Friday, 10:55 am
Arts editor Will Gompertz has been speaking to the writers and performers of farce to find out the genre's pitfalls and problems.
Friday, 7:21 pm
Mark Kermode reviews the latest UK film releases including Martha Marcy May Marlene, Man on A Ledge and Young Adult.
Friday, 10:37 am
One of the first events to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee is taking place at the Cartoon Museum in London.
Friday, 1:01 pm
Andrew Marr is presenting a new documentary to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
Thursday, 1:26 pm
Madonna unveils her new video starring M.I.A. and Nicky Minaj as cheerleaders and Daniel Radcliffe opens up about his drinking plus the rest of the day's top entertainment headlines.
Friday, 4:19 pm
Actor Viggo Mortensen told Radio 5 live how he got the part of Sigmund Freud in new film A Dangerous Method.
Friday, 12:06 am
A work of abstract expressionism by a chimp and a still life of a flower by an elephant are part of a new exhibition in London of artworks created by animals.
Thursday, 7:00 pm
There's new evidence that Dickens lived much closer to some of the characters in his novels than previously thought.
Friday, 9:22 am
The BBC's Nick Higham talks to James Treadwell about his book Advent.
Friday, 10:26 am
Data released this morning on the most most borrowed at public libraries in the UK suggests that have turned away from romance, towards crime and thrillers.
Thursday, 10:52 am
Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds has revealed that he accidentally gave his co-star Denzel Washington a black eye while filming an action scene for his new film Safe House.
Friday, 12:24 am
At the age of 14, Gun Chaikittiwatana is already playing some of the hardest pieces ever written for classical piano.
Thursday, 12:06 am
The BBC's LJ Rich meets Tim Arnold, who has refurbished more than 250 pinball machines at the Las Vegas Pinball Hall of Fame.
Thursday, 3:53 pm
Noel Fielding stars in Luxury Comedy, a new series in which he plays 54 different characters to a backdrop of music by Kasabian's Sergio Pizzorno.
Thursday, 5:44 am
Daniel Radcliffe has taken on the horror genre in his first film role since the Harry Potter franchise.
Wednesday, 7:17 pm
Art historians say they have found a copy of the Mona Lisa, which they believe is probably painted by one of Leonardo Da Vinci's own pupils.
Thursday, 2:32 pm
While appearing on a US talk show hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, Michelle Obama was asked how many push-ups she was able to do.
Thursday, 10:24 am
Arts correspondent Rebecca Jones speaks to Ibrahim Maalouf, whose father invented a four-valve trumpet so he could play Arabic as well as western music.
Thursday, 9:43 am
Julian Crouch, director of a new Punch and Judy show at the Barbican, and John Styles, who has an MBE for his "services to the arts: especially Punch and Judy", discuss the show's lasting influence 350 years after it was first mentioned by Samuel Pepys.
Wednesday, 9:40 am
Samantha Barks has landed the role of Eponine in Tom Hooper's film adaption of the long running musical Les Miserables.
Wednesday, 6:13 pm
Comic book fans gather in the French city of Angouleme to celebrate the 39th international festival of comic books.
Wednesday, 11:36 am
Joanna Trollope tells BBC Breakfast about the inspiration behind her new novel, The Soldier's Wife.
Wednesday, 9:59 am
The BBC's Tom Bateman reports on a London orchestra who are defying concert hall etiquette by taking their performances on a month long pub crawl.
Wednesday, 3:41 pm
Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen and Michael Fassbender attend the premiere of David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method in London.
