A Jig into History

Nandini Das celebrates the pioneering commercial triumph of Shakespeare's clown Will Kemp.

• 14 mins

Carol and Muriel

Carol Morley on Britain's most prolific female director, Muriel Box.

• 44 mins

Government Song Woman

Rhiannon Giddens investigates folk song collector Sidney Robertson Cowell.

• 44 mins

Heinrich Heine: The First Modern European

Michael Goldfarb tells the story of playwright, poet and essayist Heinrich Heine.

• 44 mins

X-Ray Vision: Rudolph Fisher in Harlem

Lindsay Johns makes the case for writer Rudolph Fisher's portraits of Black American life.

• 44 mins

Shakespeare's Brum Ting

Islam Issa celebrates Birmingham's unique public ownership of Shakespeare's first Folio.

• 14 mins

Hypnotising Rachmaninov

Georgia Mann delves into the world of hypnosis and how it helped cure Rachmaninov.

• 44 mins

Please Mr Lacey, Let Me Work Your Lovely Machine

Roger Law looks at the life and work of Bruce Lacey.

• 44 mins

A Charlestonian Rhapsody: The Story of Edmund T Jenkins

The remarkable story of an African-American composer who made his life in Europe.

• 44 mins

The Black Cantor

The story of a Black tenor who sang Jewish music in America in the early 20th century.

• 44 mins

The Pleasures and Pains of Denton Welch

New arts feature exploring the brief but brilliant career of writer Denton Welch.

• 44 mins

The Perfect Balance

Dr Anindya Raychaudhuri journeys through a vortex tunnel to study the notion of balance.

• 14 mins

Thomas Roe and the origins of empire

Nandini Das explores the fortunes of Elizabethan diplomat Thomas Roe.

• 14 mins

A Slice of Renaissance Italy in Leeds

A short feature presented by BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinker John Gallagher.

• 14 mins

Tuner of the World

A portrait of pioneering Canadian composer and soundscape maestro R Murray Schafer.

• 44 mins

What did George Lloyd do wrong?

Simon Heffer delves into the career and reputation of composer George Lloyd

• 44 mins

Nu Yorica

Exploring the history, art and politics of the Latin music scene of Spanish Harlem, NYC.

• 44 mins

A Powerful Crush

The teenage love letters of a young George IV are maybe not so sweet.

• 14 mins

Byrd and Beyond: Challenged by Faith

Harry Christophers examines the powerful relationship between music and faith.

• 44 mins

Brazilian Modernist Godfather

Katie Derham explores her connection to the Brazilian modernist movement of 1922.

• 44 mins

Forever Blue

The fascinating story behind artist and film-maker Derek Jarman's final masterpiece, Blue.

• 44 mins

Edward Carpenter Brings German Sexology to Sheffield

BBC New Generation Thinker Seán Williams explores the writing life of Edward Carpenter.

• 14 mins

The Temple of Mithras at Hadrian's Wall: past and present

New Generation Thinker Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough travels to Hadrian's Wall.

• 14 mins

The musical mouse that roared: the pioneering baroque revival of 1973

Sir Nicholas Kenyon looks back at 1973, a momentous year when early music changed forever.

• 44 mins

The Murder Capital of Medieval England

New Generation Thinker Hetta Howes explores the murder capital of medieval England.

• 14 mins

Shakespeare's Rival

How neglected playwright Robert Greene offers an alternative history of English theatre.

• 44 mins

Afterwords: Richard Hoggart

The life and ideas of literary critic and cultural theorist Richard Hoggart.

• 44 mins

Afterwords: Maurice Sendak

Dive inside the wild, feverish imagination of Maurice Sendak.

• 44 mins

Afterwords: Ursula Le Guin

Discover other ways of being, with science-fiction writer Ursula K Le Guin.

• 44 mins

Turning Picasso

New evidence that the CIA tried to turn Picasso to the American side in the Cold War.

• 44 mins