Physician Gavin Francis leads us round a cultural map of the body: the mysterious liver, essential to life, capable of regeneration. From 2015. Show more
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Physician Gavin Francis leads us round a cultural map of the body: the foot, a unique marvel of engineering. From 2015. Show more
Physician Gavin Francis leads us round a cultural map of the body: he starts with the brain. From 2015. Show more
Physician Gavin Francis leads us round a cultural map of the body: facial muscles and our emotional lives. From 2015. Show more
Physician Gavin Francis leads us round a cultural map of the body: arms - part of our body, and weapons of war. From 2015. Show more
Sound by Bella Bathurst
5. Changing?
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
After 12 years of increasing deafness, could a routine trip to the audiologist change Bella's life? Concluded by Adjoa Andoh. Show more
Sound by Bella Bathurst
1. Sailing
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. Bella embarks on a sailing trip with friends. Does her worsening hearing put the whole boat in danger? Read by Adjoa Andoh. Show more
Sound by Bella Bathurst
2. Searching
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
As her hearing declines, Bella searches for her place in either the deaf or the hearing world. Read by Adjoa Andoh. Show more
Sound by Bella Bathurst
3. Fighting
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Bella tries to fight her deafness - and herself - as loneliness and isolation threaten to overwhelm her. Read by Adjoa Andoh. Show more
Sound by Bella Bathurst
4. Exploring
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Deafness gives Bella a new perspective on city life, a fresh way to experience the world and other people. Read by Adjoa Andoh. Show more
At a sleepover in rural Michigan, a 12-year-old boy shoots his best friend dead. Who is responsible for the killing? Show more
Joe Moran creates a field guide to shyness. Darwin called it an odd state of mind with no obvious benefit to our species. So why is it so pervasive? Show more
In a culture where it is good to talk, what place is there for people like King George VI and prime minister Clement Attlee, who are tongue-tied by their shyness? Show more
Could the origins of art lie in our human capacity for introversion, and our need to make strategic retreats from social life in order to make sense of our experiences? Show more
In a New York brownstone in 1965, the first skirmish in the war against shyness began. No longer an ambiguous virtue, it was now a disability it was everyone's duty to overcome. Show more
'You know what it's like to be allergic to cats, or dust, or pollen... now, imagine that you felt allergic to people.' When does shyness turn pathological? Show more
4 Extra Debut. Life in a large Irish family in a small Watford semi in the 1970s - Mary Portas recalls misbehaviour at communion and school. Show more
Still reeling from her mother's death, Mary Portas recalls putting her own theatrical aspirations aside to care for her family. Show more
As her father’s grief subsides, Mary Portas’ recounts her thriving creativity and how his new romance affected the family. Show more
Robert Penn begins his search for the perfect tree in woodland near his South Wales home. It is a bitter winter, and snow lies on the forests. Show more