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Gavin Turk
Sculptor Gavin Turk talks about his place on the Charing Cross Road in London
16 Aug 1995,·8 mins
Crime And Conflict with Nancy Pearl and Angie Thomas
Dan, Irenosen and Simon are joined by librarian Nancy Pearl and author Angie Thomas
16 Mar 2022,·74 mins
The Internet Poets
Lemn Sissay explores how poets have found a new route to audiences - the smartphone.
31 Dec 2021,·14 mins
Coming to America vs. Friday
Which film is better: Coming to America or Friday?
12 Jun 2025,·34 mins
Episode 4: Language and Class
A four-part series on the relationship that Scotland’s writers have with Scotland itself.
15 Jul 2021,·28 mins
Part Two
Biographer Nick Clarke joins Alistair Cooke to listen to some of the gems from his career as one of Britain's best-loved broadcasters.
20 Mar 2000,·27 mins
Saving Water
The need to conserve and manage the world's fresh water supply
22 Sep 1993,·27 mins
Part Six - The 2010 and 20s: Festivals & futurism
Huw Stephens and Sian Eleri tell the story of Welsh language pop in 2010 and 20s.
21 mins
Taiwan’s artistic trailblazers
How Taiwanese artists are exploring history and the relationship with China in their work
08 May 2025,·26 mins
Series 1
Platform
Dr Cadence Kinsey explores what happens when art breaks free from the gallery.
22 Feb 2018,·30 mins
The Anglican Church in Crisis
With a declining congregation and aging clergy, can the Anglican church balance the books
17 Jul 1995,·13 mins
Peter Blake
An examination of the self portrait 'The Meeting' by Peter Blake
22 Dec 1995,·8 mins
Series 5
Chaos
Is chaos good or bad? Bettany Hughes explores the place of disruption in our lives.
21 Apr 2017,·15 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 Secret History of Bossa Nova
Singer Monica Vasconcelos explores the musical and political story of bossa nova.
27 Jun 2019,·30 mins
Coastal Underground
John Doran seeks out radical music being made in the coastal areas of Britain.
24 Jun 2019,·28 mins
Lenin - Legacy
With the rise of glasnost is it finally time to remove Lenin's body from its mausoleum?
28 Jun 1990,·27 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
Monsignor Quixote
Guy Hedgecoe follows Graham Greene's travels around post-Franco Spain in the late 1970s.
29 Aug 2016,·15 mins
Fantasy Architecture
An examination of fantasy buildings and the possibility of them ever being built
16 Aug 2004,·21 mins
Trumpet
One of the oldest instruments known to man - even found in the tomb of Tutankhamen
21 Nov 1996,·4 mins
Kites
Kite flying enthusiasts explain its appeal. "It's like courting in the air"
12 Feb 1987,·13 mins
Morris Dancing
The men and women keeping Morris dancing, a type of English folk dance, alive.
01 Mar 1988,·13 mins
Olga Muller
Oti Mabuse is joined by her sister Motsi Mabuse to hear about her dancing legend.
25 Jan 2023,·28 mins
Water Transport
The future of water borne transport - short sea shipping and high speed ferries
13 Mar 1997,·13 mins
Timon of Athens
Discussion of Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens
29 Mar 2000,·4 mins
Tallia Storm: Being Savage And Sweet
Tallia Storm spills the tea on storming out of a Celebs Go Dating date.
27 Oct 2020,·35 mins
Lou Reed
Mark Coles interviews the legendary Lou Reed.
17 Feb 2000,·15 mins
The Law Comes Late to Russia
The law has never excercised much influence on the country's political life
14 Dec 1994,·28 mins
Modern Teenagers
How teenagers have developed, including interviews with a large number of adolescents
19 Nov 1994,·29 mins
