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A literary landmark and it's effect on a city. How Dublin has embraced Ulysses.
12 Jun 2011,·30 mins
Pension Planning & What is Life Like for a Transgender Teenager
Local youngsters discover what life is like in Scotland for 'The Youth of Today'.
18 Apr 2018,·49 mins
In a typically playful turn, Lionel Blue presents his own obituary.
20 Dec 2016,·30 mins
Alan Leith tells the story of the eccentric recluse who purchased Brownsea Island in 1927.
10 Apr 2007,·30 mins
Between Settlement and Suburbia
The story of early settlement in Sydney, and the continual lure of the outback
28 Jul 2000,·30 mins
The women who overcame grief through friendship and sea shanties
13 Apr 2015,·30 mins
Debbie Wiseman tells the fascinating story of the composer of Captain Noah and Rumpole
26 Jul 2011,·30 mins
The remarkable story of the Mangeshkar sisters - revered by Bollywood fans the world over.
01 Jun 2013,·30 mins
A reflection in sound on the life of Virginia Fiennes, first wife of explorer Sir Ranulph.
11 Sep 2015,·28 mins
Bruce Forsyth talks revealingly to Paul Morley about his life and career in showbusiness.
30 mins
Anna Pavord explores the life and legacy of the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus.
09 Apr 2007,·30 mins
Ugandan Solutions
Bringing about change through grass roots community projects
29 Nov 2005,·22 mins
John Waite tells the story of The Monkees, the successful 1960s pop group.
19 Dec 2009,·30 mins
A child's eye view of growing up in the East End of Glasgow.
02 Jun 2020,·28 mins
The music promoter Bill Graham is remembered by Bob Geldof, Ronnie Wood and others.
08 Dec 2007,·30 mins
An exploration of the dramatic life and jazz legacy of singer Billie Holiday
07 Apr 2015,·30 mins
Paul Mason visits Manila to assess the benefits of life in the world's poorest slums.
16 Aug 2011,·40 mins
Mandela's life, told through archive recordings, dramatic re-enactments and interviews
16 Oct 1981,·49 mins
How pairing troubled dogs with troubled young men produces results for both
20 Oct 2006,·22 mins
The Spanish toddler who was chosen by the Dalai Lama as a reincarnated Tibetan lama.
28 Sep 2012,·30 mins
Richard, Alasdair, and Jen
A man whose predecessor paid for the Colston statue and a man who dumped it in the harbour
09 Jul 2021,·28 mins
Quentin Cooper tells the story of a British scientist hailed as a god in Japan.
08 Sep 2014,·30 mins
How street children from Kolkata got to play cricket at Lord's
30 Jun 2019,·28 mins
Nell Frizzell contemplates whether climate change should stop her having a second child.
29 Apr 2022,·28 mins
Fergal Keane takes a journey through the private notebooks and letters of Nelson Mandela.
26 Dec 2010,·30 mins
Peter Day explores the wayward genius of Irish writer Flann O'Brien on his centenary
04 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Louise Elliot meets Terry O'Neill whose case inspired Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap.
07 Jul 2011,·30 mins
Hossein Ahmadi, an Iranian refugee, returns to the Calais Jungle that was once his home.
06 Apr 2020,·28 mins
In the 1970s the composer Philip Glass drove a taxi around Manhattan to make ends meet.
18 Aug 2015,·28 mins
Sylvia Earle
Known as 'Her Deepness', Dr Sylvia Earle is one of the world's great oceanographers
16 Nov 2013,·55 mins
