Biographer and journalist Claire Tomalin explores the life of Dora Jordan, the greatest comic actress of her day and renowned for being lover to the future King William IV. Show more

Actor and writer Ian Kelly explores the life and times of David Garrick - actor, playwright and one of the most influential theatre managers of his generation. Show more

Historian Amanda Vickery explores the life of Elizabeth Parker Shackleton, member of the lesser gentry and mercantile elite of 18th-century Lancashire. Show more

Writer and cartoonist Martin Rowson discusses the satiric genius of William Hogarth and his lasting influence on the development of the political cartoon. Show more

Historian Dan Cruikshank explores his passion for Georgian architecture through the work of neo-classical architect and interior designer Robert Adam. Show more