The best of this week's Strand.
The best of the world's arts, film, music, literature and music brought to you ever...
Red Jail Art, Attica Locke, Martha Wainwright
John Grisham, Pictures Reframed, Dubai City Sound, Staff Benda Bilili
Comica, Vargas Llosa Play, If We Must Die, Heritage Orchestra.
Ang Lee, Iron Curtain, (Untitled) film review, Kurdish film.
The Men Who Stare at Goats, Waldseemuller Map, Animal Farm pt 5.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the discovery of radiation, from radio waves to gam...
Andrew Marr with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Shlomo Sand, Tony Marchant and Sue Brown.
Donald Macleod explores Satie's early life and his famous set of three Gymnopedies.
Presented by Sean Rafferty. With pianist Artur Pizarro and guitarists Rodrigo y Gab...
Lisa Jardine on how IVF is changing our ideas about the definition of a family.
With Martha Wainwright on the lyrics of Edith Piaf, plus poet Paul Durcan.
Hungarian journalist Valeria Toth measures out her life in passports.
Mark and Simon review The White Ribbon, Harry Brown, Taking Woodstock and 2012.
Featuring David Tennant, Mark Knopfler and the Sports Panel.
Pam Ayres presents her own poetry and sketches. From May 2004.
Tim Samuels takes a light-hearted look at the New York Jewish dating scene.
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Cardiff University.
Professor Steve Jones challenges the controversial science of evolutionary psycholo...
Kirsty Young's castaway is lawyer and writer Anthony Julius.
Michael Buerk talks to Miranda Ponsonby about her decision to change sex.