Series 3
Andrea Levy
Novelist Andrea Levy goes back to her adult education writing class with John Wilson.
26 Jul 2011,·15 mins
Louise Elliot meets Terry O'Neill whose case inspired Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap.
07 Jul 2011,·30 mins
Hossein Ahmadi, an Iranian refugee, returns to the Calais Jungle that was once his home.
06 Apr 2020,·28 mins
In the 1970s the composer Philip Glass drove a taxi around Manhattan to make ends meet.
18 Aug 2015,·28 mins
Decades after his death, why does Sun Ra continue to inspire an obsessive following?
19 Jun 2014,·30 mins
21/12/2010
Fergal Keane talks to Suzanne Hook about her decision to found an orphanage in Vietnam.
21 Dec 2010,·30 mins
Series 6
Episode 1
An illuminating discussion between two people who have Asperger's Syndrome.
05 Apr 2011,·28 mins
Lucy Fleming embarks upon a quest to discover more about her mysterious uncle Ian.
24 May 2008,·30 mins
Sean Street tells the story of Ludwig Koch, the David Attenborough of his day.
15 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Paul Maynard MP
Peter White meets Paul Maynard, one of the few disabled MPs in the new parliament.
10 Jan 2020,·28 mins
James Naughtie presents a tribute to Alistair Cooke, who would have been 100 this week.
18 Nov 2008,·45 mins
Series 2
Michelle Bachelet
The former Chilean president talks about Pinochet, leading the military and human rights.
29 Aug 2019,·28 mins
The life of Johnny Morris, told by his friend and former co-presenter Terry Nutkins.
18 Feb 2011,·28 mins
Richard Langham Smith on the songs Debussy wrote for his muse Madame Vasnier.
10 Jan 2012,·30 mins
Germaine Greer presents a profile of eccentric 1970s rock icon Frank Zappa.
07 Oct 2006,·30 mins
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Andrew Parker's Natural History Hero is microscope pioneer Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
09 Oct 2015,·15 mins
Memories of Terence Rattigan from Donald Sinden
Memories of playwright Terence Rattigan, from actor Sir Donald Sinden.
10 Jun 2011,·15 mins
Paul Gambaccini meets sound engineers James Lock and Geoff Emerick.
05 Feb 2008,·30 mins
Teachers take a journey to Bangladesh to find out about the culture of their pupils
21 Jan 2000,·27 mins
Dominic Arkwright charts the life of Thomas Middleton, the bad boy of Renaissance drama
11 May 2010,·30 mins
Emerging Markets
What happened in Russia and South Africa when legalised casinos opened their doors?
06 Sep 2005,·22 mins
Alistair McGowan tells the story of the love letters that composer Erik Satie never sent.
13 Jul 2013,·30 mins
Steve Carver looks to the learn the secrets of the chimney sweeping trade.
19 Feb 2014,·30 mins
A jet engine built by Ludwig Wittgenstein in Manchester is investigated by Cassie Newland.
02 Jan 2015,·30 mins
Episode 2
Following the barristers, clerks and staff of one of London's leading law chambers.
28 Jul 2009,·30 mins
Oona King discovers her family's role in the fight for equality for African Americans.
02 Jul 2014,·30 mins
Where is Home?
Where is home for families who are dispersed around the globe?
01 Nov 2003,·12 mins
Jolyon Jenkins meets the women of Verona who answer letters sent to Shakespeare's Juliet
12 Jan 2015,·30 mins
Part Four - Chenjerai
A profile of the writer Chenjerai Hove
09 Jun 1997,·13 mins
Sheppey, landscape of cars, caravans and morose marshland - the place they call The Island
29 Aug 2012,·30 mins
