Discover 11,128,835 listings and 281,617 playable programmes from the BBC
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Tim Marlow begins his exploration of Britain's response to Europe's most lavish art movement with the moment Charles I lost his head under a Rubens masterpiece on 30 January 1649. Show more
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Could the Great Fire of London have been Britain's opportunity to create Europe's finest Baroque city? Tim Marlow travels to the seat of the fire to find out. Show more
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
He was our greatest Baroque musical hero, and yet Handel wasn't even British by birth. Tim Marlow and historian Ruth Smith explore how an opera premiere in 1711 launched his career. Show more
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
It's 1734, and a British diplomat has seen an expected inheritance slip through his fingers. But he's ready for a fight, as Tim Marlow discovers on a Yorkshire country estate. Show more
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Might the Baroque still be with us today? Tim Marlow meets a sculptor, a set designer and a modern-day highwayman, all of them imbued with a spirit of modern British Baroque. Show more
