Tim Birkhead and Helen Macdonald share their experiences of observing birds and their pick of writing inspired by birds. Tonight's concert includes Song of the Nightingale. Show more

The novelist Pat Barker and the Reverend Giles Fraser explore what Dostoevsky's and Tolstoy's writing can teach us about faith, doubt and redemption. Ian McMillan presents. Show more

Poet and librettist Michael Symmons Roberts and broadcaster Reverend Richard Coles look at the literature that inspired John Tavener - from George Herbert and John Donne to Blake. Show more

Edith Hall and Sir Barry Cunliffe consider epic sea journeys in history and the role of the sea in Greek myth and legend and in Viking tales. Rana Mitter hosts. Show more