Story about two Welsh non-identical twin sisters who discover makes them different when they encounter an unsavoury character in Tenby. Show more

To mark the 150th anniversary of the London Underground, train enthusiast Petroc Trelawny explores the lesser-known sounds of the tube. Show more

Three great Verdi experts - Roger Parker, Flora Willson and Semyon Bychkov - explore the composer's idea of God, the Church and Religion. Show more

Historian Philip Bullock explores the unlikely reconciliation of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany through Sergey Eisenstein's 1940 production of Die Walküre at the Bolshoi. Show more

Simon Russell Beale explores the impact of Wagner on fin-de-siecle British culture, from Aubrey Beardsley to George Bernard Shaw. He talks to Emma Sutton and David Huckvale. Show more

Christopher Cook tells the story of the Wigmore Hall, from its beginnings as a recital room built to be a showcase for pianos, to being one of the world's best chamber venues. Show more

Discussing romance in music, Suzy Klein is joined by choreographer Siobhan Davies and composer/artist Tom Phillips to talk about Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky. Show more

Hattie Morahan reads Pushkin's story about the enmity between two landowners and the antics of their children Aleksey and Liza. Show more

Michael Goldfarb recalls the difficulty of broadcasting news when rumour has replaced fact, and asks what music is appropriate at a time of national tragedy. Show more

The Rev Richard Coles hosts a discussion on how William Byrd survived as a recusant working for Elizabeth I, with Dr David Skinner, Tracy Borman and Professor Peter Marshall. Show more

Musician David Bramwell explores the art of the clap in creating and teaching music, focusing on a famous piece of clapping music by Steve Reich. Show more

Poet Michael Symmons-Roberts introduces his own personal reflection on the subject of shadows. Show more

Angela Carter's story imagining an encounter in which a circus tiger shapes the destiny of the notorious Lizzie Borden, reimagined as a four-year-old. Show more

To accompany two concerts by the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Paul Farley explores the original 'West-Eastern Divan', Goethe's tribute to Persian poetry. Show more

Gardening writer Anna Pavord celebrates her botanical hero, the neglected William Turner, in the light of the recent rediscovery of his son Peter's memorial. Show more

Paul Farley learns how Goethe's original 'West-Eastern Divan' poems were fuelled by a passionate love affair. Show more

Andrew Brown and Diarmaid MacCulloch consider the case of the 1612 execution of Edward Wightman, asking why we once burned heretics and why we stopped. Show more

Lesley Chamberlain tells the story of German artist and architect Heinrich Vogeler, ardent admirer of William Morris and British design. Show more

An examination of how 1930s writers, artists and composers including Vaughan Williams used the pastoral mode to address the legacy of World War One. Show more

Writer Ronald Blythe, author of Akenfield, the classic oral history of East Anglian rural life, talks to Mark Cocker about his career and times. Show more