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Every Little Touch
Writer Noo Saro-Wiwa gives her personal perspective on poetry’s relationship with touch.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Inside Museums
Access-all-areas visits to inspiring collections in museums and galleries across the UK.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Drama out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
A celebration of the acclaimed series of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ dramas broadcast between 1970 and 1984.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Michael Morpurgo's Folk Journeys
Michael Morpurgo travels to the heart of some of the greatest songs ever composed.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Egypt's New Capital
Jonathan Glancey reports on Egypt’s mega-project to build a brand new Cairo in the desert.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Billion Dollar Art Hunt
Journalist John Wilson investigates the largest unsolved art heist in US history.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Terrifying Verse
Caroline Bird on the often underrated art of poetry that speaks to our deepest fears.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster
Inspired by Frankenstein, six star beatboxers explore how society creates monsters today.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Maggi Hambling: Making Love with the Paint
Artist Maggi Hambling tells her story while working on a mysterious black canvas.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Derek Mahon: The Poetry Nonsense
A journey through a poet’s life, in celebration of the late Derek Mahon.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two Northern Ireland
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Poets in the Pulpit
Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan meets Muslim poets continuing the tradition of praise poetry.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Disordered Eye
Disabled artist and film-maker Richard Butchins questions if good vision equals great art.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Britain in Ten Operas
Roderick Williams investigates what our opera history tells us about British identity.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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British Film Premieres Introductions
Setting the scene for a host of thrilling and thought-provoking productions.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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21st-Century Mythologies with Richard Clay
Richard Clay dissects 21st-century popular culture.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Losing It
Caleb Femi explores the pressures on teenage boys around virginity and sex.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Tracey Dobbs: Images That Last a Lifetime
Tracey Dobbs is a Welsh photographer creating children's images that last a lifetime
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2020
The Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition in 2020 faces challenges in its 252-year history.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News
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Thought Pattern, Pattern Thought
Poet Joanne Limburg explores her experience of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing Arts
Gemma is your guide on a sonic journey with exciting, fresh and emerging British artists.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 6 Music
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The Booker Prize 2020 - Preview
Novelist and activist Kit de Waal follows the build-up to this year's Booker Prize.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News
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Big Screen Britain: Brief Encounter
Ben Fogle visits Carnforth station, made famous by the classic film, Brief Encounter.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Poems at Dusk
Poet Theresa Lola explores the relationship between poetry, old age and mortality.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Sound of TV with Neil Brand
Documentary series about the history and use of music in television.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Barack Obama Talks to David Olusoga
Barack Obama discusses long-awaited memoir A Promised Land with historian David Olusoga.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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Barack Obama Talks to David Olusoga
Former American President Barack Obama speaks with British historian David Olusoga.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News
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Emin/Munch: Between the Clock and the Bed
A look at the affinities between the art of Edvard Munch and Tracey Emin.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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When Will Theatre Come Black?
As the sector rebuilds, Bridget Minamore imagines a new future for Black British theatre.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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A Plague On All Our Houses
How Covid is making us think differently about Shakespeare.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Booker Prize 2020
Novelist and activist Kit de Waal follows the build-up to this year's Booker Prize.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News
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Booker Prize Ceremony 2020: A Front Row Special
Find out the winner of the £50,000 Booker Prize for fiction, live from the Roundhouse.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Arts
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Animated Thinking
Animated films on wide-ranging topics and based on the research of UK academics.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Arts
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Corin Redgrave: De, Profundis
Actor Corin Redgrave visits Reading Gaol, where Oscar Wilde was imprisoned.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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The Escape Artist
Series tracing the extraordinary life of Arthur Cravan and his influence on the arts.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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Sci-Fi Blindness
Peter White explores science fiction's enduring interest in blindness.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Royal Ballet All-Star Gala
Put on your pointe shoes for some all-star ballet favourites from Covent Garden.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Uncle Vanya
Anton Chekhov’s tender exploration of human frailty, filmed during 2020's lockdown.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes
A recording of a stage performance of Matthew Bourne’s adaptation of the legendary film.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
A celebration of the life and work of Julia Donaldson.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
A celebration of the life and work of Julia Donaldson.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Being Bridget Jones
Helen Fielding tells the story of how Bridget Jones’s Diary came to be.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Aled Jones at 50
As Aled Jones turns 50, we look back at his remarkable musical career.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Wales
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Max Richter's Sleep
Documentary that recounts the creative process behind staging Richter's eight-hour opus.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four