Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Shock Waves

Five artists chronicle how they have responded to the Covid-19 pandemic. Dare they dream and imagine what work might emerge out of the crisis?

Radio 4,5 episodes

Episodes

ListGrid

Writer Naomi Alderman
When a shock wave hits the world, how do artists respond?
01 Mar 2021,28 mins
Poet and musician Cornelius Eady
When a shock wave hits the world, how do artists respond?
08 Mar 2021,28 mins
Artist Katie Paterson
Artist Katie Paterson explores how the pandemic and lockdown have affected her creativity.
15 Mar 2021,28 mins
Playwright and Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah
Kwame Kwei-Armah explores the impact of the pandemic on the future of theatre.
22 Mar 2021,28 mins
Musician Anoushka Shankar
Anoushka Shankar explores the effect of the pandemic and lockdown on musical creativity.
29 Mar 2021,28 mins