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The Arts Hour

Director Tina Gharavi on Virginia Woolf

20 June 2026

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Nikki Bedi speaks to Iranian-born director Tina Gharavi about her new film Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day, starring Haley Bennett and Lily Allen

Zing Tsjeng joins as cultural critic to give her take on some of the highlights of the week:

Kiefer Sutherland on his career playing bad guys, from Stand by Me to the genre-defining series 24.

Adam Lambert on following in the footsteps of Freddie Mercury as Queen’s new front man.

Sudanese-Australian author Yassmin Abdel-Magied on how working as an engineer on an oil rig inspired her new novel.

Film-maker Shahrbanoo Sadat discusses No Good Men, possibly Afghanistan’s first romcom.

Plus, multi-platinum singer Olivia Rodrigo performs a cover of CMAT's song When a Good Man Cries.

Producer: Ciaran Bermingham

(Photo: Director Tina Gharavi Credit: Mark Pinder)