His home's Bronze Age legacy and nearby Jodrell Bank inspire author Alan Garner to write.
21 May 2014,·30 mins
Henning Wehn explores the story of one of Monty Python's most bizarre adventures.
07 May 2011,·30 mins
James Nokise looks at how Pacific wordsmiths have protested nuclear testing.
24 Feb 2020,·28 mins
Is it possible to measure the quality of an artwork?
12 Sep 2017,·30 mins
Paul Morley on the 7 inch single's grand relative - the 12 inch - and its peak in the 80s.
01 Mar 2012,·30 mins
Nina Myskow talks to Rufus and Martha Wainwright about their confessional songs.
09 Aug 2014,·30 mins
Once they made pop records. Now they're building a pyramid out of dead people.
20 Jan 2020,·28 mins
Fathers and Sons
Will Gompertz investigates the art-works in our homes, and the stories they tell about us.
04 Aug 2014,·30 mins
Glenda Jackson presents a documentary in Paris of France's great writer–Emile Zola.
16 Nov 2015,·30 mins
02/12/2015
Lucy Kellaway asks whether we should be more open about what we are paid.
02 Dec 2015,·28 mins
Chipperfield Circus, one of Britains oldest and most respected
11 Jun 1981,·30 mins
Henning Wehn investigates 'Ostrock' - the East German rock and pop music scene.
28 Apr 2011,·30 mins
Joanna Smith Rakoff explores JD Salinger's relationship with fans who wrote him letters
29 Jan 2011,·30 mins
Series 2
Beyond the Security Fence
Adil Ray looks at life through the camera lens of an urban explorer.
09 Oct 2011,·15 mins
Robin Denselow profiles musician Youssou N'Dour as he reaches his 50th birthday.
19 Sep 2009,·30 mins
Population Policy
Indonesia where the population policy has had input from religious leaders
05 Apr 1990,·28 mins
Lexicographer Susie Dent investigates the future of English as a global lingua franca.
23 Mar 2020,·28 mins
Comedian Robin Ince takes us on a tour of a world beneath the earth's crust.
11 Apr 2015,·30 mins
Simon Schama with his view of William Blake, the visionary printmaker, poet and painter.
09 Sep 2019,·28 mins
