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Richard Miles explores the roots of civilisation. He looks at the winners and losers of the Bronze Age collapse, and the powers that emerged in the Iron Age. Show more
Quiz show in which links must be made between seemingly random things. A team with a unifying love of the radio challenge three music industry types. Show more
Michael Scott uncovers the secrets of the Greek oracle at Delphi, now a beautiful tourist site but in its time a gateway into the supernatural and a cockpit of political conflict. Show more
Alan Yentob explores the magical and mysterious world of the children's author Roald Dahl, using material from Dahl's personal archive and featuring interviews with his family. Show more
A programme celebrating the centenary of Norman MacCaig's birth. Anecdotes, tributes and readings from friends and fellow poets - including Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney. Show more
Michael Scott uncovers the secrets of the Greek oracle at Delphi, now a beautiful tourist site but in its time a gateway into the supernatural and a cockpit of political conflict. Show more
Richard Miles explores the roots of civilisation. He looks at the winners and losers of the Bronze Age collapse, and the powers that emerged in the Iron Age. Show more
Robin Lane Fox searches for the origins of the Greek myths on a journey through the 8th-century Mediterranean world from the lost city of Hattusas to the summit of Mount Etna. Show more
Michael Scott uncovers the secrets of the Greek oracle at Delphi, now a beautiful tourist site but in its time a gateway into the supernatural and a cockpit of political conflict. Show more
