'Clear, precise, elegant, Illuminating'
Gillian Reynolds on 'the Accidental Beauties of Silly Songs'

 

'Slickly produced and hip, but also full of good sense.'

The Guardian on 'Through the K-Hole'

 

'The roster of talent lining up alongside Wilder to pay tribute is amazing' 

The Telegraph on 'Angels don't swear: Marty Feldman Revisited'

 


Life Diaries

9th December

So you’ve done your A Levels and that’s it, no more school. But what do you do now? We follow teenagers as they take us... More

Poitier at 80

23rd, 30th March, 6th & 13th April

Barry Norman presents a celebration of the life and work of pioneering actor Sidney Poitier, one of the first actors to defy racial... More

Angels don't swear - marty feldman revisited

22nd March

Gene Wilder looks at the life of one of the most creative British comics of the last century, Marty Feldman. Feldman was one of the... More

  

The Accidental Beauties of Silly Songs

3rd April

In W.H Auden’s centenary year, Alexander McCall Smith explores the writer’s passion for music and song. Auden strived to keep... More

Redonda: The Island With Too Many Kings

22nd May

The story involves drug smugglers, mad burnt-out literary visionaries, bird-droppings... More

IS THAT A DEAL?

12th & 19th August

Michael Cockerell looks back at 5 influential and intriguing political deals. Deals like these do not have the force of law or treaty... More

Wired for Porn

15th July

A recent European study has shown that a massive amount of teenagers regularly view pornography online. Is this the... More

The hippy trail

11th Sept

Hardeep Singh Kohli travels the Hippy Trail, meeting the many musicians, poets, writers and drop outs who have made their... More

Through The K-Hole

18th October

A new drug has exploded on to the club scene, and looks set to over-take ecstasy as the clubbers drug of choice. But what... More

Fish for Life

17th, 24th, 31st October

BBC Environment Correspondent Richard Black takes an in depth and rigorous look at the impact of the global fishing industry... More

I Was A Bully

18th November

Bullying is a big problem which affects a lot more people than you might think. It can be verbal or physical and happen in or... More