Indira Varma reads Katherine Mansfield's modernist classic The Stranger, the story of a man on a harbourside, awaiting his wife's return from Europe. Show more

Conductor Neville Marriner is in conversation with his clarinettist son, Andrew, exploring the role music has played in their family life and what they have in common as musicians. Show more

An excerpt from Stefan Zweig's novel Beware of Pity, set in the twilight of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. An innocent social blunder has lasting repercussions for a young officer. Show more

David Bramwell is joined by musician Kathy Hinde and the RSPB's Tony Whitehead to capture the sounds of murmurating starlings at Ham Wall in the Avalon Marshes, Glastonbury. Show more

Roger Nichols and Sara Mohr-Pietsch visit Ravel's house, Le Belvedere, in Monfort L'Amaury, near Paris, where his piano and composing room remain unchanged since his death. Show more

A reading of Edith Pearlman's short story Capers, about a long-married elderly couple who start breaking the rules and rediscover the thrills of their youth. Show more

Emma Fielding reads Elizabeth Taylor's short story The True Primitive. Lily finds it increasingly difficult to compete for her lover's attention, with his father the main rival. Show more

Scott Goodfellow profiles Ye Amphibious Ancients, the oldest open-water swimming club in Scotland, which was formed in 1884. Show more

Niamh Cusack reads William Trevor's short story The Ballroom of Romance, set in an isolated dance hall in Ireland, where the 36-year-old Bridie's hopes of romance are fading. Show more

Anthony Sattin examines how Sheikha Mayassa of Qatar has transformed the world of art with an extensive programme of museum-building. Show more

Sam Dastor reads Graham Swift's short story Saving Grace, in which a doctor recalls his Indian father's past and reflects on the inevitability of loss and the nature of luck. Show more