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British Film Comedians

Sid James

Columnist and historian Simon Heffer explores the life and work of comic actor Sid James.

• 15 mins

Being Orson

Boy Wonder

Simon Callow tracks Orson Welles's transformation from schoolboy to prodigy.

• 15 mins

Being Orson

He that Plays the King

Exploring Orson Welles's Shaksepeare film trilogy: Macbeth, Othello and Chimes at Midnight

• 15 mins

Being Orson

Why Citizen Kane Matters

Film critic Peter Bradshaw gives his personal take on Orson Welles's film Citizen Kane.

• 15 mins

Being Orson

F for Fake

Sarah Churchwell discusses film-maker Orson Welles's capacity for self-mythologising.

• 15 mins

Being Orson

Some Kind of Genius

Film critic David Thomson explores Orson Welles's complicated relationship with failure.

• 15 mins

Young Artists Day: Sunita

A new short story by young Nigerian writer Chibundu Onuzo for Radio 3's Young Artists Day.

• 15 mins

Postman's Knock

David Hepworth on the changing rituals of courtship, from dance cards to 'hook-up' culture

• 15 mins

Forgiveness

Madeleine Bunting

Journalist Madeleine Bunting explains why she believes forgiveness is a choice.

• 15 mins

Forgiveness

David Starkey

Dr David Starkey delves into the past as well as the present for examples of forgiveness.

• 15 mins

Forgiveness

Michael Symmons Roberts

Michael Symmons Roberts on why he believes forgiveness has to be accompanied by justice.

• 15 mins

In the Shadow of Kafka

Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood revisits an essay she wrote on Franz Kafka when she was 19 years old.

• 15 mins

In the Shadow of Kafka

His Father's Excrement - Franz Kafka and the Power of the Insect

Hanif Kureishi on Franz Kafka's personal and artistic fascination with the body and food.

• 15 mins

In the Shadow of Kafka

Waving or Drowning: Kafka and Meaning

Karen Leeder explores Franz Kafka's very modern use of messengers and messages.

• 15 mins

In the Shadow of Kafka

Kafka's Castle

Playwright April de Angelis discusses Kafka's novel The Castle.

• 15 mins

In the Shadow of Kafka

Transformer

Playwright Jeff Young explores the unusually powerful impact of Kafka's language.

• 15 mins

The Meaning of Trees

The Meaning of Trees: Pine

Professor Fiona Stafford on the workhorse of the forest, the pine tree.

• 15 mins

The Meaning of Trees

The Meaning of Trees: Hawthorn

Professor Fiona Stafford on hawthorn trees, which have divided Britain for centuries.

• 15 mins

The Meaning of Trees

The Meaning of Trees: Apple

Fiona Stafford discusses the apple tree, which has been loved and hated for centuries.

• 15 mins

The Meaning of Trees

The Meaning of Trees: Poplar

Fiona Stafford on the poplar, the most modern tree and the first to have its DNA sequenced

• 15 mins

The Meaning of Trees

Cypress

Fiona Stafford discusses the Leyland cypress or leylandii.

• 15 mins

The Meaning of Trees

Horse Chestnut

Professor Fiona Stafford discusses the horse chestnut tree.

• 15 mins

The Meaning of Trees

Cherry

Fiona Stafford discusses the cherry tree, prized in many ways, but also in sharp decline.

• 15 mins

The Meaning of Trees

Holly

Fiona Stafford on the holly tree, which reaches huge proportions if not pruned annually.

• 15 mins

The Meaning of Trees

Birch

Birch trees provide punishment, beauty, versatility and wine, but are very short-lived.

• 15 mins

Why I Write

Hay Festival: Daniel Hahn

Editor and translator Daniel Hahn explains why he writes.

• 15 mins

Why I Write

Hay Festival: Alex Clark

Literary journalist and writer Alex Clark explains why she writes.

• 15 mins

Why I Write

Hay Festival: Horatio Clare

At the 2015 Hay Festival, author and journalist Horatio Clare explains why he writes.

• 15 mins

Why I Write

Hay Festival: Frank Cottrell Boyce

At the 2015 Hay Festival, novelist Frank Cottrell Boyce explains why he writes.

• 15 mins

Why I Write

Hay Festival: Gillian Clarke

At the 2015 Hay Festival, Welsh poet laureate Gillian Clarke explains why she writes.

• 15 mins