Author Katie Sutton looks at sexuality in the Weimar Republic.
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The Weimar Years
Episode 3
Episode 4
Film critic Clarisse Loughrey looks at the cinema of the Weimar Republic.
Episode 5
Ute Lemper on the enduring appeal of Weimar music and song.
Legacies of 1619
Philip Quaque
Caryl Phillips reflects on the life of African priest Philip Quaque.
Isaac
To mark 400 years since the arrival of African slaves in America, writers reflect.
Sarah Forbes Bonetta
David Olusoga reflects on the life of Sara, a princess gifted to Queen Victoria.
Mary Prince and Sally Hemings
To mark the 400 years since the arrival of African slaves to America, authors reflect.
John Ocansey
Caryl Phillips reflects on young African John Ocansey exercising his freedom in Liverpool.
Dance Till You Bleed: The World According to Hans Christian Andersen - Episode 1
The Most Incredible Thing. Toby Jones stars in five fairy-tale adaptations. 1/5
Dance Till You Bleed: The World According to Hans Christian Andersen - Episode 2
The Red Shoes. Toby Jones stars in five fairy-tale adaptations by Lucy Catherine. 2/5
Dance Till You Bleed: The World According to Hans Christian Andersen - Episode 3
Anne Lisbeth. Toby Jones stars in five fairy-tale adaptations by Lucy Catherine. 3/5
Dance Till You Bleed: The World According to Hans Christian Andersen - Episode 4
The Ice Maiden. Toby Jones stars as in five fairy-tale adaptations by Lucy Catherine. 4/5
Dance Till You Bleed: The World According to Hans Christian Andersen - Episode 5
The Wicked Prince. Thing. Toby Jones stars in five fairy-tale adaptations. 5/5
Under the Influence
Jon Boden
Jon Boden on the influence of apocalyptic science-fiction on him as a folk singer.
New Generation Thinkers
The Entrepreneur
Philip Roscoe asks whether our expectations of the lone entrepreneur are unrealistic.
Emma Rice
Emma Rice reveals the influences that stamp her work as a theatre director.
Parallels and Paradoxes
Shahidha Bari examines the ideas behind the founding of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.
Shobana Jeyasingh
Shobana Jeyasingh on how different dance traditions inform her choreography.
Light in the Dark
Alexandra Harris explores the history of artificial light through literary sources.
Tom Hunter
Photographer and artist Tom Hunter on the impact that Vermeer has had on his work.
Looking beyond the Dead
Zoe Norridge ask why photos of Africa fix perceptions of the continent at its worst times.
Kei Miller
Indian-born choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh reflects on the influences shaping her dances.
The Canon of Comics
Jon Adams compares the work of modern comic book enthusiasts to ancient biblical scholars.
