A portrait of the life, popular art and remarkable engineering of Carters Steam Fair.
25 May 2011,·28 mins
Part 2
Amica Dall and Giles Smith look at our relationship with the material world.
08 Nov 2018,·28 mins
Violence and tribalism at music gigs in the late 70s and 80s. Adrian Goldberg presents.
10 Sep 2015,·30 mins
Caroline Bird uncovers poet Michael Field, AKA Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper.
13 Jun 2021,·28 mins
Religious Uniform
Do they bring the wearer closer to God or distance them from their congregation?
26 Jun 1992,·13 mins
JW Lambert presents a programme exploring the life and work of George Bernard Shaw
15 Dec 1979,·45 mins
How the cowboy has influenced generations of American musicians and movie makers
12 Jun 2000,·23 mins
Series 3
Cloak of Mist
Writer Laura Barton listens closely to music on the Isle of Man.
31 Jul 2018,·30 mins
Aminatta Forna tells the extraordinary story of hard-living writer Jack London.
20 Nov 2014,·30 mins
A tribute to the broadcaster David Frost, who died in August 2013.
25 Dec 2013,·28 mins
Dance Yourself Cheerful
Dancer Deborah Bull looks at the role dance has played during some of our toughest times.
28 Sep 2012,·15 mins
How the American record industry responded to the assassination of President Kennedy.
05 Dec 2015,·30 mins
An Irish theatre group tours the Soviet Union and compares theatrical traditions
19 Oct 1986,·29 mins
Diamonds
The toughest substance made by nature has been sought after since the dawn of time
01 Oct 1995,·13 mins
Amol Rajan asks if England's old Imperial guidance and governance of cricket is history.
26 May 2017,·30 mins
Stewart Lee uncovers the pioneers of surrealism subverting reality in Birmingham's suburbs
01 Aug 2023,·28 mins
The story of Nigerian musician and political revolutionary, Fela Kuti.
31 May 2011,·30 mins
From banned writer to ping pong fanatic, Henry Miller rediscovered afresh in Big Sur, USA
25 Jul 2013,·30 mins
Conrad Black
The Canadian owner of the world's third-largest English-language newspaper empire
24 Aug 1994,·29 mins
Llais y Maes
Blas ar noson o bop pur, wrth i Diffiniad, Eden a Lleden berfformio yn Gig y Pafiliwn.
08 Aug 2019,·153 mins
How the Marshall Plan rebuilt Europe out of the ruins of the Second World War
19 Jul 1994,·28 mins
Maroon: Tracking a Killer
How a terrible confession on a gaming server led to a nerve-shredding online manhunt.
28 Jan 2021,·23 mins
The historical, traditional, religious, and political significance of the veil
17 Sep 1990,·44 mins
The personal stories and painful decisions we face when getting rid of our old books.
14 Aug 2011,·30 mins
Philip Hensher explores the art of the gloriously eccentric Molesworth books.
28 Mar 2016,·30 mins
Zoë Comyns explores the pose of the girl reader with painters and writers.
16 Apr 2020,·28 mins
The Highlands
Janice Forsyth visits Pitlochry Festival Theatre in the Perthshire highlands.
07 Jul 2018,·30 mins
Ian McMillan hunts for the truth behind some bizarre schools music making from the 1960s
25 Aug 2015,·30 mins
Laurie Anderson profiles one of the most original writers and thinkers of the 20th century
04 Mar 2008,·30 mins
Hamilton
Billy Differ explores some of the Scottish connections with the musical hit Hamilton.
25 Dec 2023,·55 mins
