and Michael Mwenso discuss the problems of keeping jazz alive in New York.

Bollywood actor Ali Fazal, star of the film Victoria and Abdul, reveals how strange he found it working with British director Stephen Frears.

Best-selling fantasy author Daryl Gregory describes the extraordinary true story of the American government’s Project Stargate that inspired his new novel Spoonbenders.

(Photo: Clarke Peters (c) Clarke Peters, Sudha Bhuchar (c) Bhuchar Boulevarde, Ali Fazal (c) John Phillips/Getty Images)