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.
With Sir Tim Rice, Imogen Stubbs and Anne Atkins.
The annual Festival from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge.
O'Connor decides to go trekking in the Cheviot Hills, accompanied by his kitten Tob...
The Queen's Christmas message to the Commonwealth and the nation.
Russell Davies chairs the eleventh heat of the perennial general knowledge contest.
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...