BBC Radio 4
Our First Plural City
Tim Whewell reports from Leicester, predicted to soon become Europe's first 'plural city'.
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Out Of This World
Mark Miodownik explores the dwindling supplies of a host of important metals.
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Over The Rainbow With Yip Harburg
Broadcaster Stephen Evans explores the life and work of lyricist Yip Harburg.
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Owl Prowl
1/5. Chris Sperring seeks out the nation's owl population. He explores the streets, estates and parks of Bristol in a quest for a surprising resident - the Tawny Owls of the city.
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Owl Prowl
2/5. Chris Sperring seeks out the nation's owl population. He finds the Little Owl, Britain's smallest, and discovers its connection to ancient Greece.
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Owl Prowl
3/5. Chris Sperring seeks out the nation's owl population. He goes in search of Britain's most common Owl, the Tawny Owl.
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Owl Prowl
Chris Sperring goes looking for owls. In Sweden, he has a close encounter with the Eagle Owl, the world's largest (1/5).
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Owl Prowl
Chris Sperring seeks out the nation's owl population. He visits the Mendips to catch up with the Barn Owl (5/5).
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Page to Performance
Tracing the histories of some of the most passionate pieces of music ever written
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Page to Performance
Lowri Blake traces the story of one of the most passionate pieces of music ever written, Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod from the opera Tristan and Isolde.
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Painting the Loneliness
Adam Gopnik on Edward Hopper's famous painting of a lonely bar in night-time New York.
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Pakistan After the Deluge
Lyse Doucet visits Pakistan to find out how it is coping after July's devastating floods.
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Papal Ball
Danny Robins asks if the Catholic Church can inject new morality into Italian football.
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Paradise Lost: The Story of the Chagos Islands
The story of the islanders forced to leave to make way for a military base in the 1960s.
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Parkmasters
Historian Tristram Hunt goes to five key parks to find out about the architects, horticulturalists and benefactors behind them. 5/5. Edward Milner and Lincoln Arboretum.
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Parrots and Piranhas
Huw Cordey and friends search for one of the planet's last real wildernesses in Guyana
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Parting Shots
Matthew Parris marks the passing of the valedictory despatch from British ambassadors
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Party
Sitcom by Tom Basden about a group of young idealists trying to set up a political party
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Pat and Margaret
Victoria Wood's bitter-sweet comedy about two sisters reluctantly reunited on a TV show.
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