Is being tone-deaf a medical matter or simply a lack of training?
09 Sep 2011,·30 mins
Jane Smiley goes horse racing in California. Why is it such fertile ground for a novelist?
21 Jul 2011,·30 mins
Marie-Louise Muir explores the significance of Van Morrison's Belfast gigs.
29 Sep 2015,·30 mins
Michael White uncovers the life of the soprano singer Jennifer Vyvyan.
18 Aug 2011,·30 mins
A celebration of today's rich audio drama scene, live from Contains Strong Language.
24 Sep 2023,·28 mins
A new statue of George Orwell is created to stand outside New Broadcasting House.
05 Nov 2017,·30 mins
With Sam Mendes
Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes explores the relationship between music and cinema.
25 Oct 2015,·33 mins
Does socialism have a future?
29 Jul 1988,·27 mins
14/10/2016
Laurence Llewelyn Bowen considers the subjects that have formed the basis for tattoos.
14 Oct 2016,·28 mins
Children's TV
The demands and responsibilities of children's TV viewing
17 May 2004,·22 mins
Franny Armstrong looks at the explosive impact of Rachel Carson's 1962 book Silent Spring.
26 Dec 2012,·28 mins
Episode 2
Owen Bennett Jones reveals a secret history of Jihadist propagation in Britain.
12 Apr 2016,·45 mins
Screenwriter Jeremy Dyson praises the supernatural stories of Robert Aickman.
15 Dec 2011,·30 mins
Eric Robson asks why bestselling 1920s author Hugh Walpole has been forgotten.
03 May 2011,·30 mins
Jesus' Blood and Fluffy Clouds
The story of the musical aesthetic and the ubiquitous technique of minimalism.
16 Jun 2015,·30 mins
Jarvis Cocker uncovers an album made by Sir John Betjeman in 1974.
27 Jul 2014,·28 mins
Jarvis Cocker celebrates the life and work of literary wunderkind Carson McCullers.
06 Feb 2016,·30 mins
Yomi Adegoke examines the representation of black women in the UK Grime scene.
01 Apr 2019,·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
Actors share their tales of theatrical triumph, disaster and terror
31 Oct 1993,·28 mins
Laura Barton presents a brief history of trousers, from function to fashion.
09 Jun 2017,·30 mins
Can Rev. Richard Coles write a new power ballad to rival Total Eclipse of the Heart?
18 Jul 2017,·30 mins
Miles Warde explores the life of American photographer Ansel Adams
18 Aug 2014,·30 mins
An immersive 80th birthday encounter with film-maker and artist Peter Greenaway.
29 Sep 2022,·28 mins
Nabihah Iqbal explores the variety of notes and scales used to make music across the globe
30 Aug 2022,·28 mins
04/11/2016
Nick Berkeley shows how song lyrics can help articulate and negotiate our lives.
04 Nov 2016,·12 mins
Cardiac
Paul Farley follows the path of a heart valve from its Milan manufacturers to a UK patient
14 Aug 2013,·28 mins
Omnibus
Round-up of five works by artists broadcast throughout the week on BBC Radio 4.
30 Mar 2013,·28 mins
Laura Barton travels to New York to meet the women writers of the Beat Generation.
29 Jun 2015,·30 mins
Art critic Rachel Campbell-Johnston, explores the mysterious world of art attribution.
07 Nov 2011,·30 mins
