Short Segments

The Scene

The Scene: The insider's guide to the world's coolest cities.

Highlights

The Scene brings you leading personalities' exclusive insights into the cities they love.

Find out where they hang out, which areas mean most to them and discover what sights they think give you a true flavour of their city. It's a unique opportunity to get under the skin of the world's cutting-edge destinations, beyond the over-trodden tourist trail, to discover a city's real character.

We'll also give you an online insider's guide - what to see, where to shop and which restaurants, bars and clubs are the hippest places to be.

Guests on The Scene include:

Scissor Sisters – New York City, USA

Emerging from the New York gay scene with an audacious cover of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb," Scissor Sisters have stormed the UK charts with their mix of high campery, bitchy humor and disco.

Christopher Doyle – Hong Kong, PRC

Renowned for his extreme camera work and use of filters and saturated colors, director Christopher Doyle has been creating richly atmospheric visual worlds since shooting "That Day on the Beach".

Sean Paul – Kingston, Jamaica

Dancehall star Sean Paul's sound has traveled beyond the Caribbean to an international audience, setting him on his way to becoming Jamaica's most popular musical export since Bob Marley.

The Streets – London, UK

The Streets is the vehicle for the talents of Mike Skinner, a rapper, songwriter, storyteller and poet whose wry tales of provincial suburbia have captured the zeitgeist of British life.

Takashi Murakami – Tokyo, Japan

Often compared to Andy Warhol, Takashi Murakami is Japan's most prolific and commercially successful contemporary artist, drawing inspiration from anime, Manga and otaku culture.

Giorgio Armani – Milan, Italy

Synonymous with Italian style, Giorgio Armani is one of the most successful designers of all time, and a dominating presence in the fashion industry for the best part of three decades.

Ludacris – Atlanta, USA

From multi-platinum hip-hop albums "Chicken 'n' Beer" and "Red Light District" to acclaimed movie roles, rapper Ludacris's career is based on drive, ambition and sheer hard graft.