Actor Idris Elba on Directing

On The Arts Hour this week Nikki Bedi is joined in the studio by the Taiwanese/Australian pianist Belle Chen, the Brazilian film director Juliana Antunes and the American film critic Karen Krizanovich.

Idris Elba talks about his directorial debut, Yardie.

The Emmy award-winning British Asian actor Riz Ahmed discusses racial stereotyping in film.

Austrian composer and Hang player Manu Delago explains why his latest work involved 7 musicians climbing an Alpine glacier and playing with dripping instruments.

Brazilian filmmaker Juliana Antunes tells us about her debut movie, Baronesa.

Pianist Belle Chen discusses her career as a classical pianist and joining the avant garde collective Urban Sound

Percussionist Evelyn Glennie examines the relationship between breathing and music.

And the Jamaican Poet Laureate Lorna Goodison talks about her first ever collection of essays, Redemption Ground.

(Photo shows Idris Elba (c) STUDIOCANAL S.A.S