‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ swings into cinemas with an all-new cast

It’s déjà-vu time for superhero movie fans: Spider-Man is back, five years after his last big screen adventures. With an all-new cast, director and plot, the studio is branding it a "re-boot" of the Marvel classic. Director Marc Webb tells Catherine Nicholson why remaking a legend can be a risky business - and whether athletic new Spider-Man Andrew Garfield had to audition in lycra.

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Eve Jackson

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Slideshow: Behind the scenes

09/04/2013 - CULTURE

The Artists Who Can Control Time

Ireland's foremost new media talents Cleary and Connolly join us in the studio to talk about their new exhibition "Look Both Ways" at the Centre Culturel Irlandais here in Paris. Also, a new show explores the influential work of French artist Eugene Boudin, and we take a trip to Basel where art from one of the best-known Swiss painters of the 19th century, Ferdinand Hodler, is on display.

06/04/2013 - CULTURE

The Crime Thriller

On today’s show Eve Jackson investigates France’s crime fiction fetish. Includes an interview with best selling author Harlan Coben and a tour around Lyon’s crime spots.

04/04/2013 - CULTURE

Mali's Musical Warrior

Malian music legend Cheick Tidiane Seck is in the studio to talk about his new album and fighting for his country's cultural heritage. Also on the show: we hear from director Kassim Sanogo who's making a film about the victims of Sharia law in Mali. Finally, we discover the "Kinshasa Kids" who have turned to music after being kicked out of their homes accused of witchcraft.

03/04/2013 - CULTURE

All Music Special

Our guest is the man who's claiming the hotly-contested title of most talented child of a major artist - Harper Simon - plus we listen to world music from the award-winning Namibian singer-songwriter Elemotho.

02/04/2013 - CULTURE

The Ideal Book for the Single Man?

San Francisco’s most exciting new novelist, Scott Hutchins, joins us in the studio to talk about his book "A Working Theory of Love", which has just been translated into French. Also on the show, we discover "Cuff Me: The Fifty Shades of Grey Musical" and "Little French Song", the new album from France's former first lady, Carla Bruni.