Stephen Fry concludes his epic journey with a trip to the Pacific Northwest, meeting a variety of people including tree sitters, Bigfoot believers and a real-life Magnum PI. Show more

Documentary which joins ex-hobo and festival favourite bluesman Seasick Steve on a trip back to the juke joints, roadside diners and freight-train yards of America's Deep South. Show more

Seasick Steve and his band bring their unique brand of 'Hill Country' delta blues to the young audience at Reading festival in August 2008.

Adaptation of Malcolm Bradbury's satirical novel of 1970's greybrick campus life stars a moustachioed Antony Sher as Howard Kirk, Marxist sociologist, womaniser and bully. Show more

Renowned actor, writer and artist Antony Sher chats to Mark Lawson about growing up as a white South African and working with his partner Gregory Doran. Show more

Adapted from JG Ballard's short story The Enormous Space, a drama which reveals what happens to a man once he chooses to shut himself off from the outside world. Show more

Michael Smith scours the country in search of a new definition of nationality. In Corby he compares Scots who define themselves by nationality to Englishmen who do not. Show more

Science writer Rita Carter tells the story of how modern neuroscience has revealed that reading unlocks remarkable powers and looks at the threat posed by the digital revolution. Show more

John Mullan explores the dramatic increase in reading which took place in 18th-century Britain, as it went from being the preserve of the rich to the national pastime it is today. Show more

Renowned actor, writer and artist Antony Sher chats to Mark Lawson about growing up as a white South African and working with his partner Gregory Doran. Show more