3/10. Thriller writer Donna Leon tells Irma Kurtz why she sets her bestsellers in Venice.
7.30 4/10. Writer and social commentator Alan Epstein tells Kurtz why he loves to do as the Romans do.
Zeinab Badawi presents. Then Weather
How did the killing of Archduke Ferdinand and the suicide of Adolf Hitler affect the course of history? (AD)
2/5. Jonathan Meades marvels at the grandeur of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, built for the Prince Regent, George IV in the 18th century.
John O'Farrell, Andrew Marr and Kenneth Clarke MP discuss what may have resulted if John Smith had lived to lead Labour beyond 1994.
