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Venice Unravelled

Tinseltown

Writer Polly Coles focuses on the impact of celebrity on Venice.

• 15 mins

Venice Unravelled

The Writing on the Wall

On the recent Biennale fashion of rigging-up neon strips of random text around Venice.

• 15 mins

Venice Unravelled

So Near to Venice

Focusing on the residents of Venice who serve the many tourists who arrive each year.

• 15 mins

Venice Unravelled

Water Level

Polly Coles discusses the boat-loving residents of Venice.

• 15 mins

The Book that Changed Me

Steve Earle on In Cold Blood

Musician and singer Steve Earle discusses the book In Cold Blood by Truman Capote.

• 15 mins

The Book that Changed Me

Jude Kelly on Little Women

Jude Kelly of London's Southbank Centre discusses Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.

• 15 mins

The Book that Changed Me

Jon Ronson on What a Carve Up!

Journalist and writer Jon Ronson discusses Jonathan Coe's book What a Carve Up!

• 15 mins

The Book that Changed Me

Lolita Chakrabarti on A Tale of Two Cities

Actress and playwright Lolita Chakrabarti on Charles Dickens's book A Tale of Two Cities.

• 15 mins

The Book that Changed Me

Sir Paul Nurse on Conjectures and Refutations

Geneticist Sir Paul Nurse discusses the book Conjectures and Refutations by Karl Popper.

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The Fall and Rise of the British Castle

Power and Control

Professor Jeremy Black considers the primary military function of castles.

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The Fall and Rise of the British Castle

Castle Builders

Nicola Coldstream explores the careers of two master masons.

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The Fall and Rise of the British Castle

The Siege of Kenilworth

Benjamin Wild recounts the siege of Kenilworth castle - the longest in English history.

• 15 mins

The Fall and Rise of the British Castle

The British Castle: A Woman's Place

Prof Roberta Gilchrist discusses the place of women in the history of British castles.

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The Fall and Rise of the British Castle

Castles in Concrete

Writer Ken Worpole reflects on the grim forts and defences of the east coast of Britain.

• 15 mins

Winterwalks

Deborah Levy on Hampstead Heath

Writer Deborah Levy describes a walk on London's Hampstead Heath under layers of snow.

• 15 mins

Winterwalks

Christopher Hope in Languedoc

Writer Christopher Hope discusses the cold winds of Languedoc.

• 15 mins

Winterwalks

Scarlett Thomas

Scarlett Thomas describes fruits and vegetables on a walk across a winter landscape.

• 15 mins

Winterwalks

Erica Wagner

Erica Wagner recalls a midnight journey, with a hill, a castle and biting winds.

• 15 mins

Winterwalks

Owen Sheers in Poland

Owen Sheers visits a forest in Poland, where sights and sounds are alluring and timeless.

• 15 mins

Just Juvenilia

Just Juvenilia: Deborah Moggach

Novelist Deborah Moggach revisits her first book, written in Pakistan.

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Just Juvenilia

Just Juvenilia: Harland Miller

Writer and painter Harland Miller on how a sign in his local eatery came to inspire him.

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Just Juvenilia

Just Juvenilia: Janet Suzman

Actress Janet Suzman recalls working on the film Nicholas and Alexandra.

• 15 mins

Just Juvenilia

Just Juvenilia: Stephen Coates

Stephen Coates of the band the Real Tuesday Weld recalls writing an early song in London.

• 15 mins

Just Juvenilia

Just Juvenilia: Roger Michell

Director Roger Michell describes working on his first television drama, Downtown Lagos.

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The Five Photographs that (You Didn't Know) Changed Everything

Anna Bertha's Hand

Kelley Wilder discusses how the 1896 x-ray photograph of a hand changed medicine.

• 15 mins

The Five Photographs that (You Didn't Know) Changed Everything

The Nebula in Orion

Omar Nasim discusses the very first pictures of a nebula, taken by Henry Draper in 1880.

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The Five Photographs that (You Didn't Know) Changed Everything

The Dogon

Jeanne Haffner discusses how aerial photography changed the spaces we live in.

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The Five Photographs that (You Didn't Know) Changed Everything

The Broom Cottages

Elizabeth Edwards on W Jerome Harrison's photo of the Broom cottages in Warwickshire.

• 15 mins

The Five Photographs that (You Didn't Know) Changed Everything

The Tichborne Claimant

Exploring how an 1866 photograph of a butcher taken in Australia changed British law.

• 15 mins

Fear Itself

Matthew Sweet

Matthew Sweet reflects on an experiment designed to induce fear in a toddler.

• 15 mins