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Books and Authors
Last Updated:
54 minutes ago
Average Duration:
27 minutes
Books and Authors
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
This podcast features Open Book, Bookclub and A Good Read. Mariella Frostrup and James Naughtie talk to leading authors about their work, and Harriett Gilbert and a range of guests discuss their…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
103 Episodes
Culture Café
Last Updated:
1 hour ago
Average Duration:
34 minutes
Culture Café
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
Clare English's pick of key events in Scottish cultural life. From theatre to T in the Park and from ballet to Strictly Ballroom.
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
5 Episodes
Scotland Inspired
Last Updated:
2 hours ago
Average Duration:
13 minutes
Scotland Inspired
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
Artists explore the person or event that has inspired them. In this landmark series introduced by Ashley Jensen, contemporary writers, directors, actors, musicians and visual artists describe who or…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
6 Episodes
The Digital Human
Last Updated:
8 hours ago
Average Duration:
27 minutes
The Digital Human
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
Aleks Krotoski charts how digital culture is moulding modern living. Each week join technology journalist Aleks Krotoski as she goes beyond the latest gadget or web innovation to understand what sort…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
6 Episodes
Front Row Daily
Last Updated:
22 hours ago
Average Duration:
28 minutes
Front Row Daily
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
Interviews with leading novelists, musicians, film directors, artists and more, from Radio 4's flagship arts show, presented by Mark Lawson, Kirsty Lang and John Wilson. Front Row is broadcast on BBC…
Updated daily
Multi Programme
243 Episodes
Daily Mayo
Last Updated:
22 hours ago
Average Duration:
21 minutes
Daily Mayo
- News
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
The best bits of Simon Mayo Drivetime on BBC Radio 2, with star guests, audience interactivity, intelligent conversation and much more.
Updated daily
Multi Programme
4 Episodes
The Radio 3 Documentary
Last Updated:
Mon, 28 May 12
Average Duration:
44 minutes
The Radio 3 Documentary
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
- Factual
In-depth documentaries which each week explore a different aspect of history, science, philosophy, film, visual arts and literature. The Sunday Feature is broadcast every Sunday at 7.45pm on BBC…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
5 Episodes
Book Café
Last Updated:
Mon, 28 May 12
Average Duration:
44 minutes
Book Café
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
What's new and what's unmissable in the world of books. Clare English with news, reviews and interviews with a uniquely Scottish perspective. Whether your passion is fiction, biography, romance or the…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
5 Episodes
Start the Week with Andrew Marr
Last Updated:
Mon, 28 May 12
Average Duration:
41 minutes
Start the Week with Andrew Marr
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
Start The Week sets the cultural agenda for the week ahead, with high-profile guests discussing the ideas behind their work in the fields of art, literature, film, science, history, society and…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
78 Episodes
Pyaty etazh from BBCRussian
Last Updated:
Sun, 27 May 12
Average Duration:
89 minutes
Pyaty etazh from BBCRussian
- News
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
Lively 90 minute discussion of the major political and cultural events of the past week, together with a look ahead to the coming week with Mikhail Smotryaev. The web-streaming show goes out every…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
9 Episodes
Saturday Review
Last Updated:
Sat, 26 May 12
Average Duration:
41 minutes
Saturday Review
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week’s cultural highlights on BBC Radio 4.
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
86 Episodes
World Book Club
Last Updated:
Sat, 26 May 12
Average Duration:
53 minutes
World Book Club
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
World Book Club invites the globe’s great authors to discuss their best known novel. This monthly programme, presented by Harriett Gilbert, includes questions by World Service listeners.
Updated monthly
Programme Highlights
117 Episodes
The Strand - A World of Arts
Last Updated:
Sat, 26 May 12
Average Duration:
49 minutes
The Strand - A World of Arts
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
The Strand is the home of arts and entertainment on the BBC World Service, presented by Harriett Gilbert. The Strand covers the most exciting and interesting music, books, films, architecture, dance,…
Updated weekly
Programme Highlights
4 Episodes
Radio 2 Arts Show with Claudia Winkleman
Last Updated:
Sat, 26 May 12
Average Duration:
24 minutes
Radio 2 Arts Show with Claudia Winkleman
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
- Entertainment
Claudia Winkleman’s weekly feast of the finest offerings from Film, Theatre, Arts, TV and Music. Lively debate, intimate interviews and the latest news and views delivered with wit and laughter.
