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Leprechauns, sprites, imps and elves - Ian Sansom is searching for the diminutive other.
23 Sep 2016,·30 mins
Mari Griffith examines the motivation behind the attack on The Rokeby Venus 100 years ago
13 Mar 2014,·30 mins
Emma Clarke plays the voice of the lift in this cultural history of the elevator
23 Feb 2020,·28 mins
Lyse Doucet asks diplomats and politicians how we should engage with brutal regimes.
15 Aug 2011,·30 mins
Michael Palin asks James Peak to write him some limericks. What could possibly go wrong?
28 Dec 2018,·28 mins
Elizabeth I
Why didn't Queen Elizabeth l marry? A handwritten speech offers clues as to why
22 Dec 1995,·12 mins
What's the secret to Casablanca's longevity?
28 Jan 1992,·41 mins
Matthew Sweet on the life and work of the sensationally modern figure - Wilkie Collins.
31 Dec 2023,·28 mins
Montagu House
Exploring the architecture of Montagu House in Bloomsbury
08 Dec 2000,·13 mins
Aminatta Forna tells the extraordinary story of hard-living writer Jack London.
20 Nov 2014,·30 mins
23/12/2022
Oliver Burkeman argues we need to pay less, not more, attention to the news.
23 Dec 2022,·14 mins
Isy Suttie delves into video game music, attempting to create her own electronic opus.
07 Jun 2016,·30 mins
Colin Grant reports on the 50th anniversary of the Leeds West Indian Carnival.
28 Aug 2017,·30 mins
VJ Day Anniversary Special
Peter Snow marks the seventieth anniversary of VJ Day at the end of the Second World War.
14 Aug 2015,·28 mins
Singing together is bringing hope to a struggling South African community.
30 Mar 2020,·28 mins
Series 3
Billy The Kid
Musicians talk about performing Aaron Copland's musical portrait of Billy The Kid.
27 Sep 2011,·30 mins
The Business of Showing
Opening weekend is crucial to a film, but there are pitfalls to watch out for.
08 Mar 2015,·30 mins
Poet Brenda Birungi shares personal accounts of criminal justice that's failing women.
23 Apr 2020,·28 mins
Wayne Sleep
Dancer Wayne Sleep talks about his life and career
31 May 1995,·27 mins
Later life
Journalist Jude Rogers on how music keeps us happy, alert and connected as we grow older.
03 Jun 2021,·28 mins
Sarfraz Manzoor meets Dolly Parton to discover her 'Imagination Library'
23 Jul 2011,·30 mins
Neighbourhood Crime
On a spring day in May 1972 Alabama governor George Wallace was shot in Maryland
01 May 2006,·22 mins
In the port of Astoria, Oregon, Katrina Porteous reports on the Fisher Poets Gathering.
04 May 2014,·30 mins
Bonnie St John
Being an amputee since five-years-old doesn't stop American Bonnie St John
30 Dec 2003,·22 mins
José Andrés
Katty talks to world renowned chef and restaurateur, José Andrés.
25 Jan 2024,·24 mins
How Tarzan has enjoyed 100 years swinging through the jungle of popular culture.
27 Feb 2012,·30 mins
Late Learners
David Willetts argues that we should make it easier for people to come back to education.
01 Jan 2016,·14 mins
A centenary celebration of Richmal Crompton’s Just William books.
01 May 2022,·28 mins
Christopher Maltman debates the place of folk song in the classical recital repertoire.
24 Apr 2012,·30 mins
Daljit Nagra explores the world of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous poem, Kubla Khan.
16 Oct 2022,·28 mins
