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Can Rev. Richard Coles write a new power ballad to rival Total Eclipse of the Heart?
18 Jul 2017,·30 mins
David Willis celebrates the centenary of the Hollywood sign.
25 Jul 2023,·28 mins
Meet Lavinia Co-op - transatlantic icon of the radical drag scene.
02 May 2023,·28 mins
Laura Barton presents a brief history of trousers, from function to fashion.
09 Jun 2017,·30 mins
Actors share their tales of theatrical triumph, disaster and terror
31 Oct 1993,·28 mins
The Work Words Do
With Barbara Jenkins, Vladimir Lucien, Kevin Jared Hosein, Colin Robinson and Karen Lord.
06 Mar 2017,·28 mins
How might artists choose to mark a nuclear waste site for future generations?
02 Mar 2017,·30 mins
Episode 5
Aimee describes how she will be using social media on her way to the next Winter Olympics.
03 Jul 2015,·15 mins
Episode 3
The impact of the Australian landscape on the country's popular culture.
15 Dec 2016,·30 mins
Yomi Adegoke examines the representation of black women in the UK Grime scene.
01 Apr 2019,·28 mins
Jarvis Cocker celebrates the life and work of literary wunderkind Carson McCullers.
06 Feb 2016,·30 mins
Fleas
Facts and figures about the bloodsucking insect
06 Sep 1995,·13 mins
Magic in MInd
Episode six: mind-readers, psychics, mentalists, and occultists
17 May 1993,·29 mins
Author Jan Carson with stories from a changing sea between Scotland and Northern Ireland.
21 Mar 2019,·28 mins
Poet Helen Mort reflects on being the object of deepfake pornography.
20 Feb 2022,·28 mins
The Best British Song Ever, Russell Crowe’s Auction and Art On Tour
Will Gompertz discusses all things arty with Paul Sinha, Sindhu Vee and Athena Kugblenu.
06 Apr 2018,·38 mins
The legendary country singer-songwriter unveils the secrets of composing a great song.
08 Nov 2016,·29 mins
Jarvis Cocker uncovers an album made by Sir John Betjeman in 1974.
27 Jul 2014,·28 mins
Jesus' Blood and Fluffy Clouds
The story of the musical aesthetic and the ubiquitous technique of minimalism.
16 Jun 2015,·30 mins
Jean Sprackland explores the subversive beauty of female Imagist poets H.D. and Amy Lowell
18 Sep 2022,·28 mins
Eric Robson asks why bestselling 1920s author Hugh Walpole has been forgotten.
03 May 2011,·30 mins
Writer and comedian Stewart Lee explores the television series Children of the Stones.
04 Oct 2012,·30 mins
Screenwriter Jeremy Dyson praises the supernatural stories of Robert Aickman.
15 Dec 2011,·30 mins
Omnibus
After the US election, five acclaimed writers give their view on where America goes next.
27 Nov 2016,·58 mins
Hit Songs and Love Songs
Kathryn Williams and Tom McRae join Willm Gompertz to give a masterclass in hit love songs
01 Aug 2015,·30 mins
What do AI and digital technology mean for actors and their relationship with audiences?
30 Mar 2024,·28 mins
Hugh Thomson travels to Peru's ancient wonder to unearth the truth behind its discovery.
05 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Franny Armstrong looks at the explosive impact of Rachel Carson's 1962 book Silent Spring.
26 Dec 2012,·28 mins
Beyond the Kitchen Sink
Paul Allen uses the archive to explore the social changes that led to the British New Wave
31 Aug 2013,·58 mins
2. The Stream Age
Matt Everitt explores the key decisions that transformed the record industry.
25 Apr 2016,·30 mins
