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Sunday Feature Episodes

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    Antonio Carlos Gomes, the Brazilian Who Conquered La Scala

    Fabio Zanon on how Brazilian composer Carlos Gomes conquered La Scala in the 19th century.

  2. God Intoxicated Man - The Life and Times of Benedict Spinoza

    Michael Goldfarb tells the story of Dutch philosopher Benedict Spinoza.

  3. Still Will

    Laura Barton explores the silences and intimacies of Shakespeare's plays.

  4. First Folio Road Trip

    How Shakespeare's First Folio helped make a national poet and an international star.

  5. Menuhin at 100

    The story of the great violinist Yehudi Menuhin, using 蜜芽传媒 archive material.

  6. 1816, the Year Without a Summer

    Corin Throsby explores the cultural and social impact of 1816's extreme weather.

  7. Taking It All Back 蜜芽传媒

    Singer Sam Lee explores how archives around the world are repatriating sound recordings.

  8. The Women Who Staged the Rising

    Marie-Louise Muir on the Irish women of theatre who fought in the 1916 Easter Rising.

  9. Brainwash Culture

    Professor Daniel Pick explores the enduring cultural obsession with brainwashing.

  10. The Venice Ghetto

    Jerry Brotton explores the 500th anniversary of the Venice Ghetto, the first of its kind.

  11. Real Pretenders

    Film critic Antonia Quirke investigates the evolution of acting.

  12. Step Inside: A 21st-Century Gallery Guide

    Paul Morley explores the ever-changing world of Britain's art galleries.

  13. South Korea: The Silent Cultural Superpower

    Rana Mitter finds out how South Korean culture manages to punch so far above its weight.

  14. Keeping in Steppe

    David Sneath looks at Mongolia, where culture is being transformed across the steppe.

  15. Folk Connections: Cecil Sharp's Appalachian Trail

    Andy Kershaw follows song collector Cecil Sharp's Appalachian trail in the spring of 1916.

  16. Crossing the Border - Poetry and Film

    Matthew Sweet explores the overlooked history of poetry in film.

  18. Freeze: Thaw

    Hayden Lorimer discusses ice with poets, musicians, explorers, doctors and physicists.

  19. True Norse

    Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough asks whether there is a shared culture in the north of Europe

  20. Above Sixty, Below Zero

    Exploring the changing relationship between humans and the landscape in the far north.

  21. An Imagined Glasgow

    Writer Louise Welsh explores how Glaswegian artists have re-imagined their city.

  22. Making an Entrance - Asian Theatre in Britain

    Sarfraz Manzoor charts the history of Asian theatre in Britain.

  24. This Story Shall the Good Man Teach His Son - Agincourt, England and France

    Adam Thorpe on what the Battle of Agincourt means in Britain and France.

  25. Ginsberg in India

    Writer Jeet Thayil retraces beat poet Allen Ginsberg's travels round India in the 1960s.

  26. Arthur Miller - Speaking of New York

    Ben Brantley of the New York Times describes how the city informed Arthur Miller's work.

  27. How Celtic Are We?

    What is Celtic identity? Professor Dai Smith searches for the essence of Celticism.

  28. You're Tearing Me Apart: Rebel Without a Cause at 60

    Alan Dein explores the making and meanings of the 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause.

  29. Looking for the Moor

    Hugh Quarshie seeks resolution to the dilemmas of a black actor playing Othello.

  30. HG and the H-Bomb

    Samira Ahmed explores the role of HG Wells in the creation of the nuclear bomb.

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