The Essay Episodes Available now
Mark Watson on The Simpsons—Top of the Bill
3/5 Comedian Mark Watson on The Simpsons and the show's impact on his own work.
Susan Calman on Victoria Wood—Top of the Bill
Susan Calman recalls how first seeing Victoria Wood helped shape her own career.
Adrian Edmondson on the pursuit of laughter—Top of the Bill
Adrian Edmondson remembers a riotous act from the early days of alternative comedy.
Sophie Coulombeau - Walking Matilda—Strange Strolls
5/5 In York, author and academic Sophie Coulombeau finds a city and self changed by motherhood
Nat Segnit - The Other Ibiza—Strange Strolls
4/5 Writer and walker Nat Segnit seeks recovery and retreat in the unseen mountains of Ibiza.
Stephanie Victoire - Dark Hollow Falls—Strange Strolls
3/5 Writer Stephanie Victoire has a haunting hike in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Appalachia.
Michael Donkor - On Wandsworth Bridge—Strange Strolls
2/5 Writer Michael Donkor crosses Wandsworth Bridge, from childhood memory to adulthood
Jenn Ashworth - The Abiding Mental Riches of Preston—Strange Strolls
1/5 Lancastrian writer Jenn Ashworth ponders the promises of Preston's Harris Library.
Baked Beans and Pigeon Feed—Between the Essays
Radio producers from around the world present miniature Between the Ears features.
Perfect Love—Between the Essays
Radio producers from around the world present miniature Between the Ears features.