Updated weekly
Programme Highlights
5 Episodes
Front Row Weekly
Last Updated:
Fri, 25 May 12
Average Duration:
60 minutes
Front Row Weekly
- Entertainment
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
- Factual
Interviews with leading novelists, musicians, film directors, artists and more, from Radio 4's flagship arts show, presented by Mark Lawson, Kirsty Lang and John Wilson. Front Row is broadcast on BBC…
Updated weekly
Multi Programme
34 Episodes
Arts and Ideas
Last Updated:
Fri, 25 May 12
Average Duration:
44 minutes
Arts and Ideas
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
The best of BBC Radio 3's flagship arts and ideas programme Night Waves - featuring in-depth interviews with artists, scientists and public figures, vociferous debates, and reviews of the latest…
Updated weekly
Programme Highlights
145 Episodes
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo's Film Reviews
Last Updated:
Fri, 25 May 12
Average Duration:
90 minutes
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo's Film Reviews
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
- Entertainment
- Comedy
Mark Kermode discusses the latest film releases with Simon Mayo. Lively, controversial and unmissable movie discussion. Broadcast live on Fridays at 2pm on BBC Radio 5 live.
Updated weekly
Programme Highlights
96 Episodes
The Film Programme
Last Updated:
Thu, 24 May 12
Average Duration:
28 minutes
The Film Programme
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
- Entertainment
Interviews and analysis from the world of cinema. Francine Stock talks to directors, writers and critics about the latest film releases, classics on DVD and movies on television.
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
87 Episodes
Four Thought
Last Updated:
Wed, 23 May 12
Average Duration:
18 minutes
Four Thought
- Factual > Politics
- Factual > Life Stories
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
Four Thought talks include stories and ideas which will affect our future, in politics, society, the economy, business, science, technology or the arts. Recorded live, the talks are given by a range…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
58 Episodes
Arts Show Wales
Last Updated:
Wed, 23 May 12
Average Duration:
27 minutes
Arts Show Wales
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
A weekly round-up of Wales' thriving arts scene introduced by Nicola Heywood Thomas. Includes reviews, reports and analysis from the worlds of Welsh theatre, dance, music, art, literature, cinema and…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
4 Episodes
Media Show
Last Updated:
Wed, 23 May 12
Average Duration:
24 minutes
Media Show
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
- News
BBC Radio 4's topical programme The Media Show, presented by journalist and former TV executive Steve Hewlett, featuring the latest stories and opinion from the fast-changing world of media in all its…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
92 Episodes
Aled Jones
Last Updated:
Sun, 20 May 12
Average Duration:
42 minutes
Aled Jones
- Entertainment
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
Aled Jones in conversation with a special guest. Listen to the programme in full every Sunday on BBC Radio Wales from midday until 1pm, with the podcast available shortly afterwards.
Updated weekly
Programme Highlights
3 Episodes
Radio 3 Essay
Last Updated:
Fri, 18 May 12
Average Duration:
14 minutes
Radio 3 Essay
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
- Factual
Authored essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week. Each episode is full of insight, opinion and intellectual surprise from one…
Updated daily
Whole Programme
5 Episodes
Arts Extra Strong Bits
Last Updated:
Thu, 17 May 12
Average Duration:
26 minutes
Arts Extra Strong Bits
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
BBC Radio Ulster's daily arts programme, bringing you compelling interviews with the leading figures in the arts, lively reviews and fascinating features.
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
9 Episodes
Bookclub
Last Updated:
Tue, 8 May 12
Average Duration:
27 minutes
Bookclub
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
James Naughtie and readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best known novels. Authors include: Douglas Adams, Alan Bennett, Alice Sebold and Maya Angelou.
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
169 Episodes
Secret History of Social Networking
Last Updated:
Wed, 9 Feb 11
Average Duration:
28 minutes
Secret History of Social Networking
- Factual
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
It's a phenomenon which seems to have come from nowhere, but in fact computer-based social networks have been around for decades. In this three-part series the BBC's technology correspondent Rory…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
4 Episodes
A History of Mozart in a Dozen Objects
Last Updated:
Wed, 12 Jan 11
Average Duration:
10 minutes
A History of Mozart in a Dozen Objects
- Music > Classical
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
Mozart’s world rediscovered in objects of his time. Professor Cliff Eisen, a leading expert on Mozart’s life, looks at Mozart’s eighteenth century world through objects that were close to him.
Updated daily
Whole Programme
11 Episodes
A Point of View: Clive James
Last Updated:
Fri, 25 Dec 09
Average Duration:
10 minutes
A Point of View: Clive James
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
- Factual > Life Stories
Clive James presents reflections on topical issues ranging from politics to pop culture in this award-winning series of BBC Radio 4's A Point of View. These programmes were first broadcast between…
Updated occasionally
Whole Programme
60 Episodes
Breakfast Show Specialist Classical Chart
Last Updated:
No episodes available
Average Duration:
26 minutes

UK only
Breakfast Show Specialist Classical Chart
- Music > Classical
- Entertainment
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
Tracks from the top CDs in this week’s Specialist Classical Chart. Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Petroc Trelawny present a selection of the top 20 best selling CDs. The podcast is taken from the Tuesday…
Updated weekly
Programme Highlights
0 Episodes