Wagner's Philosophers

Wagner and the Philosophy of Revolution

AC Grayling focuses on the crucial years before and after the Dresden uprising of 1849.

• 15 mins

Wagner's Philosophers

Wagner and Schopenhauer

Christopher Janaway explores Wagner's encounter with the philosophy of Schopenhauer.

• 15 mins

Wagner's Philosophers

Wagner and Nietzsche

Michael Tanner explores the relationship between Wagner and Friedrich Nietzsche.

• 15 mins

Wagner's Philosophers

Wagner and Adorno

Professor John Deathridge explores the posthumous reputation of Wagner in the 20th century

• 15 mins

Heffer on British Film

It Always Rains on Sunday

Simon Heffer discusses the gritty world of the 1947 film It Always Rains on Sunday.

• 15 mins

Heffer on British Film

The Browning Version

Simon Heffer discusses the 1951 film The Browning Version.

• 15 mins

Heffer on British Film

The Long Memory

Simon Heffer on how the film The Long Memory shows Britan as depressed and worn out by war

• 15 mins

Heffer on British Film

Yield to the Night

For the BBC's Sound of Cinema season, Simon Heffer discusses the film Yield to the Night.

• 15 mins

Praising Powell and Pressburger

The Red Shoes

Deborah Bull on Powell and Pressburger's classic 1948 film The Red Shoes.

• 15 mins

Praising Powell and Pressburger

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Ian Christie on The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, dubbed the 'British Citizen Kane'.

• 15 mins

Praising Powell and Pressburger

A Matter of Life and Death

Richard Coles on the classic Powell and Pressburger film A Matter of Life and Death.

• 15 mins

Praising Powell and Pressburger

Black Narcissus

Film critic Peter Bradshaw on Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's film Black Narcissus

• 15 mins

Praising Powell and Pressburger

I Know Where I'm Going

AL Kennedy discusses the 1945 Powell and Pressburger film I Know Where I'm Going.

• 15 mins

Sound of Cinema: You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet

The Sounds of Early Cinema

Matthew Sweet discusses the sounds of cinema's beginnings.

• 15 mins

Sound of Cinema: You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet

Miklos Rozsa

Novelist Jonathan Coe explores how composer Miklos Rozsa came to write for film.

• 15 mins

Sound of Cinema: You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet

Camille Paglia

Writer Camille Paglia discusses the film music which has inspired her since childhood.

• 15 mins

Sound of Cinema: You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet

David Thomson

Writer and film critic David Thomson explores how film composers create mood.

• 15 mins

Sound of Cinema: You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet

Matthew Sweet

Matthew Sweet explores silence in film and the effect on sound of digital technology.

• 15 mins

If Walls Could Talk

Susan McKay

Journalist Susan McKay returns to her native Derry to ask what is a 'City of Culture'?

• 15 mins

If Walls Could Talk

Neil Cowley

Composer Neil Cowley revisits his year as musician-in-residence for Derry-Londonderry.

• 15 mins

If Walls Could Talk

Brian McGilloway

Crime novelist Brian McGilloway explores how a city can shape a writer.

• 15 mins

If Walls Could Talk

Nuala Hayes

Actress Nuala Hayes explores shirt-making and storytelling in Derry, UK City of Culture.

• 15 mins

If Walls Could Talk

Glenn Patterson

Novelist Glenn Patterson with a uniquely Belfast view of Derry, UK City of Culture 2013.

• 15 mins

Autumn 1973

The Chilean Coup

Michael Goldfarb reflects on the coup in Chile 1973 that overthrew Salvador Allende.

• 15 mins

Autumn 1973

The October War

Michael Goldfarb explores the meaning of the October War between Israel and its neighbours

• 15 mins

Autumn 1973

The Saturday Night Massacre

Michael Goldfarb on the moment when the Watergate scandal became a constitutional crisis.

• 15 mins

Autumn 1973

The Opec Oil Embargo

Michael Goldfarb on the personal and political disruption the 1973 Opec oil embargo caused

• 15 mins

Autumn 1973

The Inflation Crisis

How rising inflation in 1973 challenged the progressive ideals of the 1968 generation.

• 15 mins

The Existential Me

Naomi Alderman

Naomi Alderman on how existentialism affects the novels and computer games she creates.

• 15 mins

The Existential Me

Paul Hart

Theatre director Paul Hart considers the power and veracity of existentialist ideas.

• 15 mins