Janet Todd on Mary Wollstonecraft and the character and writings of Jean-Jacques Ro...
Janet Todd considers Mary Wollstonecraft alongside other great Enlightenment thinke...
Nicholas Kenyon on how Purcell's music has been preserved, revived and interpreted.
Andrew Pinnock on how Purcell's skills as an entrepreneur helped enhance his reputa...
Roger Savage on Purcell's musical creations for the theatre.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta.
Peter Curran is joined by Alison Steadman, Meera Syal and Raymond Blanc.
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire.
Kirsty Young's castaway is Sir Stuart Rose, executive chairman of Marks and Spencer...
Delving into the seamier side of politics to consider the line where fact meets fic...
Keith was beginning to hate food and his excessive drinking was about to take its t...
Clive James reflects on the revelation of the identity of Belle de Jour.
Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.
The case of a young farm labourer who shot his wife dead with a sawn-off gun in 193...
Kate Adie introduces stories from Afghanistan, Israel, Poland and Indonesia.
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions?
Peter Gibbs chairs. With Pippa Greenwood, John Cushnie and Anne Swithinbank.