Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kehinde Wiley, Christmas book gifts

Maggie Gyllenhaal discusses her new film The Lost Daughter, an adaptation of the novel by Elena Ferrante. Gyllenhaal has written the film and it is her directorial debut, which stars Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley and Ed Harris. Samira talks to American artist Kehinde Wiley, best known for his portraits that render people of colour in the traditional settings of Old Master paintings, about his new exhibition at the National Gallery in London. The show, titled The Prelude, sees Wiley shifting his focus from Grand Manner portraiture to landscape painting. And with Christmas approaching fast, writers Kit de Waal and Michael Rosen are on hand to suggest some last-minute book ideas: Mayflies by Andrew O’Hagan

Walking with Ghosts by Gabriel Byrne

The Correct Order of Biscuits: And Other Meticulously Assembled Lists of Extremely Valuable Nonsense by Adam Sharp

When Shadows Fall by Sita Brahmachari

The Island Of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper

Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence by Dr Gavin Francis

Everything, All the Time, Everywhere by Stuart Jeffries

Fallen Idols by Alex von Tunzelmann Presenter: Samira Ahmed

Producer: Jerome Weatherald