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Sunday Feature Episodes

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    Merchant Ivory - Classics, Celluloid and Class

    Laurence Scott re-assesses the work of the film-making team known as Merchant Ivory.

  2. Billy - The Other Lloyd Webber

    Andrew Green explores the life and little-heard romantic music of William Lloyd Webber.

  4. Living with Memory in Rwanda

    Zoe Norridge reports from Rwanda on how the country's devastating genocide is remembered.

  5. Eileen Gray: The Missing Heart of Design

    Fiona Shaw explores the life and work of Irish-born designer and architect Eileen Gray.

  7. Shanghai - World City Redux

    Rana Mitter on how today's ultra-modern Shanghai is rediscovering its glamorous past.

  8. Albrecht Durer: Printing Press Native

    Charlotte Higgins charts the printing prowess of German Renaissance artist Albrecht Durer.

  9. Somme

    Paul Farley visits the Somme, a river whose sleepy character belies its violent history.

  10. Anything But Banal - The Fascination of the Villain

    Paul Allen explores, with Britain's leading actors, the allure of the villain in drama.

  11. Ideas of Germany

    Anne McElvoy considers how Germans see their country's cultural role.

  12. The Invisible Theatre: Wagner's Opera House in Bayreuth

    Tom Service and others explore the ideas behind Wagner's own opera house in Bayreuth.

  13. A Profile of Ken Adam: The Spectre of Modernism

    Matthew Sweet meets film production designer Ken Adam, famous for Bond and Dr Strangelove.

  14. Britten 100: Cultural Conchies

    Exploring the background to the pacifism which was central to Britten's creative vision.

  15. Albert Camus: Inside the Outsider

    Andrew Hussey celebrates the life and work of French writer and philosopher Albert Camus.

  16. Production-Line Living

    AL Kennedy explores the impact and idea of Henry Ford's introduction of the assembly line.

  17. The Devastation of British Art

    Diarmaid MacCulloch tells the story of iconoclasm during the English Reformation.

  18. Fear and Trembling in Copenhagen - In Search of Soren Kierkegaard

    Nigel Warburton explores the life and work of Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard.

  19. Sound of Cinema: Composing for Hollywood

    Journalist Jonathan Coffey explores the business of writing music for the movies.

  20. Living and Present: Laurie Anderson on Performance Art

    Pioneering artist Laurie Anderson traces the roots of contemporary performance art.

  22. The Gospels Come 蜜芽传媒

    Author David Almond explores what the Lindisfarne Gospels mean to people in the North East

  23. Stirring Up a Revolution

    Tarek Osman explores the significance of the caf茅 and how it has shaped the Middle East.

  24. Burma: Art under Dictatorship

    Rex Bloomstein investigates Burma's cultural life at a time of extraordinary transition.

  25. A Cultural History of Syphilis

    Writer Sarah Dunant explores the social, cultural and human histories of syphilis.

  26. Wagner - Making a National Hero

    Stephen Johnson explores Wagner's heroes and charts how Wagner became a national hero.

  27. Jan Morris - Travels Round My House

    Jan Morris, who first reported the conquest of Everest, looks back on her adventures.

  28. Renzo Piano's Music Boxes

    Tom Service investigates how architect Renzo Piano uses music to inspire his buildings.

  29. Along the Highland River

    Poet Kenneth Steven goes to the source of Neil Gunn's novel Highland River.

  30. Staying Bright - A Century Of Stainless Steel

    The poet Simon Armitage explores the cool and compelling heart of stainless steel.

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