Tales from the Caspian Sea

Professor Bettany Hughes investigates the rich cultural history of the Caspian Sea.

• 44 mins

Tales from the Caspian Sea

Dr Bettany Hughes illuminates the neglected culture of the Caspian Sea and its hinterland.

• 44 mins

The Pine Tree

The magical story of the tree that sits at the heart of Christmas Day.

• 44 mins

Keats Goes North

Fiona Stafford follows John Keats’s epic 1818 walk, which inspired his greatest poetry.

• 44 mins

Afterwords: Martha Gellhorn

Contemporary writers reflect on modern reporting through the work of Martha Gellhorn,

• 44 mins

Afterwords: Susan Sontag

A fragmentary look at the writer Susan Sontag through her own words and those of her peers

• 44 mins

The Victorian Queens of Ancient Egypt

Samira Ahmed on the women who brought ancient Egypt to Britain’s industrial north.

• 44 mins

A History of The Tongue

A succulent and mouthwatering portrait of one of the body's least talked about organs.

• 43 mins

A History of the Tongue

A succulent and mouthwatering portrait of one of the body's least talked-about organs.

• 44 mins

My Trouble with Classical Music

David Baddiel is on a quest to like classical music.

• 44 mins

Into the Eerie

Will Abberley explores the recent interest in the eerie within English culture.

• 44 mins

Jazz Japan

An exploration of the rich and surprising history of jazz in Japan.

• 44 mins

Gabriel Prokofiev - My Family and Russia

The shifting relationship between Russian music and the state across three generations.

• 44 mins

The Deluxe Edition

Sean Williams takes a first-class journey through the enduring contradictions of luxury.

• 44 mins

Harmony of the Spheres

Going in search of the music at the centre of our cosmos: the Harmony of the Spheres.

• 44 mins

The Actors' Guide to the Emotions

Shahidha Bari traces the changing portrayal of emotions on the stage.

• 44 mins

John Ashbery - Portrait in a Convex Mirror

Colm Toibin presents an intimate portrait of American poet John Ashbery, who died in 2017.

• 44 mins

Hotel Genius

Sally Marlow reveals the creative legacy of residents at the Institute for Advanced Study.

• 44 mins

Haus Work: Women of the Bauhaus

Olivia Horsfall Turner tells the story of the women of the radical Bauhaus school.

• 44 mins

Waterlog

Wild swimming enthusiast Alice Roberts examines the legacy of Waterlog by Roger Deakin.

• 44 mins

Alexander Korda - Producer, Director, Exile, Spy

Matthew Sweet unearths movie mogul Alexander Korda's wartime role as a British agent.

• 44 mins

Robinson Crusoe Road Trip

Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe marks its 300th anniversary, but does it have a future?

• 44 mins

Literary Pursuits - Golding's Lord of the Flies

Golding's classic novel was saved from being rejected by Faber by the luckiest of chances.

• 44 mins

Cristiani and Her Cello

Dr Kate Kennedy explores the life and journeys of pioneer cellist Lise Cristiani.

• 44 mins

The Art of Rowing with Mary Wollstonecraft

Making waves - how did travelling as a single mother inspire Mary Wollstonecraft?

• 14 mins

A Unicorn Quest

A short feature about unicorns from 2019 BBC New Generation Thinker Hetta Howes.

• 14 mins

Cold War in Full Swing - Louis Armstrong in the GDR

Kevin Le Gendre discovers how Louis Armstrong came to play jazz in communist East Germany.

• 44 mins

Everybody Likes Music, Don't They?

To many, music is indispensible. But what if it has no place in your life?

• 44 mins

Judy Punches Up

Punch and Judy - unexpected feminist icons?

• 14 mins

Al-Andalus: the Legacy

Andrew Hussey journeys through Spain in search of the legacy of Al-Andalus.

• 44 mins