Brick, Stone, Steel, Glass

Glasgow School of Art

Author Louise Welsh reflects on Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Glasgow School of Art.

• 14 mins

Brick, Stone, Steel, Glass

Rochdale Town Hall

Novelist Beth Underdown on Rochdale Town Hall.

• 14 mins

Brick, Stone, Steel, Glass

Malcolm's Place, Uig, Isle of Lewis

Author James Rebanks, the Lake District shepherd, talks about Malcolm's place in Uig.

• 14 mins

Brick, Stone, Steel, Glass

Trinity Theatre

Writer Bridget Collins takes us backstage to Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells.

• 14 mins

Brick, Stone, Steel, Glass

Rame Head Chapel

Author Natasha Carthew on Rame Head Chapel, near Whitsand Bay, Cornwall.

• 14 mins

Mise-en-scène

Sidney Lumet and the Crisis of Liberalism

Michael Goldfarb remembers the mise-en-scène films from the 1960s and 1970s.

• 14 mins

Mise-en-scène

The Meaning of Sam

Michael Goldfarb explores the mise-en-scène filmwork of Sam Peckinpah.

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Mise-en-scène

The Summation

Michael Goldfarb remembers the mise-en-scène filmwork of Derek Jarman.

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Mise-en-scène

The Ghost of the Time

Michael Goldfarb remembers the mise-en-scène films about Vietnam and Woodstock.

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Mise-en-scène

The Women in the Cutting Room... and Elsewhere

Michael Goldfarb remembers the mise-en-scène filmwork of female editors and directors.

• 14 mins

Beyond Borders

Sinead Gleeson - Pain, Borders and Averting Our Gaze

Irish writer Sinead Gleeson talks about how pain, inequality and borders separate us.

• 14 mins

Beyond Borders

Stephen Sexton - The Tory Islanders

Poet Stephen Sexton talks about the margins between language and image.

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Beyond Borders

Wendy Erskine - Knock Knock, Who's There?

Writer Wendy Erskine takes us through doorways that open up portals into other worlds.

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Beyond Borders

Ed Vulliamy - Forever Young

Writer and journalist Ed Vulliamy talks about the musicians crossing the age barrier.

• 14 mins

Beyond Borders

Philip Hoare - The Haunted Sea

Author Philip Hoare transcends the elements and talks about being reshaped by the sea.

• 14 mins

Blade Runner at 40

Los Angeles 2019

Five writers explore Blade Runner's legacy of ideas. 1: Deyan Sudjic on the city.

• 14 mins

Blade Runner at 40

The Year of Blade Runner 2: Sounds of the Future Past

Five writers explore Blade Runner's legacy of ideas and images. 2: Frances Morgan on sound

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Blade Runner at 40

The Year of Blade Runner 3: More Human Than Human - Ken Hollings

Five writers explore Blade Runner's legacy. 3: More Human Than Human - Ken Hollings.

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Blade Runner at 40

Zhora and the Snake - Dr Beth Singler

Dr Beth Singler explores the ethics of AI sexbots in Zhora and the Snake.

• 14 mins

Blade Runner at 40

Fiery the Angels Fell - David Thomson

Film critic and historian David Thomson stares back at Ridley Scott's puzzling future.

• 14 mins

The Weimar Years

Episode 1

Historian Jochen Hung presents his view of the Weimar Republic from Berlin.

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The Weimar Years

Episode 2

Camilla Smith looks at the art of the Weimar Republic.

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The Weimar Years

Episode 3

Author Katie Sutton looks at sexuality in the Weimar Republic.

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The Weimar Years

Episode 4

Film critic Clarisse Loughrey looks at the cinema of the Weimar Republic.

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The Weimar Years

Episode 5

Ute Lemper looks at the enduring appeal of Weimar music and song.

• 14 mins

Legacies of 1619

Philip Quaque

Caryl Phillips reflects on the life of African priest Philip Quaque.

• 14 mins

Legacies of 1619

Isaac

Daina Ramey Berry reflects on Isaac, whose life ended in a final act of defiance.

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Legacies of 1619

Sarah Forbes Bonetta

David Olusoga on the life of a girl sold into slavery and gifted to Queen Victoria.

• 14 mins

Legacies of 1619

Mary Prince and Sally Hemings

Author Anne Bailey reflects on two remarkable women, Mary Prince and Sally Hemings.

• 14 mins

Legacies of 1619

John Ocansey

Caryl Phillips reflects on young African John Ocansey exercising his freedom in Liverpool.

• 14 mins