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Soul Music: Fever

The history and continuing appeal of the song 'Fever' made famous by Peggy Lee

• 22 mins

Soul Music: Moon River

A look at the appeal of the song 'Moon River' and the film 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'

• 23 mins

Soul Music: Kol Nidre

Exploring the meaning and significance of performing the Jewish prayer 'Kol Nidre'

• 22 mins

Soul Music: For Somewhere

The special appeal of Bernstein’s song ‘Somewhere’ from ‘West Side Story’

• 22 mins

My African City: Kampala

Ugandan Philip Luswata gives a guided tour around his favourite city in Africa

• 22 mins

Accra, Ghana

An exploration of the hip hop scene in Accra, Ghana

• 22 mins

My African City: Marrakech

Rock writer Yusuf Al Alamy gives a guided tour around 'his favourite African city'

• 22 mins

My African City: Maputo

A tour of the cultural heart of Maputo

• 22 mins

Linda Colley and David Cannadine

A profile of two narrative historians who write ‘ big books for a broad public’

• 22 mins

Sir Willard Wentworth White

An interview with Jamaican born opera singer Willard White

• 22 mins

Michael Frayn and Claire Tomalin

Interview with Michael Frayn and his wife Claire Tomalin both nominated for the Whitbread Book of the Year Prize.

• 22 mins

Media Discussions: Interactivity

Exploring our changing relationship with the media with a look at interactive media

• 22 mins

Media Discussions: Objectivity

Examining the media in the modern world. Do we still need objective News media?

• 22 mins

Media Discussions: Celebrity

Discussing how the media affects our lives and our fascination with celebrity

• 22 mins

Porgy and Bess

Exploring the true story behind the novel and opera 'Porgy and Bess'

• 22 mins

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood is interviewed at the National Film Theatre, London by Michael Parkinson

• 22 mins

Cinema of the East: Hong Kong

A look at the East Asian film industry and it's influence and popularity across the world

• 21 mins

Cinema of the East: South Korea

2/4 programmes looking at the East Asian film industry and it's influence and popularity

• 22 mins

Cinema of the East: China

3/4 programmes looking at the East Asian film industry and it's influence and popularity

• 22 mins

Cinema of the East: Japan

4/4 programmes looking at the East Asian film industry and it's influence and popularity

• 22 mins

Toni Morrison

Interview with Toni Morrison as her latest novel 'Love' is published

• 22 mins

Katherine Dunham and Pearl Primus

Profiles of the two pioneering African-American dancers and choreographers

• 22 mins

Soul Music: Barber's Adagio for Strings

The power of one simple piece of music and why people love it

• 22 mins

Soul Music: Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony

Why people love Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony

• 22 mins

Tracey Emin

An interview with British artist Tracey Emin

• 24 mins

Rwanda Genocide

Reflections on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda

• 22 mins

Antony Gormley

British sculptor Antony Gormley reflects on his life and career

• 22 mins

African Highlife and Hiplife Music - Part One

An exploration of how highlife music is evolving in Ghana

• 22 mins

African Highlife and Hiplife Music - Part Two

Hip hop DJ Bola Ray, continues his look at hiplife music in Accra, Ghana

• 22 mins

The Pygmy Music House

A look at the music of the Baka people in the forests of South East Cameroon

• 22 mins