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Taxi Drivers
Scottee examines the relationships between artists and those who assist them.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Narrow Sea, The Farther Shore with Phil Cunningham
Composer Phil Cunningham creates a new musical composition inspired by the Narrow Sea.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Two Northern Ireland
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Oti Mabuse's Dancing Legends
Oti Mabuse explores the extraordinary people who have changed the course of dance.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Andy Warhol's America
He was an artist and a cultural icon - and his work is a history of 20th-century America.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Two
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Screenshot
Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode guide us through the expanding universe of the moving image
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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This Cultural Life
Figures from the worlds of art and culture talk about their influences and inspirations.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Four
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The Language Exchange
Meetings between poets and scientists who share language and ideas and create new work.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Bridget Riley - Painting the Line
A portrait of a true visionary and one of our greatest living painters.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Two
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The Fear of God: Twenty-Five Years of The Exorcist
Mark Kermode explores the extraordinary history of The Exorcist.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Four
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Changing Landscapes
Meditating on the care and carelessness we've brought to bear on Scotland's environment.
´óÏó´«Ã½ One Scotland
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The Poetry Detective
Vanessa Kisuule explores the stories behind the poems we carry with us through life.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Pride or Prejudice: How we Read Now
Professor Abigail Williams explores changing views of the novel.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Blown
A dance film by Corey Baker to coincide with COP26 and inspired by renewable energy.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Scotland
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Nature and Us: A History through Art
The story of our ever-changing relationship with nature, told through the lens of our art.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Four
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Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius
Docudrama that recounts the astonishing life story of a forgotten genius.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Four
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This Cultural Life
In-depth conversations with some of the world's leading artists and creatives.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Listening through the Lens: The Christopher Nupen Films
A film about Christopher Nupen, a pioneering director of films about classical music.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Four
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Comedy from the Wilderness
A report from the 2021 Wilderness Festival with Marcel Lucont, Robin Clyfan and The Idler.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Safe Space
Exploring the idea and history of ‘safe space’ as it has crossed over into the arts.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Nuclear Priesthood
Poet Paul Farley considers how we warn future generations about our buried nuclear waste.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Edinburgh Unlocked
Comedian Mark Nelson and his star team bring you the best of the Edinburgh Fringe.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Scotland
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Sarah Kendall: Talking Story
Sarah Kendall talks to fellow storytellers about what 'story' means to them
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Our Souls So Knit
Caroline Bird uncovers poet Michael Field, AKA Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Arena: African Apocalypse
Femi Nylander travels to West Africa to discover the impact of century-old atrocities.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Two
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Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes
Portrait of Delia Derbyshire, the electronic sound pioneer behind the Doctor Who theme.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Four
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Peter Brook
Glenda Jackson's exclusive interview with world famous theatre director Peter Brook.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Recall of the Rock
The poet Helen Mort imagines what mountains might remember of the women who climb them.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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A Life in Ten Pictures
A series of extraordinary lives each unlocked by a just a handful of images.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Two
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The Day the Muzak Died
Part love letter, part obituary to the music of Muzak Corporation.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Daughters of the Snow
Poet Himali Singh Soin looks to the North Pole and sees a mythologised space in literature
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Inventions in Sound
The poet Raymond Antrobus explores the art of translating sound for the eye.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Future Art
James Fox steps into the future to ask how technology is transforming the art world.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Price of Song
John Wilson investigates the value of the songs that provide the soundtracks to our lives.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Shock Waves
Five artists chronicle how they have responded to the Covid-19 pandemic.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Lost Sounds Orchestra
Sounds of the past to come to life through the technology of the present.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Sheridan's Showstoppers
Sheridan Smith's musicals podcast in which she's joined by a guest in every episode.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2
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Sci-Fi Blindness
Peter White explores science fiction's enduring interest in blindness.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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A Plague On All Our Houses
How Covid is making us think differently about Shakespeare.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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When Will Theatre Come Black?
As the sector rebuilds, Bridget Minamore imagines a new future for Black British theatre.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Poems at Dusk
Poet Theresa Lola explores the relationship between poetry, old age and mortality.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Tracey Dobbs: Images That Last a Lifetime
Tracey Dobbs is a Welsh photographer creating children's images that last a lifetime
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Barack Obama Talks to David Olusoga
Barack Obama discusses long-awaited memoir A Promised Land with historian David Olusoga.
´óÏó´«Ã½ One
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Can I Still Read Harry Potter?
A fan of the boy wizard explores what it means to stop reading a beloved book.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4