Actor Sir Ben Kingsley chooses the holocaust survivor, author and Nobel laureate, Elie Wiesel. With Matthew Parris. From 2016. Show more
Author Lauren Elkin strolls great city streets, thinking about distinguished women who did the same. Read by Julianna Jennings. Show more
Composer Debbie Wiseman chooses 'I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing' by The New Seekers and Chopin's Nocturne in E flat.
Gudrun and her young son Jesson embark on a pilgrimage to Rome. Viking epic of love, revenge and faith starring Kate Phillips. Show more
Can Dudley and Harry help the Major organise his regimental dinner? Stars Peter Jones and Harry Worth. From March 1960. Show more
The tramp wants a bath – and a parent is summoned to school. With Nicholas Parsons. Sketches by Johnny Speight. From 1962. Show more
With news of another baby for their best friends, Dan takes action over Lucy's reaction. Stars David Tennant. From July 2002. Show more
From Ethel Merman to Garth Brooks. Singer Michael Ball shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From March 2008. Show more
Reflecting on animal identities, Sir David recalls seeing "whitey" - a blackbird with a white feather in his garden. From 2011. Show more
Rivalry, friendship and shoes. How the shoe wars and the Dassler family rivalry reached their peak in Mexico 1968. From 2021. Show more
Daljit Nagra selects Time for Verse featuring Charles Causley and Blithe Spirits on poetry written about pets! From 1988 and 2001. Show more
Sophie unwittingly attracts animal rights activists who are looking for somewhere to protest. Stars Lucy Beaumont. From 2018. Show more
David Bellos explores why Les Miserables is “France’s greatest gift” and describes Victor Hugo’s life as he penned this epic. Show more
The writer Jung Chang selects 'God Bless the Child', by Billie Holliday and 'The Sweetest Embrace' by Barry Adamson.
Naomi and Ella are working things out in spite of self-absorbed parents, but crisis forces the family together. Stars Greg Wise. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Lyse Doucet recounts the transformational stories of American women war correspondents in London for D-Day. From 2014. Show more
Impoverished sisters - Louisa and Mary - must choose lives governed either by emotion or intellect. Stars Rachel Atkins. Show more
Daljit Nagra selects Time for Verse featuring Charles Causley and Blithe Spirits on poetry written about pets! From 1988 and 2001. Show more
Sophie unwittingly attracts animal rights activists who are looking for somewhere to protest. Stars Lucy Beaumont. From 2018. Show more
4 Extra Debut. An obsessed emperor demands to hear a nightingale’s beautiful song. But then he gets something even better. Stars John Pullen. Show more
Rivalry, friendship and shoes. How the shoe wars and the Dassler family rivalry reached their peak in Mexico 1968. From 2021. Show more
Impoverished sisters - Louisa and Mary - must choose lives governed either by emotion or intellect. Stars Rachel Atkins. Show more
From Ethel Merman to Garth Brooks. Singer Michael Ball shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From March 2008. Show more
Reflecting on animal identities, Sir David recalls seeing "whitey" - a blackbird with a white feather in his garden. From 2011. Show more
Sophie unwittingly attracts animal rights activists who are looking for somewhere to protest. Stars Lucy Beaumont. From 2018. Show more
Andrew's girlfriend announces she is pregnant, and he has to face one of the biggest decisions of his life. From November 2015. Show more
Three fathers of rocket science, and why space travel is like coach travel. Quirky true history with Helen Keen. From March 2011. Show more
The incisive reporter investigates Britain's public houses. Written by and starring Stephen Carlin. From November 2008. Show more
Meet the waifs, strays, wig-shops, murderous pensioners and squirrels of this delightful land. Stars Alice Lowe. From July 2012. Show more
4 Extra Debut. An obsessed emperor demands to hear a nightingale’s beautiful song. But then he gets something even better. Stars John Pullen. Show more
David Bellos explores why Les Miserables is “France’s greatest gift” and describes Victor Hugo’s life as he penned this epic. Show more
The writer Jung Chang selects 'God Bless the Child', by Billie Holliday and 'The Sweetest Embrace' by Barry Adamson.
Naomi and Ella are working things out in spite of self-absorbed parents, but crisis forces the family together. Stars Greg Wise. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Lyse Doucet recounts the transformational stories of American women war correspondents in London for D-Day. From 2014. Show more
Impoverished sisters - Louisa and Mary - must choose lives governed either by emotion or intellect. Stars Rachel Atkins. Show more
