Stephen K Amos
Comedian Stephen K Amos revisits his paper round route with actor Bob Kingdom.
23 Sep 2011,·15 mins
Services
What issues are facing agriculture all over the world and where can farmers turn for help?
19 Feb 1999,·13 mins
#BlackLivesMatter
The hashstag that galvanised a protest movement on a scale not seen since the 1960s.
18 Dec 2015,·12 mins
Roxanne Tataei on the Isle of Lewis
Singer Roxanne Tataei explores Gaelic psalm singing in Stornaway on the Isle of Lewis.
02 Oct 2019,·28 mins
Series 1
5. Making the Crossing
From the Beaujolais Run to the building of the Tunnel, a journalist's tales.
30 Mar 2018,·15 mins
Peter Blake
An examination of the self portrait 'The Meeting' by Peter Blake
22 Dec 1995,·8 mins
The Secret History of Bossa Nova
Singer Monica Vasconcelos explores the musical and political story of bossa nova.
27 Jun 2019,·30 mins
Punk Heaven for Little Girls
Robert Sandall examines the difference punk made to women's lives.
05 Jul 2001,·28 mins
Cultural DNA
The legacy of slavery and the diaspora's reconnection with Africa.
25 Mar 2007,·22 mins
On Border Patrol – Philip Ruddock, Australian Immigration Minister
Australia needs to keep control of its borders, says Philip Ruddock, Immigration Minister
26 Jul 2003,·26 mins
Marguerite
Marguerite Gautier the Femme Fatale protagonist of The Lady of the Camellias
15 Jan 1993,·28 mins
City Streets
This week Sketches speaks to three people whose art relates to their city.
01 Aug 2022,·28 mins
Coming Out
Simon Callow charts the emergence of a wave of openly queer artists in the 1950s and 60s.
31 Jul 2017,·28 mins
Much Depends on Dinner
Canadian Margaret Visser whose most famous book on food doesn't contain a single recipe
10 Apr 1991,·13 mins
Series 4
1979-2021
Clarke Peters concludes his stories of black music from the late 1970s to the present day.
25 Aug 2021,·28 mins
Darcey Bussell
Ballerina Darcey Bussell was the Royal Ballet's youngest ever principle dancer
03 Nov 2000,·28 mins
VJ Day Anniversary Special
Peter Snow marks the seventieth anniversary of VJ Day at the end of the Second World War.
14 Aug 2015,·28 mins
Trumpet
One of the oldest instruments known to man - even found in the tomb of Tutankhamen
21 Nov 1996,·4 mins
Hamilton
Billy Differ explores some of the Scottish connections with the musical hit Hamilton.
25 Dec 2023,·55 mins
Conrad Black
The Canadian owner of the world's third-largest English-language newspaper empire
24 Aug 1994,·29 mins
Man-eating Tiger
Ben Garrod on how a man-eating tiger provides new evidence about human evolution.
18 Aug 2017,·15 mins
14/10/2016
Laurence Llewelyn Bowen considers the subjects that have formed the basis for tattoos.
14 Oct 2016,·28 mins
Jesus' Blood and Fluffy Clouds
The story of the musical aesthetic and the ubiquitous technique of minimalism.
16 Jun 2015,·30 mins
Tavistock
Ian is in Tavistock in Devon, a thriving town but without much work for youngsters.
20 Jan 2023,·14 mins
John McCarthy explores the fascinating life of British author Derek Tangye.
17 Jun 2013,·30 mins
Gary Winick
Chris Tookey talks to director Gary Winick
31 Jul 2004,·28 mins
Why is there such a demand for British etiquette around the world?
08 Jan 2016,·30 mins
The story of denim, from it's origins in 19th Century America, to the catwalks of today
29 Jun 1991,·47 mins
Peter Curran on Northern Ireland's burgeoning film industry.
01 Jul 2013,·28 mins
The Morning After
After 60 years of international broadcasting, what next for the World Service?
12 Oct 1992,·28 mins
