2. The Stream Age
Matt Everitt explores the key decisions that transformed the record industry.
25 Apr 2016,·30 mins
Magic in MInd
Episode six: mind-readers, psychics, mentalists, and occultists
17 May 1993,·29 mins
A radio hymn to the things around us inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke’s Duino Elegies.
17 Nov 2022,·28 mins
Does socialism have a future?
29 Jul 1988,·27 mins
Trade
Adornment enhanced and distinguished the wearer
22 Nov 1992,·27 mins
With Sam Mendes
Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes explores the relationship between music and cinema.
25 Oct 2015,·33 mins
A new statue of George Orwell is created to stand outside New Broadcasting House.
05 Nov 2017,·30 mins
Ukraine: Tetiana Chornovol
Lucy Ash talks Tetiana Chrnovol, a Ukrainian opposition journalist.
21 Feb 2014,·15 mins
A celebration of today's rich audio drama scene, live from Contains Strong Language.
24 Sep 2023,·28 mins
Greenhead to Kirk Yetholm
Mark Radcliffe travels from Greenhead near Hadrian's Wall to the village of Kirk Yetholm.
21 May 2015,·30 mins
Michael White uncovers the life of the soprano singer Jennifer Vyvyan.
18 Aug 2011,·30 mins
Marie-Louise Muir explores the significance of Van Morrison's Belfast gigs.
29 Sep 2015,·30 mins
How slavery began in Africa
04 Jan 2002,·28 mins
What do AI and digital technology mean for actors and their relationship with audiences?
30 Mar 2024,·28 mins
Jane Smiley goes horse racing in California. Why is it such fertile ground for a novelist?
21 Jul 2011,·30 mins
Alan Yentob marks the centenary of TS Eliot's poem, with a reading by Jeremy Irons.
02 Jun 2015,·43 mins
Mayo Agard-Olubo
Michael Sheen introduces new work from the writer Mayo Agard-Olubo.
22 Mar 2022,·13 mins
Tiger, Tiger
Humming elephants and the shaggy haired but adorable sloth bear
28 Feb 1997,·12 mins
Enter this iconic building to hear stories from those whose lives have been changed here.
08 Sep 2022,·28 mins
Lynne Truss explores the history of the Speaking Clock. With Professor Stephen Hawking.
16 Jul 2016,·30 mins
Is being tone-deaf a medical matter or simply a lack of training?
09 Sep 2011,·30 mins
Kate Williams explores the history and development of the modern winning smile
02 Jun 2012,·30 mins
Lauren Laverne celebrates Kenneth Grahame's classic tale, 'The Wind in the Willows'.
03 Mar 2016,·30 mins
Robert Macfarlane and Johnny Flynn with Edward Thomas's Poems and Songs for the Open Air.
18 Dec 2022,·28 mins
What is the unique vision and contested legacy of photographer Diane Arbus?
11 Jul 2023,·28 mins
Humanity's changing relationship with the Moon
08 Apr 1999,·13 mins
Kate Mossman tells the story of long-overlooked female music writers of the 1960s.
22 Mar 2016,·30 mins
Simon Armitage explores the creative possibilities opened up by Oblique Strategies cards
13 Jun 2013,·30 mins
Series 1
Singing for Everyone
Roderick Williams explores how Britain lost its singing voice and if it be recovered.
11 Oct 2017,·30 mins
Musician Bishi examines how tech and AI shape the future of music creation.
26 Dec 2019,·28 mins
