Sound Sources
Paul McCartney, Jean-Michel Jarre and Lee Renaldo on their debt to classical music.
13 Jul 2025,·42 mins
Series 1
6. Dogs Of War
After a BBC documentary is broadcast, James Watt and BrewDog fight back.
21 Jun 2022,·32 mins
6. The man with many names
The search is on for the mastermind behind the celebrity heist.
20 Jul 2022,·14 mins
Glastonbury and the Cow Shed
Scott Mills and Jo Whiley discover how some reclaimed wood set the stage for Glastonbury.
29 May 2023,·16 mins
Omnibus, Part 2
Peter Conrad dissects the popular culture of his era.
27 Dec 2014,·60 mins
To the Sea, Going Going, Aubade, The Whitsun Weddings
Simon Armitage, the Poet Laureate, unpicks Philip Larkin's poems in his centenary year.
19 Aug 2022,·57 mins
Ep 6: Afterlife
The last in the series in which Ian Hislop and Helen Lewis celebrate Orwell and Kafka.
09 Jun 2024,·28 mins
Ask the Write Questions
Ask the Write Questions with Dolly Alderton and China Moo-Young
The writer and director of Everything I Know About Love.
20 Jun 2022,·39 mins
The Looking Glass
Five original essays on the power and politics of children’s fiction.
18 Oct 2024,·14 mins
Aisle of Shame with Fern Brady
Alison, Kerry and Fern hear amazing audience stories on weird and wonderful subjects
11 Apr 2023,·54 mins
Saving an 80s supergroup, spinning with Stacey Dooley and Coach Trip's Brendan is in ESPAÑA!
Scott is on a mission to save an 80s supergroup The Fizz – and you can help too!
09 Aug 2024,·47 mins
How Richard Burton Got His Voice
Antonia Quirke shows how cinematic voices have changed using Richard Burton.
22 Nov 2016,·30 mins
5. Families of the Future
Some thoughts on alternatives to traditional, nuclear family structures.
28 Nov 2025,·14 mins
Horoscopes
Has Scarlett finally managed to make Scott a believer? What do their horoscopes mean?
09 Jun 2023,·36 mins
Sleeper Train
A collage of rhythm and movement as overnight trains weave their way across Ukraine.
25 Feb 2024,·30 mins
Radio 1's Drag Queen's Den
An eleganza extravaganza of gossip and an intimate kiki.
28 Feb 2019,·46 mins
When I Met Jane Austen: Omnibus 2
Five writers and thinkers on the genius of Jane Austen
25 Dec 2025,·57 mins
Tim Cook: What it takes to run Apple, the world’s largest company
Apple CEO Tim Cook joins Dua Lipa for a special bonus episode of At Your Service.
17 Nov 2023,·43 mins
Jeremy Bentham's 'Auto-Icon'
Subhadra Das debunks some myths about a curious object.
17 Feb 2023,·25 mins
Islands
The role of islands in the understanding of the patterns of evolution
01 Aug 1996,·28 mins
6. Aftermath
What happens when The X Factor lights go off?
26 Jan 2024,·33 mins
The Fire That Scorched Brazil’s History
Inside the ruin of Brazil’s National Museum – and the struggle to revive it
01 Sep 2019,·57 mins
When Banksy Comes to Town
5. Deal and No Deal
What happens when Banksy chooses your wall for mischief? Tensions run high for Sam and Rod
11 Apr 2025,·20 mins
Taiwan’s artistic trailblazers
How Taiwanese artists are exploring history and the relationship with China in their work
08 May 2025,·26 mins
Wes Butters speaks to Carry On stars Jim Dale and Jacki Piper 4/4
Wes Butters speaks to Carry On stars Jim Dale and Jacki Piper.
28 Aug 2023,·10 mins
The Mattressphere
Beds are the places we withdraw to, away from currents of society and community.
28 Oct 2011,·15 mins
Series 2
Carrie Hope Fletcher
Sheridan chats to Carrie Hope Fletcher who is currently leading the cast in Cinderella.
08 Aug 2021,·33 mins
Porgy and Bess: the world tour
The story of the 1950s international tour of George Gershwin’s opera
19 Jan 2004,·22 mins
Methods of Barbarism
How the British came to use concentration camps in the Second Boer War
07 Oct 1999,·29 mins
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Composer Sir James MacMillan considers Vaughan Williams’ complex faith life.
30 Dec 2021,·28 mins