Contemporary children's authors and editors each explore a fictional family in literature.
Happily Ever After homepage
Amit Chaudhuri explores the work and influence of Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore
Tagore and the Bengali Sensibility homepage
Author and journalist Andrew Martin discusses noises that annoy us
The Sound and the Fury homepage
Historian and writer Simon Heffer celebrates British military films made in the 1950s
British War Films of the 50s homepage
Contemporary novelists examine the craft of Charles Dickens's prose
The Writer's Dickens homepage
Series about living and working in the Antarctic
The Antarcticans homepage
Reflections on various aspects of the life, work and influence of German writer WG Sebald.
Looking and Looking Away homepage
Series of essays inspired by the musical content of the first Earth Music Bristol festival
Earth Music Bristol homepage
Series marking the anniversary of the publication in 1961 of EH Carr's What Is History?
What Is History, Today? homepage
Jenny Uglow on the less lovely aspects of the British character that blossom in the garden
A Dark History of British Gardening homepage
Series on the history of confessions, which link the legal world of Cicero to our own
I Confess: The Power of the Confession homepage
Series on sleeplessness and the creative life
The Darkest Hour homepage
Series of programmes devoted to the life and work of composer and pianist Percy Grainger
Aspects of Grainger homepage
Series exploring different aspects of novelist William Golding's life and work
Golding Remembered homepage
Julian Jackson tells the story of France's imperial past
The Other Empire homepage
Musicologist Richard Witts describes the development of Music Appreciation
The Music Appreciation Movement homepage
Series exploring the history of an idea
Dark Arcadias homepage
Series in which writers discuss how new technology has changed student travel forever
InterRail Postcards homepage
Series exploring key developments in the history of money
It Talks homepage
Jane Shaw on a renewed interest in mysticism from the late 19th to the early 20th century.
The Mystical Turn homepage
Thomas Lynch, a poet, essayist and funeral director, discusses his favourite poets
The Feast of Language homepage
Writer Lou Stein explores the connections between being a father and artistic creativity
The Essay: The Father Instinct homepage
Series of new dramas updating stories from the Old Testament to contemporary settings
New Mystery Plays homepage
People working in the arts discuss important influences on their careers
Under the Influence homepage
Ken Hollings discusses the history, power and revolutionary change of information networks
Requiem for Networks homepage
Writers, academics and journalists discuss the books that inspired them in their careers
The Book that Changed Me homepage
Series in which writers, composers and poets explore how ageing affects creative artists
The Age of Creativity homepage
Critic James Wood explores aspects of novelistic technique through a fictional character
The Life Cycle of a Fictional Character - An Alternative History of the Novel homepage
Writers discuss a team photo from their past and consider when one is captured in a group.
The Team Photo homepage
Series about relationships that different peoples of the world have with their mountains
Meanings of Mountains homepage
