Programme like this on a spiritual leader and artist (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
soap opera
'programme' is the definition.
(soap opera is a kind of programme)
'like this on a spiritual leader and artist' is the wordplay.
'like this' becomes 'so'.
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'spiritual leader' becomes 'pope' (pope is a kind of spiritual leader**).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'artist' becomes 'ra' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'so'+'a'+'pope'+'ra'='SOAP-OPERA'
(Other definitions for soap opera that I've seen before include "TV drama series" , "TV or radio series of everyday events" , "addictive programme?" , "Fair City or Coronation Street, say" , ""Coronation Street", for example" .)