Art critic Rachel Campbell-Johnston, explores the mysterious world of art attribution.
07 Nov 2011,·30 mins
Laura Barton travels to New York to meet the women writers of the Beat Generation.
29 Jun 2015,·30 mins
Omnibus
Round-up of five works by artists broadcast throughout the week on BBC Radio 4.
30 Mar 2013,·28 mins
David Willis celebrates the centenary of the Hollywood sign.
25 Jul 2023,·28 mins
04/11/2016
Nick Berkeley shows how song lyrics can help articulate and negotiate our lives.
04 Nov 2016,·12 mins
Nabihah Iqbal explores the variety of notes and scales used to make music across the globe
30 Aug 2022,·28 mins
An immersive 80th birthday encounter with film-maker and artist Peter Greenaway.
29 Sep 2022,·28 mins
Episode 3
The impact of the Australian landscape on the country's popular culture.
15 Dec 2016,·30 mins
A journey into the Taipei underground art scene.
28 Mar 2023,·28 mins
Miles Warde explores the life of American photographer Ansel Adams
18 Aug 2014,·30 mins
Can Rev. Richard Coles write a new power ballad to rival Total Eclipse of the Heart?
18 Jul 2017,·30 mins
Laura Barton presents a brief history of trousers, from function to fashion.
09 Jun 2017,·30 mins
Actors share their tales of theatrical triumph, disaster and terror
31 Oct 1993,·28 mins
Episode 5
Aimee describes how she will be using social media on her way to the next Winter Olympics.
03 Jul 2015,·15 mins
Writer and comedian Stewart Lee explores the television series Children of the Stones.
04 Oct 2012,·30 mins
The Work Words Do
With Barbara Jenkins, Vladimir Lucien, Kevin Jared Hosein, Colin Robinson and Karen Lord.
06 Mar 2017,·28 mins
Why does art go up in value when a man signs it, but when a woman signs it, it goes down?
11 Aug 2022,·28 mins
Author Jan Carson with stories from a changing sea between Scotland and Northern Ireland.
21 Mar 2019,·28 mins
Why is British children's fiction so preoccupied with feasting? Sheila McClennon explores.
12 Jan 2010,·30 mins
Allison Curbishley looks at judging sporting events - including the Olympics.
04 Jul 2008,·30 mins
Keith Wickham hunts for lost BBC radio shows and finds some true classics.
13 Oct 2022,·28 mins
Yomi Adegoke examines the representation of black women in the UK Grime scene.
01 Apr 2019,·28 mins
Hit Songs and Love Songs
Kathryn Williams and Tom McRae join Willm Gompertz to give a masterclass in hit love songs
01 Aug 2015,·30 mins
Jarvis Cocker celebrates the life and work of literary wunderkind Carson McCullers.
06 Feb 2016,·30 mins
163 Days
163 Days is a 6-month diary based on Hannah Hodgson's experiences and medical conditions
19 Jan 2022,·20 mins
Jarvis Cocker uncovers an album made by Sir John Betjeman in 1974.
27 Jul 2014,·28 mins
Jesus' Blood and Fluffy Clouds
The story of the musical aesthetic and the ubiquitous technique of minimalism.
16 Jun 2015,·30 mins
Edith Hall, Nandini Das and Beatrice Groves on the books which inspired Shakespeare.
26 Apr 2016,·45 mins
Eric Robson asks why bestselling 1920s author Hugh Walpole has been forgotten.
03 May 2011,·30 mins
Hugh Thomson travels to Peru's ancient wonder to unearth the truth behind its discovery.
05 Oct 2011,·30 mins
