Exploring scientists whose names have become synonymous with a disease or a syndrom...
O'Connor decides to go trekking in the Cheviot Hills, accompanied by his kitten Tob...
Shaun Ley investigates what happened to 108 missing episodes of Doctor Who from the...
Was marrying within the family key to success of the ruling classes in Victorian En...
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history and myth of the Samurai.
Eddie Izzard on 2012 and political aims; TV Hamlet and Turn Of The Screw reviewed.
The Queen's Christmas message to the Commonwealth and the nation.
With Sir Tim Rice, Imogen Stubbs and Anne Atkins.
Robin Ince and Brian Cox are joined by the Very Rev Victor Stock and Adam Rutherfor...
Neil Innes discusses the life of his colleague and friend Vivian Stanshall.
Michael explores the Hanseatic League, a precursor to modern ideas of European free...
Sheila Dillon tastes her way through the long tradition of turning fruit into alcoh...