The Radio 3 Documentary Episodes Episode guide
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Government Song Woman
Rhiannon Giddens investigates the folk song collector Sidney Robertson Cowell.
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God Intoxicated Man - The Life and Times of Benedict Spinoza
Michael Goldfarb tells the story of Dutch philosopher Benedict Spinoza.
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God Intoxicated Man - The Life and Times of Benedict Spinoza
Exploring different aspects of history, science, philosophy and the arts.
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Glitter and Villainy
Daisy Black, Radio 3 New Generation Thinker, investigates the camp villain in history.
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George Reynolds - writer and contemporary of Dickens
Sunday Feature: The Other Dickens. Laurence Scott explores the work and the life of of...
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Geneticist Steve Jones investigates the science of crowds
Sunday Feature: Crowd Psychology. From the summer riots last year to the Olympics and...
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Gabriel Prokofiev - My family and Russia
Composer Gabriel Prokofiev explores the relationship between Russian music and the state
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From the Ashes
Allan Little looks at arts festivals started in the aftermath of World War Two
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Forests of The Imagination
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough searches the Autumn forest, looking for stories.
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Folk Connections: Cecil Sharp's Appalachian Trail
Andy Kershaw follows song collector Cecil Sharp's Appalachian trail in the spring of 1916
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Exit Burbage - The Man Who Created Hamlet
Without Richard Burbage, there would be no Shakespeare. Yet he's virtually unknown - why?
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Everybody Likes Music Don鈥檛 They?
How can a song mean terror for one person and boredom for another?
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Even more Kershaw Tapes
Andy Kershaw introduces his own cassette recordings of music from his travels.
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Europe - the Art of Austerity
Sunday Feature: Michael Goldfarb talks to Anne Enright and Justin Cartwright about to...
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Enter the Dragon Chinese Theatre in the 21st century
Rana Mitter travels to Beijing to explore the recent flourishing of theatre in China...
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Edinburgh 70: Nothing Short of a Miracle
Jim Naughtie reflects on the origins of the Edinburgh Festival.
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Dr Adam Smith on the War of the South in America
The American Civil War: The War of the South. Dr Adam Smith travels to Richmond, the...
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Dr Adam Smith on the War of the North in America
The American Civil War: The War of the North. Dr Adam Smith travels from Lincoln's to...
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Dr Adam Smith on the dividing lines of the American Civil War
The American Civil War: Dividing Lines. Historian Adam Smith visits contemporary to...
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Dr Adam Smith on Britain in the American Civil War
The American Civil War: Blockade Runners and Black Minstrels. What did Britain do in...
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Dawn on the Somme
Kate Kennedy explores the Somme through the lives of musicians who took part
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David Attenborough - World Music Collector
David Attenborough recalls collecting music from around the world, and listens once again
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David Attenborough - World Music Collector
David Attenborough recalls collecting music from around the world, and listens once again
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Cristiani and Her Cello
The profound bond Lise Cristiani developed with the instrument she called 'husband'
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Cold War in Full Swing - Louis Armstrong in the GDR
Kevin Le Gendre discovers how Louis Armstrong came to play jazz in communist East Germany
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Classical Voice Season: An Anatomy of Singing
Mary King investigates how advances in our anatomy knowledge are changing the way we sing
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Charles Dickens: Great Expectations
Sarah Dillon goes on the hunt for the story behind how Great Expectations was written.
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Caucasian Roots Part 2 of 2
Bettany Hughes asks if the Caucasus was the home of the race known as 'Caucasians'.
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Caucasian Roots part 1 of 2
Historian Bettany Hughes follows the trail of the Caucasus in antiquity.
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Canada 150: Geeking Glenn Gould
James Rhodes goes in hunt of his boyhood hero: Candian pianist Glenn Gould.
