Episode 6: Celebrating Life
Celebrity culture through the lens of Elizabeth Taylor.
18 Oct 2022,·28 mins
A hypnotic half-hour of aural bliss taking you inside the world of 'wellness sound'.
09 Apr 2023,·28 mins
How a recent near-death experience has influenced poet John Burnside's life and work.
30 Oct 2022,·28 mins
Moshe Safdie
Habitat 67 designer on his mentor Louis Khan and the creating of memorial buildings
30 Aug 2014,·55 mins
Croatia - The Kuna
How the kuna (or pine marten) became the Croatian national emblem in 1941
07 May 1995,·8 mins
Leprechauns, sprites, imps and elves - Ian Sansom is searching for the diminutive other.
23 Sep 2016,·30 mins
BBC and Guardian Defence Correspondents discuss war reporting, censorship and ethics
12 Dec 1995,·13 mins
What's the secret to Casablanca's longevity?
28 Jan 1992,·41 mins
Matthew Sweet on the life and work of the sensationally modern figure - Wilkie Collins.
31 Dec 2023,·28 mins
Mari Griffith examines the motivation behind the attack on The Rokeby Venus 100 years ago
13 Mar 2014,·30 mins
Episode 3
Matthew Oates follows in the footsteps of writer Edward Thomas.
31 Mar 2013,·15 mins
Poet Casi Wyn travels to Cwrt-Y-Cadno, a Welsh village in the midst of uncertainty.
16 Apr 2023,·28 mins
A centenary celebration of Richmal Crompton’s Just William books.
01 May 2022,·28 mins
The Wind Cries Mary
Jimi Hendrix's former girlfriend Kathy Etchingham reveals the origins of the classic song.
31 May 2005,·10 mins
Montagu House
Exploring the architecture of Montagu House in Bloomsbury
08 Dec 2000,·13 mins
Kate Mosse celebrates the magical voice of Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar.
31 Oct 1998,·28 mins
Brain Science and Behaviour Change
Matthew Taylor looks at the new political choices created by sophisticated brain science.
29 Nov 2011,·30 mins
Fionola Meredith goes in search of medieval scholar, author and poet Helen Waddell.
19 Jul 2012,·30 mins
Uncovering the life and work of a pioneering and under-appreciated British painter
13 Sep 2012,·30 mins
How to have meaningful conversations across the class divide, with Kerry Hudson.
02 Mar 2020,·28 mins
Agnes Poirier explores the role of the body which protects the French language.
23 Dec 2011,·30 mins
Is it possible to take 93-year-old mountaineer Gwen Moffat climbing again?
30 Sep 2017,·29 mins
Lilies
A look at the lily and the folklore surrounding it
21 May 1993,·27 mins
The history and politics of gift-giving
15 Dec 1993,·28 mins
How 3 months in rural Devon influenced one of the greatest chroniclers of urban New York
18 Feb 2016,·28 mins
Emma Clarke plays the voice of the lift in this cultural history of the elevator
23 Feb 2020,·28 mins
Comedian and musician Richard Morton recalls the heyday of the classic TV theme.
09 May 2015,·30 mins
Poet Helen Mort reflects on being the object of deepfake pornography.
20 Feb 2022,·28 mins
Meet the men who were directed by a vision to make sugar from cane juice in Providence
22 Aug 2003,·22 mins
25/12/2015
In the last in the series, Roger tries some Korean food for Christmas Day.
25 Dec 2015,·14 mins
