An exploration of culture and tradition shaped by climate, invasion and triumph
27 May 1992,·28 mins
Matthew Sweet explores the creative rivalry between the two great British horror studios.
30 Jan 2014,·30 mins
Photographer Eamonn McCabe curates his own photo exhibition on the radio.
07 Sep 2015,·30 mins
A spoken word concept album linking space and music.
01 Sep 2015,·30 mins
The Taj Mahal
"It is the party dress of the Mughals, the best thing they could put on"
11 Nov 1992,·28 mins
Fishing – Questions and Quotas
Globalisation and fish, one of the most fiercely fought-over natural resources
19 Mar 1997,·43 mins
How a new opera is addressing the psychological aftermath of sexual violence.
29 Jun 2022,·28 mins
Kate Grenville
One of Australia's best known authors looks to the future
30 Oct 1999,·13 mins
Penny Marshall examines the effects of the rapid expansion of online porn on UK society.
13 Jan 2009,·40 mins
Re-enactments from the first trial of leading Nazis for war crimes
13 Sep 1996,·87 mins
Novelist Len Deighton talks to Patrick Humphries about his life and writing career.
26 May 2009,·30 mins
Guto Harri explores the event that shaped Welsh art and literature for a generation.
06 Feb 2020,·28 mins
Bob Dickinson visits a festival of contemporary art in a nuclear bunker in Bosnia.
12 Jul 2011,·30 mins
From west Africa to south Wales: a portrait of dancer and choreographer Idrissa Camara.
10 Mar 2014,·30 mins
6: We Imagine With Our Bodies
When the sound archive disappears again, Adam discovers the power of imagination
16 Aug 2022,·31 mins
Mark Steel celebrates the ever expanding world of foreign Hip Hop
23 Feb 2017,·30 mins
David Dunseith
Steven Rainey looks back at the forty year career of iconic broadcaster David Dunseith.
23 Aug 2024,·30 mins
Long-distance Rowers
"I wanted a bit of spice and adventure": long-distance rowers on why they do it
25 Mar 1995,·27 mins
Story of the enduring songwriting relationship between Pete Atkin and Clive James.
09 Nov 2015,·30 mins
Episode 2
How science fiction has examined the different ways of continuing the human race.
06 Sep 2011,·30 mins
Toby Hadoke considers the legacy of Quatermass writer Nigel Kneale.
17 Apr 2022,·15 mins
Mark Lawson and guests debate what now shapes our cultural choices - critics or clicks?
09 Jan 2013,·43 mins
Grayson Perry and his teddy Alan Measles tour Bavaria on a customised motorcycle.
01 Nov 2010,·28 mins
Part Three
Most Africans live on a dollar a day. Can the continent start closing the economic gap?
03 Jul 2005,·22 mins
Series 1
Oslo with Susanne Sundfør
Singer-songwriter Susanne Sundfør on Oslo, a city of solitude and solace.
25 Sep 2018,·42 mins
Series 3
Nigeria
Helon Habila and CM Okonkwo on the flourishing new tradition of Nigerian crime fiction.
21 Nov 2014,·15 mins
Episode 3
Rory Cellan-Jones asks where social networking will go in the future.
09 Feb 2011,·30 mins
Jolyon Jenkins reports on "Spiral Tribe", the 90s free party sound system, still raving.
22 Oct 2015,·30 mins
Live Slow, Live Long – in Japan
Secrets of long life in Okinawa, and how young people still value family ties
30 Sep 2003,·22 mins
The revival of the English wine making industry
04 Jul 1988,·28 mins
