Words and Music

Bob Harris introduces Janis Ian in concert at the BBC Television Theatre, London, in 1976.

A classic concert from 1970 by American singer-songwriter James Taylor.

An acoustic performance by Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash and Mary-Chapin Carpenter.

With Jimmy Page, Oasis, David Bowie, Donovan, Joan Armatrading and Joni Mitchell.

With Osibisa, Berni Flint, the Wurzels, Neil Innes, Demis Roussos and Bob Marley.

Loudon Wainwright III plays classics and tracks from his album Here Come the Choppers.

Bob Harris introduces performances by Billy Joel, Jackson Browne, John Lennon and others.

You heard them here first. Classic tracks you may have never known were covers

Peter Ustinov examines the early career of Russian impresario Diaghilev. (1968)

Jeanette Winterson looks back on the iconic drama series Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.

Robert Hughes’ epic history of American art – and the nation it reflected

With Robert Plant, Olivia Dean, Jehnny Beth and James Yorkston with Nina Persson