Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history and myth of the Samurai.
O'Connor decides to go trekking in the Cheviot Hills, accompanied by his kitten Tob...
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.
Exploring scientists whose names have become synonymous with a disease or a syndrom...
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...
How have world leaders' attitude to global warming changed since the year 2000?
Was marrying within the family key to success of the ruling classes in Victorian En...