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The Arts Hour is ‘virtually’ on tour in Rome, with presenter Nikki Bedi and a live audience, to celebrate Italian performance artists who have risen to the challenges of Covid-19 this year.

Singer, songwriter and producer Carl Brave performs live and explains how his sound has changed during lockdown.

Internationally renowned street artist Alice Pasquini talks about painting new murals on the walls of Rome’s Gemelli Hospital with a backdrop of empty streets and ambulance sirens.

Movie star Riccardo Scamarcio reveals the new project he has planned in lockdown and his approach to playing Caravaggio opposite Isabelle Huppert in his latest role.

Stand-up comedy from Edoardo Ferrario draws attention to the Italian obsession with food and missing home when travelling.

Opera star Carmen Giannattasio sings a traditional Italian Christmas carol and describes how her body changes physically when she performs for a real audience.

Theatre performer Martina Badiluzzi tells us how she wrote short stories about her neighbours in Rome, in the spring, and then dramatized them for intimate theatre productions.

And filmmaker Laura Luchetti, takes a break from shooting on the streets of Rome and Bologna to discuss the future of film production.