A journey into the Taipei underground art scene.
28 Mar 2023,·28 mins
Daljit Nagra explores the world of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous poem, Kubla Khan.
16 Oct 2022,·28 mins
Aminatta Forna tells the extraordinary story of hard-living writer Jack London.
20 Nov 2014,·30 mins
Emma Clarke plays the voice of the lift in this cultural history of the elevator
23 Feb 2020,·28 mins
Fionola Meredith goes in search of medieval scholar, author and poet Helen Waddell.
19 Jul 2012,·30 mins
Poet Casi Wyn travels to Cwrt-Y-Cadno, a Welsh village in the midst of uncertainty.
16 Apr 2023,·28 mins
Episode 6: Celebrating Life
Celebrity culture through the lens of Elizabeth Taylor.
18 Oct 2022,·28 mins
1. The First Dot
Janet Ellis explores the dot. A simple word for a most significant mark
18 Sep 2017,·14 mins
An exploration of the life and work of Jan Pieńkowski - the man who drew Meg and Mog.
28 Jan 2024,·28 mins
British-Somali poet Warsan Shire investigates and showcases Somalia's rich poetic life.
05 Jan 2023,·28 mins
Exploring the rules and decisions of The European Court of Justice
19 Aug 1983,·26 mins
Irma Kurtz travels to Monet's Giverny garden to hear how losing his sight changed his work
27 Sep 2011,·30 mins
The surprising political legacy of the much-loved children's author, Dr Seuss.
21 Jun 2011,·30 mins
Mark Rickards meets the author of The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho.
30 Sep 2010,·30 mins
Samira Ahmed explores the life and work of writer Arnold Bennett.
23 Jun 2014,·30 mins
Marguerite
Marguerite Gautier the Femme Fatale protagonist of The Lady of the Camellias
15 Jan 1993,·28 mins
A Monarch of the Arts
Will Gompertz looks back at cultural changes during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
11 Sep 2022,·28 mins
Christopher Frayling visits Vienna to uncover Bambi's forgotten roots as a brutal parable.
02 Apr 2023,·28 mins
Stephanie Flanders examines the enduring appeal of Roger Hargreaves' Mr Men books.
14 Feb 2010,·30 mins
How a community was murdered, and a new theory is advanced: was it all about Nazi gold?
18 May 1994,·41 mins
Michael Symmons Roberts on the enduring appeal of Robert Frost’s masterpiece, a century on
25 Dec 2022,·28 mins
Selections of poetry from the Contains Strong Language festival in Birmingham
17 Sep 2022,·28 mins
Dr Kate O'Brien explores Ibiza's subtle influence over British youth culture and nightlife
27 Aug 2011,·30 mins
Rainer Hersch explores unusual instruments used by composers.
20 May 2008,·30 mins
A sound adventure in the Białowieża primeval forest with Polish recordist Izabela Dłużyk.
17 Sep 2023,·28 mins
A sonic portrait of the Wildlife Sound Recording Society.
17 Apr 2022,·29 mins
Vision of the Future
A computer called Baby, Alan Turing, 25 Nobel prize winners and the wonders of graphene.
12 Dec 2014,·15 mins
2. The Stream Age
Matt Everitt explores the key decisions that transformed the record industry.
25 Apr 2016,·30 mins
Jean Sprackland explores the subversive beauty of female Imagist poets H.D. and Amy Lowell
18 Sep 2022,·28 mins
Fleas
Facts and figures about the bloodsucking insect
06 Sep 1995,·13 mins
