Using years of BBC history archive film, Dr Alice Roberts explores how our views and understanding of Roman Britain have changed and evolved over the decades. Show more
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Sir Andras Schiff, BCMG at 30, Tom Phillips, Netia Jones, This is Rattle
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Tom Service talks to pianist Andras Schiff, discovers the British artist Tom Phillip's multimedia opera Irma, and celebrates 30 years of the BCMG with a trip down the canals. Show more
Red Thread: On Mazes and Labyrinths by Charlotte Higgins
2. Forbidden Library
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Charlotte Higgins discusses the forbidden library in Umberto Eco's novel and Hereford Cathedral’s mappa mundi. From 2018. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Charlotte Higgins reflects on the significance of mazes and labyrinths in art and mythology, literature and life. From 2018. Show more
Red Thread: On Mazes and Labyrinths by Charlotte Higgins
3. Mental Mazes
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Charlotte Higgins investigates mental mazes and describes the neuroscience behind a human's sense of direction. From 2018. Show more
Red Thread: On Mazes and Labyrinths by Charlotte Higgins
4. Underground
14 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Charlotte Higgins meets with maze-maker and celebrates the most famous subterranean maze – the London Underground. From 2018. Show more
Charlotte Higgins discusses the magical properties of mazes made by nature from Grimm’s forests to Narnia’s pines. From 2018. Show more
Front Row
The Front Row Cultural quiz
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Front Row tests knowledge of 2016's cultural events. With quiz master John Wilson are Boyd Hilton, Ekow Eshun, Charlotte Higgins and Rhianna Dhillon. Show more
Series featuring distinguished graduates. Dan Starkey and Tom James from Trinity Hall, Cambridge, face Charlotte Higgins and Alan Beith from Balliol College, Oxford. Show more
Free Thinking
France and Algeria, Birds, Augustus
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Anne McElvoy discusses the relationship between France and its former colonies. Plus research about bird mating systems and the lessons to be learned from Roman emperor Augustus. Show more