Arts, Culture & the Media

Sea Border
Author Jan Carson with stories from a changing sea between Scotland and Northern Ireland.
21 Mar 2019,28 mins
Up Close And Personal
Clarke Peters follows the croon and practitioners of the art including Rudy Vallee.
17 Sep 2016,30 mins
The Lost Art of the TV Theme
Comedian and musician Richard Morton recalls the heyday of the classic TV theme.
09 May 2015,30 mins
Danny Beard On Same Sex Love and Marriage
Misgendered at my wedding
Why one transgender woman had to be referred to as ‘husband’ on her wedding day.
12 Jul 2023,17 mins
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21st Century Relaxation Tape
A hypnotic half-hour of aural bliss taking you inside the world of 'wellness sound'.
09 Apr 2023,28 mins
Idle Talk: Wales's Oral Tradition
You’re invited to an open mic in the Middle Ages.
06 Jun 2023,28 mins
Classics Illustrated: The Comic Book Unbound
Bill Paterson marks the 70th anniversary of the Classics Illustrated comic book series.
25 Oct 2011,30 mins
In Search of Barney Bubbles
The hunt for the truth about the most influential and enigmatic of graphic designers.
30 mins
Hotel Room Art
Ian McMillan gets close to the art in hotel rooms.
26 Dec 2023,28 mins
The Hidden History of the Mantelpiece
Rachel Hurdley explores the story of the mantelpiece and how it reveals our secret selves.
24 Mar 2020,28 mins
The Snow
Dame Siân Phillips delves into Dafydd ap Gwilym's centuries-old poem To the Snow.
06 Dec 2024,28 mins
A Year in the Life of the Swinging Sixties
James Peak and Joan Bakewell find incredible archive from 1963. Wait! Is that The Beatles?
20 Aug 2024,28 mins
Arts and Africa
Cry Freedom
Reactions to 'Cry Freedom', Richard Attenborough defends his film about Steve Biko
01 Jan 1998,30 mins
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Hold On Tight: The Women of The Waste Land
Journalist Jude Rogers explores the fascinating women in TS Eliot’s poem The Waste Land.
03 Nov 2022,28 mins
Planks and a Passion
Libby Purves follows the story of the Bridge, London's theatre near Tower Bridge.
17 Oct 2017,30 mins
Frinton Forever
Richard Wilson stars at Frinton Summer Theatre to mark its 75th anniversary of weekly rep.
08 Dec 2014,30 mins
Laverne in the Willows
Lauren Laverne celebrates Kenneth Grahame's classic tale, 'The Wind in the Willows'.
03 Mar 2016,30 mins
Counterfeit Characters
What do AI and digital technology mean for actors and their relationship with audiences?
30 Mar 2024,28 mins
It's Magic
Magic in MInd
Episode six: mind-readers, psychics, mentalists, and occultists
17 May 1993,29 mins
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A Living Leg-End
Meet Lavinia Co-op - transatlantic icon of the radical drag scene.
02 May 2023,28 mins
Recalculating Art
Why does art go up in value when a man signs it, but when a woman signs it, it goes down?
11 Aug 2022,28 mins
Art and Resistance in Taiwan
A journey into the Taipei underground art scene.
28 Mar 2023,28 mins
Xanadu
Daljit Nagra explores the world of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous poem, Kubla Khan.
16 Oct 2022,28 mins
London Calling
Aminatta Forna tells the extraordinary story of hard-living writer Jack London.
20 Nov 2014,30 mins
Lift Going Up
Emma Clarke plays the voice of the lift in this cultural history of the elevator
23 Feb 2020,28 mins
Ulster's Forgotten Darling
Fionola Meredith goes in search of medieval scholar, author and poet Helen Waddell.
19 Jul 2012,30 mins
Where Once Were Farms
Poet Casi Wyn travels to Cwrt-Y-Cadno, a Welsh village in the midst of uncertainty.
16 Apr 2023,28 mins
Join the Dots
1. The First Dot
Janet Ellis explores the dot. A simple word for a most significant mark
18 Sep 2017,14 mins
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Jan Pieńkowski: Meg and Mog and Me
An exploration of the life and work of Jan Pieńkowski - the man who drew Meg and Mog.
28 Jan 2024,28 mins
Warsan Shire on a Nation of Poets
British-Somali poet Warsan Shire investigates and showcases Somalia's rich poetic life.
05 Jan 2023,28 mins