Charlotte Mullins joins two artists as they celebrate the South Bank's regeneration.
DetailsStanley Baxter reads from Neil Munro's tales of a travelling salesman in Scotland
DetailsJo C holds forth with a glorious mixture of bitchy friendliness and foot-in-mouth populism
DetailsSinger-songwriter Joan Armatrading talks to leading guitarists about their music
DetailsLesley Garrett tells the story of operatic comedienne Joan Turner.
DetailsThe story of John Curwen, who devised the tonic sol-fa method of musical annotation.
DetailsJohn Mayall presents a homage to the British rhythm and blues scene of the early 1960s.
DetailsThe work of the writer John Wyndam, who gave us 'The Day of the Triffids'.
DetailsSarfraz Manzoor explores Johnny Cash's interest in Scotland after tracing his Fife roots.
DetailsThe story of the director of Berlin Zoo who attempted to resurrect extinct animal species.
DetailsJonathan Edwards presents a series exploring how science shapes and explains our world
DetailsComedy series in which Josie Long attempts to better herself through learning
DetailsFollowing the past winners of the BBC/Royal Geographical Society's travellers' competition
DetailsIn search of Komitas, whose musical talent turned him into the voice of Albania.
DetailsToby Litt scours Armenia for the spirit of the Russian poet Osip Mandelstam.
DetailsMiles Warde on Archaos, the touring French circus described as the sickest show on earth.
DetailsDominic Prince, 47 years old and sixteen and a half stones, tries to become a jockey.
DetailsPanel game in which players must speak for one minute on any subject asked of them
DetailsMark Billingham recalls Columbo, the award-winning American TV detective series.
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