Director Pedro Almodóvar

Nikki Bedi is joined by comedians Jess Salomon and Eman El-Husseini to discuss their cultural highlights of the week and the new series of Comedians vs The News on the BBC World Service.

Double Oscar winning Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar on why he’s reflecting on a painful chapter of Spanish history in his film Parallel Mothers.

Comedian Ricky Gervais on being drawn to life’s losers and the final series of After Life.

Director Adam McKay on his comet crisis comedy Don’t Look Up.

Actor Ciaran Hinds tells us about revisiting his childhood in Kenneth Branagh’s latest film Belfast.

Swedish Lebanese video games creator Josef Fares talks to Nikki about his award-winning game It Takes Two.

British author Deborah Levy on losing her voice as a child and finding it through writing.

And there’s music from South African saxophonist Khaya Mahlangu.

(Photo: Pedro Almodóvar. Credit: Rich Polk/Getty Images)