One to One - A series of interview programmes in which well respected broadcasters follow their personal passions by talking to the people whose stories interest them most
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Wed, 22 May 13
Duration:
14 mins
In the third of three interviews on the theme of renunciation, Ritula Shah talks to Dr Michael Irwin about euthanasia and the idea of renouncing life.
Wed, 22 May 13
Duration:
14 mins
Ritula Shah explores the theme of renunciation and talks to Mark Boyle who lived without money for almost three years.
Wed, 22 May 13
Duration:
14 mins
Ritula Shah was brought up as a Jain, which has renunciation as one of its central tenets. She talks to ex-monk Satish Kumar about what it means to cut worldly ties.
Tue, 12 Feb 13
Duration:
14 mins
John McCarthy concludes his series talking to those who live outside maninstream UK society,by talking to Afghan refugee, Rafi.
Tue, 5 Feb 13
Duration:
14 mins
John McCarthy talks to a woman who, due to domestic violence, felt herself outside mainstream UK society.
Tue, 29 Jan 13
Duration:
14 mins
John McCarthy talks to those who find themselves by design or destiny, to be outside maninstream British Society. Today he talks to hermit, Rachel Denton, in her home in Lincolnshire.
Tue, 22 Jan 13
Duration:
14 mins
Malcolm Bowden is a creationist and holds many other views that are contrary to mainstream thinking. He sees it as his duty to keep promoting his beliefs.
Tue, 15 Jan 13
Duration:
14 mins
Paul Lambert lost his youngest brother in 1980, when the bulk carrier MV Derbyshire sank in a typhoon off Japan. He has campaigned tirelessly for safety for bulk carriers ever since.
Tue, 8 Jan 13
Duration:
14 mins
Peace Campaigner Lindis Percy has been arrested over five hundred and times in pursuit of her course. Now a grandmother she plans never to give up but to hand the baton on to the next generation.
Tue, 18 Dec 12
Duration:
14 mins
Olivia O'Leary talks to former jockey, Mick Fitzgerald.
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of ideas as it applies to culture - from literature and the visual arts to artistic movements and their origins.
Wed, 29 Jun 11
42 minutes
Tim Harford investigates numbers in the news. Numbers are used in every area of public debate. But are they always reliable? Tim and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which…
Mon, 20 May 13
14 minutes
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