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Museum of the Future
V&A Director Tristram Hunt asks how museums are changing
31 Jan 2020,·28 mins
JW Lambert presents a programme exploring the life and work of George Bernard Shaw
15 Dec 1979,·45 mins
Nick Hennessey explores the mythical world of Finland's national poem, The Kalevala.
27 Dec 2009,·30 mins
Much Depends on Dinner
Canadian Margaret Visser whose most famous book on food doesn't contain a single recipe
10 Apr 1991,·13 mins
A tribute to the broadcaster David Frost, who died in August 2013.
25 Dec 2013,·28 mins
Dance Yourself Cheerful
Dancer Deborah Bull looks at the role dance has played during some of our toughest times.
28 Sep 2012,·15 mins
How the American record industry responded to the assassination of President Kennedy.
05 Dec 2015,·30 mins
Yasmeen Khan reports on the Turkish community in the United Kingdom.
28 Sep 2011,·30 mins
Stewart Lee uncovers the pioneers of surrealism subverting reality in Birmingham's suburbs
01 Aug 2023,·28 mins
Diamonds
The toughest substance made by nature has been sought after since the dawn of time
01 Oct 1995,·13 mins
Amol Rajan asks if England's old Imperial guidance and governance of cricket is history.
26 May 2017,·30 mins
From banned writer to ping pong fanatic, Henry Miller rediscovered afresh in Big Sur, USA
25 Jul 2013,·30 mins
An interrupted documentary about copyright law, told through a single song.
13 Aug 2024,·28 mins
Llais y Maes
Blas ar noson o bop pur, wrth i Diffiniad, Eden a Lleden berfformio yn Gig y Pafiliwn.
08 Aug 2019,·153 mins
The historical, traditional, religious, and political significance of the veil
17 Sep 1990,·44 mins
The personal stories and painful decisions we face when getting rid of our old books.
14 Aug 2011,·30 mins
A look behind the scenes at Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre's Hamlet with Maxine Peake.
28 Sep 2014,·30 mins
Zoë Comyns explores the pose of the girl reader with painters and writers.
16 Apr 2020,·28 mins
The Highlands
Janice Forsyth visits Pitlochry Festival Theatre in the Perthshire highlands.
07 Jul 2018,·30 mins
Ian McMillan hunts for the truth behind some bizarre schools music making from the 1960s
25 Aug 2015,·30 mins
Sheet Music
Composer and writer Tony Miall and his collection of over sixty thousand songs
09 Feb 1994,·13 mins
Christopher Eccleston looks at the life and works of the Socialist playwright.
08 Jan 2015,·30 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
Why many thousands of former British army soldiers have settled in Germany.
16 Nov 2011,·30 mins
Mariella Frostrup looks at Scandinavian children's literature.
26 Mar 2012,·30 mins
Richard Coles on the inspiration to artists of darkness and the Northern lights in Norway.
19 Dec 2011,·30 mins
The strange world of the travelling flea circus
17 Mar 1989,·6 mins
His home's Bronze Age legacy and nearby Jodrell Bank inspire author Alan Garner to write.
21 May 2014,·30 mins
Henning Wehn explores the story of one of Monty Python's most bizarre adventures.
07 May 2011,·30 mins
James Nokise looks at how Pacific wordsmiths have protested nuclear testing.
24 Feb 2020,·28 mins
