In the Shadow of the Tower (Exhibition Exposed)

Andrew Hussey visits Paris to understand how the Eiffel Tower has shaped French culture.

• 45 mins

A Cultural History of the Plague

Laura Ashe explores how the plague has changed our social and cultural landscape.

• 45 mins

The Fundamentalist Queen

Samira Ahmed delves into the mysterious life of Oliver Cromwell's wife, Elizabeth.

• 45 mins

Music and the Jews

I've Heard There Was a Secret Chord

Norman Lebrecht explores the role music has played at some key points in Jewish history.

• 45 mins

Music and the Jews

There's a Place for Us

Norman Lebrecht traces the history of female Jewish singers.

• 45 mins

Music and the Jews

It Ain't Necessarily So

Norman Lebrecht on the idea of a 'Jewish thumbprint' in Mendelssohn's and others' music.

• 45 mins

The Supernatural North

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough journeys to northern Norway in search of the supernatural.

• 45 mins

Matthew Sweet's Palace of Great War Varieties

Matthew Sweet explores WWI popular culture with the help of historians and performers.

• 45 mins

Thom Gunn: Appropriate Measures

Author Colm Toibin profiles Anglo-American poet Thom Gunn, who died in 2004.

• 45 mins

Zola in Norwood

Michael Rosen traces novelist Emile Zola's exile in Britain as he fled a prison sentence.

• 45 mins

Beautiful Death

Stephen Johnson connects Mahler's beliefs about death to Viennese funeral customs.

• 45 mins

Palace of Shame

Chris Bowlby uncovers the fate of the imperial summer palace in Beijing.

• 45 mins

Eric Ravilious: Chalk and Ice

Alexandra Harris explores the life and work of the elusive artist Eric Ravilious.

• 45 mins

Cuba Clasica

Andrew McGregor visits Havana to investigate Cuba's classical music scene today.

• 45 mins

The Day of the Locust

Adam Smith unearths the roots of Nathanael West's Hollywood novel The Day of the Locust.

• 45 mins

From Convent to Concert Hall

Kate Kennedy reviews four female string players who were pioneering in their own lifetimes

• 45 mins

Mission Harpsichord

Mahan Esfahani discovers why the harpsichord is an often misunderstood instrument.

• 45 mins

Caucasian Roots

Episode 1

Historian Bettany Hughes follows the trail of the Caucasus in antiquity.

• 45 mins

Caucasian Roots

Episode 2

Exploring the idea that the Caucasus was the home of the race known as 'Caucasians'.

• 45 mins

Memoirs of the Spacewomen

Matthew Sweet explores the science fiction futures of three neglected female writers.

• 45 mins

Doing Goya Justice: The Curator's Story

Feature following the work of Xavier Bray as curates an exhibition of Goya's paintings.

• 45 mins

A Secret Life: Uwe Johnson in Sheerness

Patrick Wright investigates why German writer Uwe Johnson chose to live in Sheerness.

• 45 mins

In Their Own Write: Notes from the Congress of Vienna

Michael Goldfarb tells the story of the Congress of Vienna and how it still affects us.

• 45 mins

John Berger - About Song and Laughter

Sukhdev Sandhu introduces a radio-minded feature by critic and novelist John Berger.

• 45 mins

In the Shadow of Kafka: Prophet of Prague

Misha Glenny traces the footsteps of Franz Kafka in his native city.

• 45 mins

Contemporary Art and the Church

Fiona Shaw explores the new-found enthusiasm of the Christian church for contemporary art.

• 45 mins

Left-Handed Liberty

Andrew Dickson explores a provocative attempt to commemorate the signing of Magna Carta.

• 45 mins

WB Yeats and the Artifice of Eternity

Theo Dorgan explores the continuing importance of WB Yeats, 150 years after he was born.

• 60 mins

An Anatomy of Singing

Mary King explores how advances in our knowledge of anatomy are changing the way we sing.

• 45 mins

A Most Ingenious Paradox: Loving G&S to Death?

Martin Handley explores current attitudes to the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan.

• 45 mins