Episodes to download
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Proms Extra: Sea Journeys and Voyages
Tue 1 Aug 2017
Rana Mitter considers epic sea journeys in history with Barry Cunliffe & Edith Hall.
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Proms Extra: Europe in Writing
Tue 1 Aug 2017
Nandini Das & novelist Lawrence Norfolk discuss European writers & the idea of ‘Europe’.
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Proms Extra: Opium and Creativity in the 19th Century
Mon 24 Jul 2017
Matthew Sweet, Daisy Hay, Richard Davenport-Hines at Imperial College, London.
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Proms Extra: Music and Moods
Tue 18 Jul 2017
Thomas Dixon and musicologist Wiebke Thormählen discuss music, literature and emotion.
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Proms Extra: Deep Time
Mon 17 Jul 2017
Geologist Iain Stewart and geographer Nicholas Crane consider the concept of "Deep Time".
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Proms Poetry Competition
Wed 14 Sep 2016
Judges Ian McMillan, Jackie Kay & Judith Palmer are joined on stage by the winning poets.
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Proms Extra: Capability Brown: Anna Pavord
Wed 7 Sep 2016
Anna Pavord considers the landscapes created by 'Capability' Brown - born 300 years ago
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Proms Extra: The Great Fire of London
Wed 7 Sep 2016
Historians Adrian Tinniswood and Tom Charlton look at London in ruins in September 1666.
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Proms Extra: Tagore
Thu 1 Sep 2016
Novelist Tahmima Anam and Preti Taneja join Rana Mitter to explore the writing of Tagore.
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Proms Extra: Germany East and West
Tue 30 Aug 2016
Novelist Philip Kerr and historian Karen Leeder look at Leipzig in 1989 and Germany now.
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Proms Extra: Devils and Paganini
Wed 24 Aug 2016
Rev Richard Coles and poet Imtiaz Dharker on the Devil in Christian and Islamic cultures.
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Proms Extra: Shakespeare – Actors and Acting
Tue 23 Aug 2016
Actor Michael Pennington continues our series on professions in Shakespeare's plays.
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Proms Extra: Shakespeare - Sheep and Shepherds
Mon 22 Aug 2016
Shakespeare's depiction of shepherds discussed by James Rebanks and Dr Emma Smith.
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Proms Extra: HG Wells: Stephen Baxter and Dr Sarah Dillon
Tue 9 Aug 2016
Author Stephen Baxter and Sarah Dillon on space and time in HG Wells, born 150 years ago.
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Proms Extra: Shakespeare - Shipwrecks and Sea Captains
Wed 3 Aug 2016
The sea and shipwrecks in Shakespeare discussed by sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston.
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Proms Extra: George Eliot in Germany
Wed 3 Aug 2016
Novelist Patricia Duncker and Clare Walker-Gore on George Eliot and German culture.
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Proms Extra: Shakespeare - Law and Lawyers
Tue 2 Aug 2016
What did Shakespeare know of the law? Geoffrey Robertson QC talks to Anne McElvoy.
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Proms Extra: Shakespeare - Religion and Clerics
Mon 1 Aug 2016
Religion and clerics in Shakespeare considered by Richard Chartres, the Bishop of London.
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Proms Interval: What's In A Name?
Thu 28 Jul 2016
Sophie Coulombeau reflects on what history can tell us about Naming the Baby
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Proms Extra: Shakespeare - Soldiers and War
Thu 28 Jul 2016
Colonel Tim Collins & Professor Emma Smith consider Soldiers & War in Shakespeare's plays
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Proms Extra: The Politics of Shaving with Shahidah Bari,
Tue 26 Jul 2016
Facial Fuzz: A short back-and-sided history with Kathryn Hughes and Alun Withey
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Proms Extra:Henry James and Italy
Mon 25 Jul 2016
Novelist Philip Hensher and Professor Philip Horne explore Henry James in Italy.
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Proms Extra: Charlotte Brontë: Gregory Tate talks to Joanne Harris & Claire Harman
Tue 19 Jul 2016
Hear Charlotte Brontë's biographer Claire Harman & Yorkshire-born novelist Joanne Harris
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The Free Thinking Festival Essay - Politician and Pioneer: Writing the Life of Arthur Kavanagh
Tue 10 Nov 2015
Clare Walker Gore on what a C19th MP without hands and feet tells us about stereotypes.
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Free Thinking - Feature: Bamburgh Castle
Thu 29 Oct 2015
Dr Alun Withey researches an 18th C healthcare scheme at Bamburg Castle in Northumberland
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Proms Poetry Competition - 08 September 15
Tue 8 Sep 2015
The winning entries in this year's Proms Poetry Competition
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PROMS EXTRA - Arabian Nights - 7 Sep 15
Mon 7 Sep 2015
Shahidha Bari and Houda Echouafni on this powerful islamic folk-cycle - Arabian Nights
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Proms Extra: David Hare's memoir 'The Blue Touch Paper' - 04 Sep 15
Fri 4 Sep 2015
The playwright David Hare discusses his new memoir, 'The Blue Touch Paper'.
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PROMS EXTRA - 120 years of London School of Economics: 2 Sep 15
Wed 2 Sep 2015
Michael Cox explores the history of the London School of Economics with Stephanie Flanders
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Proms Extra: Willa Cather's The Song of the Lark - 31 August 15
Mon 31 Aug 2015
Hermione Lee on the American writer Willa Cather's 1915 novel 'The Song of the Lark'.
