The Beeb and the Bard

Shakespeare in war and peace

Samuel West and Andrea Smith talk about performances of Shakespeare during WWII.

• 14 mins

The Beeb and the Bard

A century of Juliets

Actor Samuel West and Dr Andrea Smith discuss changing styles of acting in Shakespeare.

• 14 mins

The Beeb and the Bard

Radiophonia

Samuel West and Andrea Smith discuss sound in BBC radio's productions of Shakespeare.

• 14 mins

The Beeb and the Bard

Diversity

Samuel West and Andrea Smith discuss diversity in BBC radio's productions of Shakespeare.

• 14 mins

Renewing the Past: The BBC and Early Music

1920s, Reviving Old Ayres

Nicholas Kenyon explores early music at the BBC in the 1920s.

• 14 mins

Renewing the Past: The BBC and Early Music

1930s, Creating a National Music

Nicholas Kenyon explores early music at the BBC in the 1930s.

• 14 mins

Renewing the Past: The BBC and Early Music

1940s, New Life for Old Music

Nicholas Kenyon explores early music at the BBC in the 1940s.

• 14 mins

Renewing the Past: The BBC and Early Music

1950s and 60s, Performance in Period Style

Nicholas Kenyon explores early music at the BBC in the 1950s and 60s.

• 14 mins

Renewing the Past: The BBC and Early Music

1970s, Into the Mainstream

Nicholas Kenyon explores early music at the BBC in the 1970s.

• 14 mins

Listen Harder

Communication Withheld

Actor Sophie Stone explores communication, performance and deaf identity.

• 14 mins

Listen Harder

Forms of Communication

Actor Sophie Stone explores communication, performance and deaf identity.

• 14 mins

Listen Harder

Visibility as Communication

Actor Sophie Stone explores communication, performance and deaf identity.

• 14 mins

Listen Harder

Ownership of Communication

Actor Sophie Stone explores communication, performance and deaf identity.

• 14 mins

Listen Harder

Unspoken Communication

Actor Sophie Stone explores communication, performance and deaf identity.

• 14 mins

A Landscape for Recovery

Pennie Stuart on cancer recovery above Loch Ness

Pennie Stuart describes her recovery from breast cancer in the woods close to her home.

• 14 mins

A Landscape for Recovery

Katharine Norbury on Companionship on the Thames

Writer Katharine Norbury explores our relationship with the non-human world.

• 14 mins

A Landscape for Recovery

Amy Liptrot on Motherhood in Owl Woods

Writer Amy Liptrot traces two years of visiting Owl Woods in Calderdale, West Yorkshire.

• 14 mins

A Landscape for Recovery

Louise Kenward on the Ocean as Mirror at Bexhill-on-Sea

Writer, artist and psychologist Louise Kenward describes her relationship with the sea.

• 14 mins

A Landscape for Recovery

Amanda Thomson on Slowing Down in Abernethy Forest

Writer and artist Amanda Thomson shares her close observations of the natural world.

• 14 mins

Postcards from the Floating Coast

In the Minds of Dogs

Bathsheba Demuth looks at the shifting relationship between humans and dogs in the Arctic.

• 14 mins

Postcards from the Floating Coast

In the Country of Whales

Bathsheba Demuth examines how different Arctic peoples have valued bowhead whales.

• 14 mins

Postcards from the Floating Coast

In the Company of Walruses

Historian Bathsheba Demuth seeks human and animal traces in the Arctic ice and tundra.

• 14 mins

Postcards from the Floating Coast

In the Land of Reindeer

Bathsheba Demuth explores the impact of reindeers' sensitivity to the Arctic climate.

• 14 mins

Postcards from the Floating Coast

In the Lives of Salmon

Bathsheba Demuth journeys to the Yukon River to investigate our relationship with salmon.

• 14 mins

Behind the Veil: The story of Irish nuns

Chastity and Lots of Praying

Convent-educated, lapsed Catholic Olivia O'Leary asks where all the Irish nuns have gone.

• 14 mins

Behind the Veil: The story of Irish nuns

Liberated Women

Convent-educated, lapsed Catholic Olivia O'Leary asks where all the Irish nuns have gone.

• 14 mins

Behind the Veil: The story of Irish nuns

Class and the Convent

Convent-educated, lapsed catholic Olivia O'Leary asks where all the Irish nuns have gone.

• 14 mins

Behind the Veil: The story of Irish nuns

The Rebels

Convent-educated, lapsed catholic Olivia O'Leary asks where all the Irish nuns have gone.

• 14 mins

Behind the Veil: The story of Irish nuns

A Dying Breed

Convent-educated, lapsed Catholic Olivia O'Leary asks where all the Irish nuns have gone.

• 14 mins

Art and Uncertainty

The Benefit of Doubt

Margaret Heffernan explores how artists embrace uncertainty to create their work.

• 14 mins