The Radio 3 Documentary Podcast
In-depth documentaries which explore a different aspect of history, science, philosophy, film, visual arts and literature. The Sunday Feature is broadcast every Sunday at 6.45pm on BBC Radio 3.
Episodes to download
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A History of the Tongue
Mon 11 Feb 2019
A succulent & mouth watering portrait of one of the least talked about organs of the body.
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Sunday Feature: The Victorian Queens of Ancient Egypt
Sun 3 Feb 2019
Samira Ahmed investigates Victorian women who brought Ancient Egypt to northern England.
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Literary Pursuits: Victor Hugo's Les Miserables
Sun 30 Dec 2018
Sarah Dillon explores the stories behind how great works of literature were written.
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Sunday Feature: Into the Forest - The Pine Tree
Sun 23 Dec 2018
The magical story of the tree that sits at the heart of Christmas day - the Pine tree.
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Harlem on Fire
Sun 25 Nov 2018
Afua Hirsch goes on the search of a long-lost masterpiece from the Harlem Renaissance
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The Kristapurana
Sun 18 Nov 2018
Amazing travels of the first Englishman in India & a hunt for a lost poetic masterpiece.
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Sunday Feature: New Generation Thinkers
Sun 4 Nov 2018
Two features by R3 New Generation Thinkers. Dr Simon Beard and Dr Islam Issa
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Sunday Feature: New Generation Thinkers Hetta Howes and Eleanor Lybeck
Sun 28 Oct 2018
Two Features by R3 New Generation Thinkers Hetta Howes and Eleanor Lybeck.
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Inside Stories
Mon 22 Oct 2018
Author Carlo Gebler on the role of prison arts in punishment and rehabilitation
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Forests of The Imagination
Mon 15 Oct 2018
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough searches the Autumn forest, looking for stories.
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Sunday Feature: A Life in Study: Robert Lowell
Mon 24 Sep 2018
Colm Toibin profiles the turbulent and brilliant life of American poet Robert Lowell.
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Ken Campbell As Never Heard Before
Sun 9 Sep 2018
Actors Jim Broadbent, Toby Jones and Sylvester McCoy join David Bramwell to celebrate Ken
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Monteverdi's Women
Mon 13 Aug 2018
Catherine Fletcher explores Monterverdi's pioneering use of female roles and performers
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The Killers
Thu 9 Aug 2018
Adam Smith traces the birth and afterlife of Hemingway's explosive short story.
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v. is for Tony
Tue 7 Aug 2018
To mark Tony Harrison's 80th birthday, Paul Farley profiles the unique poet. (R)
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I Know an Island - RM Lockley
Mon 6 Aug 2018
Jon Gower uncovers the work of the pioneering naturalist RM Lockley.
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In Search of Yves Klein
Mon 16 Jul 2018
Liliane Lijn explores the work of postwar French artist Yves Klein.
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Tony Harrison's Prague Spring
Sun 8 Jul 2018
How one of Britain's best known poets experienced the drama of the 1960s Prague Spring.
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Binary and Beyond: part two
Sun 1 Jul 2018
Emma Smith on how coverage of gender in the arts might help us understand today's debate
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Binary and Beyond Part 1
Sun 24 Jun 2018
Might explorations of gender in great art of the past help illuminate today's issues?
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The Summer Forest
Fri 15 Jun 2018
Once upon a time, Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough woke up in the summer forest.
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David Attenborough - World Music Collector
Mon 21 May 2018
David Attenborough recalls collecting music from around the world, and listens once again
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Japan's Never Ending War
Fri 11 May 2018
Rana Mitter visits Tokyo to explore how Japan remembers World War Two today through film.
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Oh Dr Kinsey Look What You've Done to Me
Sun 6 May 2018
Exploring different aspects of history, science, philosophy and the arts.
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Japan's Never-Ending War
Thu 3 May 2018
Rana Mitter visits Tokyo to explore how Japan remembers World War Two through movies.
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Japan's Never-Ending War
Sun 29 Apr 2018
Rana Mitter visits Tokyo to explore how Japan remembers World War Two today through film.
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Sunday Feature: Supernatural Japan
Sun 22 Apr 2018
An alternative look at modern Japan's uneasy relationship with ghosts and ghost stories.
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Exit Burbage - The Man Who Created Hamlet
Mon 16 Apr 2018
Without Richard Burbage, there would be no Shakespeare. Yet he's virtually unknown - why?
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