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Sport in Film
Colin Shindler looks back at what's been won and lost when sport hits the big screen.
El Tren Fantasma
An acoustic journey by train across Mexico recreated with archive recordings.
Playing the Dane
In anticipation of his own Hamlet in 2011, Michael Sheen explores every actor's dream role
Our Obsession With Weather
Iain Sinclair finds out why the weather forecast has always been a national obsession.
Barbara
An appraisal of Barbara Castle in the centenary of her birth
Sellers in the Attic
Glenn Mitchell examines rare recordings that reveal the lighter side of Peter Sellers.
Monsieur Non
Julian Jackson on the inscrutable General de Gaulle and his fraught relations with Britain
Priestley's Postscripts
An exploration of JB Priestley's hugely popular Second World War radio broadcasts.
The Split Up (and the almost inevitable reunion)
Do rock bands always split up acrimoniously? Richard Coles trawls the archive to find out.
Ask the Fellows That Cut the Hay
Alan Dein celebrates the centenary of George Ewart Evans and his tales of Suffolk.