Singer Elkie Brooks inherits 'Warm and Tender Love' by Percy Sledge and wants to pass on Billie Holiday's classic 'Yesterdays.'.
Great Lives
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4 Extra Debut. Comedian Ayesha Hazarika chooses Jayaben Desai, who led the 1976 ‘strikers in sarees’ dispute. With Matthew Parris. From 2018. Show more
1958: Sylvia Blackwell arrives in a tight-knit community to take up the post of children's librarian. Read by Barbara Flynn. Show more
Actor and comedian Barry Humphries inherits 'Oh Mona' by Nat Gonella, and passes 'Love Song' by Josef Suk.
In a squalid 1950s bedsit, single Jane is pregnant and has to overcome personal and social prejudices. Stars Lynne Seymour. Show more
Unleashed on the patients, the medics are unprepared for the formidable Sister Virtue. Stars Richard Briers. From July 1968. Show more
Divine intervention is called for when a precious St Ogg’s artefact needs to be sold. Stars William Mervyn. From September 1972. Show more
Dr Johnson's famed biographer James Boswell meets Maria Callas and her dog - and stars in an opera. Stars Miles Jupp. From 2015. Show more
From Billie Holliday to Frank Sinatra. Actress Dame Judi Dench shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From 2015. Show more
How do you make antimatter? Science sleuths Drs Rutherford and Fry investigate. From 2019. Show more
True stories told live in the USA: Jay Allison introduces tales where surprises, unanticipated lessons and plot twists abound. Show more
Actor and comedian Barry Humphries inherits 'Oh Mona' by Nat Gonella, and passes 'Love Song' by Josef Suk.
Daljit Nagra selects The Echo Chamber with Caroline Bird and Kaveh Akbar who talk addiction, writing and recovery. From 2018. Show more
Sam hopes a rescue dog can soothe grumpy Peter's retirement. Stars Nicholas Le Prevost and Jonathan Pryce. From August 2010. Show more
Thomas Harding’s history of 20th-century Germany revealed through the inhabitants of one wooden house. Read by David Horovitch. Show more
Greek singer Nana Mouskouri chooses Suzanne by Leonard Cohen and Love is a Losing Game by Amy Winehouse.
Heartbroken Marius, believing he's lost Cosette, throws himself into the Revolution, but at what cost? Starring Joss Ackland. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Following their eradication, wolves were re-introduced to Yellowstone National Park. Howard Stableford pays a visit. From 2005. Show more
Belgrade, 1941: Bomb survivors in the football team at a Nazi prison camp play a match against their guards. Starts Bill Nighy. Show more
Daljit Nagra selects The Echo Chamber with Caroline Bird and Kaveh Akbar who talk addiction, writing and recovery. From 2018. Show more
Sam hopes a rescue dog can soothe grumpy Peter's retirement. Stars Nicholas Le Prevost and Jonathan Pryce. From August 2010. Show more
The tale of a cursed professor with a red book, a wayward nephew and an 18th century tankard. Stars David March as MR James. Show more
John Hurst's murky past returns to haunt him when his wife dies unexpectedly of marsh fever. Gothic Horror read by Linus Roach. Show more
True stories told live in the USA: Jay Allison introduces tales where surprises, unanticipated lessons and plot twists abound. Show more
Actor and comedian Barry Humphries inherits 'Oh Mona' by Nat Gonella, and passes 'Love Song' by Josef Suk.
Belgrade, 1941: Bomb survivors in the football team at a Nazi prison camp play a match against their guards. Starts Bill Nighy. Show more
From Billie Holliday to Frank Sinatra. Actress Dame Judi Dench shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From 2015. Show more
How do you make antimatter? Science sleuths Drs Rutherford and Fry investigate. From 2019. Show more
Sam hopes a rescue dog can soothe grumpy Peter's retirement. Stars Nicholas Le Prevost and Jonathan Pryce. From August 2010. Show more
Reporter David Lander reopens the investigation into 1983's Archibald Gallery robbery. Stars Stephen Fry. From September 1985. Show more
Damien comes to the rescue when an author is knocked unconscious at a literary festival. Stars Miles Jupp. From February 2013. Show more
Decadent Auderon's unsavoury habits threaten family ruin. Improvised comedy with Paul Merton and Josie Lawrence. From May 1993. Show more
The tale of a cursed professor with a red book, a wayward nephew and an 18th century tankard. Stars David March as MR James. Show more
John Hurst's murky past returns to haunt him when his wife dies unexpectedly of marsh fever. Gothic Horror read by Linus Roach. Show more
Thomas Harding’s history of 20th-century Germany revealed through the inhabitants of one wooden house. Read by David Horovitch. Show more
Greek singer Nana Mouskouri chooses Suzanne by Leonard Cohen and Love is a Losing Game by Amy Winehouse.
Heartbroken Marius, believing he's lost Cosette, throws himself into the Revolution, but at what cost? Starring Joss Ackland. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Following their eradication, wolves were re-introduced to Yellowstone National Park. Howard Stableford pays a visit. From 2005. Show more
Belgrade, 1941: Bomb survivors in the football team at a Nazi prison camp play a match against their guards. Starts Bill Nighy. Show more
