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Introducing… The Black 14
The lives of 14 black American footballers are changed forever in a fight against racism
05 Apr 2024,·2 mins
25/12/2015
In the last in the series, Roger tries some Korean food for Christmas Day.
25 Dec 2015,·14 mins
Series 1
Episode 2
Comedian and Russophile Viv Groskop explores a century of revolutionary comedy.
10 Oct 2017,·30 mins
A bookish midwife and Michael Portillo
Midwife Rachel Byrne talks to Lynette, and Michael Portillo features on Evening Extra.
12 Nov 2020,·14 mins
The Villanelle
Andrew McMillan explores why poetic forms are fashionable again.
06 Jun 2021,·28 mins
5. Nadar - The Psychological Side of Photography
Nadar, the photographer adept at capturing his subjects' inner worlds in the 19th century.
01 Aug 2025,·14 mins
The time machine of tradition with Brìghde Chaimbeul, Sam Amidon, Linda Buckley and Rhodri Davies
Four folk musicians discuss the roles of tradition and place in music
30 Mar 2024,·31 mins
2. Welshness
Cerys Matthews continues her trip down the A470, the road connecting north and south Wales
17 Jan 2014,·30 mins
Series 1: Proper Manc (1990's)
4. Gang culture to club culture
Manchester's clubs were legendary. Big names on the inside, big trouble on the outside.
29 Aug 2024,·11 mins
Obsessed With... Champion
Champion: S1 E7+8
For the last episode in the series Remi Burgz is joined by Candice Carty-Williams.
01 Jul 2023,·40 mins
2. Doom Metal And Beyond
Maddy Prior, lead singer of Steeleye Span, and her daughter Rose Kemp on musical futures
10 Nov 2015,·30 mins
Series 2
Episode 5
Roger's last museum holds a jade cabbage he has longed to see since he was a young man.
11 Jul 2014,·14 mins
Severn River, UK
Britain's longest river is just 220 miles long, but it is a major source of drinking water
02 Jun 2003,·25 mins
Forbidden Love: Cilmi Boodheri
The story of Cilmi Boodheri, the Somalian poet who died for love
21 Feb 2006,·22 mins
Jamie Dornan on being Paul Conroy
Paul Conroy talks to Jamie Dornan about being ... Paul Conroy
07 Sep 2024,·14 mins
Kensington Palace
A tour around Kensington Palace, a residence of the Royal Family since the 17th Century
27 Jun 1989,·27 mins
EMPIRE OF DEATH! Christel Dee and Olga Koch dissect the huge finale to Season 1
Join Nadia Jae and Shabaz Ali with Christel Dee, Olga Koch and showrunner Russell T Davies
22 Jun 2024,·41 mins
Nick Drake: Unsung
John Wilson explores the life of singer-songwriter Nick Drake.
20 Dec 1997,·28 mins
13/10/2026
Barbara Cheyne takes a musical tour around Shetland and further afield.
13 Oct 2026,·60 mins
5. Retromania
Travis looks at the impact of the internet and the rise of "vintage" wares.
10 Aug 2018,·14 mins
Love
George Orwell has been dead for 70 years. What can his ideas tell us about life in 2020?
24 Jan 2020,·14 mins
Computers Get Clever
'Augmented technology' may stop the daily barrage of technological influx
25 Oct 2006,·26 mins
Episode 3: Cars and Girls
The music writer presents a series of meditations on different aspects of music.
27 Dec 2022,·28 mins
French Bread
French chef Raymond Blanc delights in the world of French bread
25 Feb 1994,·8 mins
What Goes Around...
Visiting Voltaire's chateau and an abandoned Cern experiment puts Will in a pensive mood.
09 Jan 2015,·15 mins
5. Black
Wayne Hemingway tells the story of Vantablack, the blackest black.
14 Apr 2017,·15 mins
Omnibus: Part 2
Marina Warner explores the world of contemporary storytelling.
21 Aug 2015,·58 mins
23/12/2022
Oliver Burkeman argues we need to pay less, not more, attention to the news.
23 Dec 2022,·14 mins
Dougie Poynter
Mariella heads to the tranquil home of Dougie Poynter to discover his Books To Live By.
23 May 2019,·43 mins
16/07/2017
How can government get better at experimenting and learning from when things go wrong?
16 Jul 2017,·28 mins
