Scotland Rocks

Aquamarine

Kenneth Steven combines Scottish landscape and geological history with his own poetry.

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Scotland Rocks

Serpentine

Kenneth Steven combines Scottish landscape and geological history with his own poetry.

• 14 mins

Scotland Rocks

Amber

Kenneth Steven combines Scottish landscape and geological history with his own poetry.

• 14 mins

Tin Pan Alleys

China's Tin Pan Alley - Xinjiekou Street in Beijing

BBC Beijing Correspondent Stephen McDonell visits the music shops of Xinjiekou Street.

• 14 mins

Tin Pan Alleys

Türkiye's Tin Pan Alley - Galip Dede Street in Istanbul

BBC Türkçe journalist Esra Yalcinalp visits Galip Dede Street, Istanbul's Tin Pan Alley.

• 14 mins

Tin Pan Alleys

Japan's Tin Pan Alley - Ochanomizu in Tokyo

Phoebe Amoroso reports from Ochanomizu in Tokyo, famous for shops selling electric guitars

• 14 mins

Tin Pan Alleys

Spain's Tin Pan Alley - Centro, Madrid

Guy Hedgecoe visits the luthiers of Madrid.

• 14 mins

Tin Pan Alleys

Indonesia's Tin Pan Alley - Tihingan in Bali

Ade Mardiyati visits the master gamelan makers of Tihingan village in Bali.

• 14 mins

Vivaldi in a Warming World

Spring

Kate Molleson hears from composers writing seasonal music in an era of climate change.

• 14 mins

Vivaldi in a Warming World

Summer

Kate Molleson hears from composers writing seasonal music in an era of climate change.

• 14 mins

Vivaldi in a Warming World

Autumn

Kate Molleson hears from composers writing seasonal music in an era of climate change.

• 14 mins

Vivaldi in a Warming World

Winter

Kate Molleson hears from composers writing seasonal music in an era of climate change.

• 14 mins

Vivaldi in a Warming World

Anthropocene

Kate Molleson hears from composers writing seasonal music in an era of climate change.

• 14 mins

Full Moon on Progress St

Recasting Ella: Philanthropist

Dr Rommi Smith examines a turning-point moment in the life of five Black female musicians.

• 14 mins

Full Moon on Progress St

Big Mama Thornton’s Ball and Chain

Dr Rommi Smith examines a turning-point moment in the life of five Black female musicians.

• 14 mins

Full Moon on Progress St

Billie Holliday in Love at MoMA

Dr Rommi Smith examines a turning-point moment in the life of five Black female musicians.

• 14 mins

Full Moon on Progress St

Nina Simone’s Political Romance

Dr Rommi Smith examines a turning-point moment in the life of five Black female musicians.

• 14 mins

Full Moon on Progress St

Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit

Dr Rommi Smith examines a turning-point moment in the life of five Black female musicians.

• 14 mins

Three hundred metres in Montparnasse

The Rue Boissonade

A street in the Montparnasse area of Paris has been home to important artists for decades.

• 14 mins

Three hundred metres in Montparnasse

Gardens shaping creative imaginations

How a small patch of Paris became home to generations of influential artists and writers.

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Three hundred metres in Montparnasse

Composers, singers - and Chopin's piano

The patch of Paris that's been home to generations of composers, musicians and singers.

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Three hundred metres in Montparnasse

Writers and spirituality

The patch of Paris that has been home to influential writers, and a unique spirituality.

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Three hundred metres in Montparnasse

The living and the dead

The patch of Paris that's been home to generations of influential artists and writers.

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EarthWorks

Wold

Archaeologist Rose Ferraby discovers the human past in the chalk of the Yorkshire Wolds.

• 14 mins

EarthWorks

Fen

Archaeologist Rose Ferraby digs into the peat of the Fens to unearth tales of change.

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EarthWorks

Mountain

Archaeologist Rose Ferraby goes in search of a Neolithic axe quarry in the Lake District.

• 14 mins

EarthWorks

Island

Rose Ferraby finds signs that Scotland’s Western Isles were once far from remote.

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EarthWorks

Moor

High on Exmoor, archaeologist Rose Ferraby reflects on past change and the future.

• 14 mins

EarthWorks

Town

Archaeologist Rose Ferraby unearths a Roman town in Yorkshire and considers communities.

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EarthWorks

Grave

Archaeologist Rose Ferraby explores how archaeology invites us to be with death.

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