Homepage

Accessibility links

  • Skip to content
  • Accessibility Help
BBC Account
Notifications
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBeebies
  • CBBC
  • Food
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Health
  • Culture
  • Arts
  • Travel
  • Earth
  • Audio
  • Video
  • Live
More menu
Search BBC
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBeebies
  • CBBC
  • Food
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Health
  • Culture
  • Arts
  • Travel
  • Earth
  • Audio
  • Video
  • Live
Close menu
BBC at Hay Festival
  • 2017 Home
  • Video
  • Radio & TV
  • /
  • BBC at Hay archive
  • Hay Video Player
  • Hay 2026

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
Philippe Sands on the Manchester bombing
The human rights lawyer discusses why the term 'genocide' is needed.
  1. Philippe Sands on the Manchester bombing
    01:48
    Philippe Sands on the Manchester bombing
  2. Bernie Sanders: Most Americans don't agree with President Trump
    06:14
    Bernie Sanders: Most Americans don't agree with President Trump
    View More From Bernie Sanders
  3. Chris Riddell on his first Goth Girl book
    06:33
    Chris Riddell on his first Goth Girl book
  4. Bill Bailey: Why St Kilda haunts my dreams
    03:28
    Bill Bailey: Why St Kilda haunts my dreams
  5. Garry Kasparov: Deep Blue was as intelligent as an alarm clock
    03:20
    Garry Kasparov: Deep Blue was as intelligent as an alarm clock
  6. Stephen Fry: Prepare for a technological reformation
    04:21
    Stephen Fry: Prepare for a technological reformation
  7. Frank Cotterell Boyce: The importance of reading for reading's sake
    03:03
    Frank Cotterell Boyce: The importance of reading for reading's sake
  8. Lucy Worsley: What did Jane Austen REALLY look like?
    02:21
    Lucy Worsley: What did Jane Austen REALLY look like?
  9. Ed Balls: Why I did Strictly Come Dancing
    03:24
    Ed Balls: Why I did Strictly Come Dancing
  10. Paul Beatty: Someone gave me a book called the 'Directory of Uncle Toms'
    01:34
    Paul Beatty: Someone gave me a book called the 'Directory of Uncle Toms'
  11. Lemn Sissay: Why foster care kids make great heroes
    04:59
    Lemn Sissay: Why foster care kids make great heroes
  12. Graham Norton: I don't think critics expected my book to be good
    01:31
    Graham Norton: I don't think critics expected my book to be good
  13. Now playing
    Up next

Featured Collections

  • The best of Hay 2017
    The best of Hay 2017
    A selection of highlights from the 30th anniversary event.
  • Literature
    Literature
    Conversations with - and about - great novelists, at the 2017 Hay Festival.
  • Television, film, theatre and music
    Television, film, theatre and music
    Actors, TV personalities and directors at the 2017 Hay Festival.
  • Science, art, history and ideas
    Science, art, history and ideas
    The biggest thinkers at the 2017 Hay Festival.

Act Videos

  • Bettany Hughes
  • Bill Bailey
  • Charlotte Rampling
  • Chris Riddell
  • Christina Lamb, Helena Kennedy, Rachael Jolley and Joan Bakewell
  • Colm Tóibín
  • David Mitchell
  • Ed Balls
  • Elif Shafak
  • Frank Cotterell Boyce
  • Garry Kasparov
  • Graham Norton
  • Helen Fielding
  • Ian Rankin
  • James Rhodes
  • Jeanette Winterson
  • Lemn Sissay
  • Lucy Worsley
  • Michael Sheen
  • Nadya Tolokno
  • Neil Gaiman and Stephen Fry
  • Nicholas Hytner
  • Paul Beatty
  • Paula Byrne
  • Philippe Sands
  • Stephen Fry
  • Stephen Fry, Bettany Hughes, Lawrence Krauss and Martin Rees
  • Tom Daley
  • Tony Robinson
  • Tracey Emin
  • Will Self
  • Cymraeg
  • Gàidhlig
  • Gaeilge

Explore the BBC

  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBeebies
  • CBBC
  • Food
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Health
  • Culture
  • Arts
  • Travel
  • Earth
  • Audio
  • Video
  • Live
  • Terms of Use
  • About the BBC
  • Privacy Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookies
  • Cookies
  • Accessibility Help
  • Parental Guidance
  • Contact the BBC
  • Make an editorial complaint
  • BBC emails for you
  • Advertise with us
Copyright © 2026 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.