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Evelyn Waugh

First broadcast in 2003. The life and literary legacy of Evelyn Waugh

• 22 mins

Everyday Design: Cars

Automobile design through the ages

• 22 mins

Everyday Design: Packaging

Exploring the dark art of package design

• 22 mins

Design: Fashion Accessories

Exploring the design of fashion accessories at The Design Museum, London

• 22 mins

Representations of Warriors

The different ways warriors have been depicted in art through the ages

• 22 mins

Painting the Mother

The different ways artists have portrayed mothers

• 22 mins

Painting Lovers

The many ways artists have chosen to portray lovers

• 23 mins

Interpreting Dance in Art

How artists have interpreted dance through the ages in paintings and sculpture

• 23 mins

Animal Farm

A look at George Orwell's masterpiece, Animal Farm

• 22 mins

Claude Debussy

What kind of man was Claude Debussy?

• 22 mins

Katharine Hepburn

A profile of Hollywood actress Katharine Hepburn

• 22 mins

Peter Bazelgette

An interview with Peter Bazelgette, producer of reality TV programme 'Big Brother'

• 22 mins

Shabana Azmi

An interview with Indian actress and member of parliament Shabana Azmi

• 22 mins

Heavy Hearts of Zanzibar

A look at marriage in Zanzibar

• 22 mins

Fela Kuti: Gentleman

A profile of singer Fela Kuti

• 22 mins

The Crucible - Arthur Miller

How Arthur Miller tried to throw light on the 1950s McCarthy witchhunt with 'The Crucible'

• 22 mins

Monsters - Part 2 - The Monster Within

Exploring the universal fear of the monster within us all

• 22 mins

Monsters - Part 3 - Scientific Monsters

A look at stories about creative fiends who use science to make monsters

• 22 mins

Monsters - Part 4 - Alien Monsters

Are there monsters in outer space?

• 22 mins

Soul Music: Fever

The history and continuing appeal of the song 'Fever' made famous by Peggy Lee

• 22 mins

Soul Music: Moon River

A look at the appeal of the song 'Moon River' and the film 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'

• 23 mins

Soul Music: Kol Nidre

Exploring the meaning and significance of performing the Jewish prayer 'Kol Nidre'

• 22 mins

Soul Music: For Somewhere

The special appeal of Bernstein’s song ‘Somewhere’ from ‘West Side Story’

• 22 mins

My African City: Kampala

Ugandan Philip Luswata gives a guided tour around his favourite city in Africa

• 22 mins

Accra, Ghana

An exploration of the hip hop scene in Accra, Ghana

• 22 mins

My African City: Marrakech

Rock writer Yusuf Al Alamy gives a guided tour around 'his favourite African city'

• 22 mins

My African City: Maputo

A tour of the cultural heart of Maputo

• 22 mins

Linda Colley and David Cannadine

A profile of two narrative historians who write ‘ big books for a broad public’

• 22 mins

Sir Willard Wentworth White

An interview with Jamaican born opera singer Willard White

• 22 mins

Michael Frayn and Claire Tomalin

Interview with Michael Frayn and his wife Claire Tomalin both nominated for the Whitbread Book of the Year Prize.

• 22 mins