Arts
The Read
Rediscover the books you thought you knew. Acclaimed actors combine with classic literature, breathing new life into iconic stories.
Series 2: The Remains of the Day: The Read with Steve Pemberton (61 mins)
- ArenaTruth is telling. How music and lyrics provided a lifeline at a time of personal change59 mins
- OmnibusAuthor Patricia Cornwell is convinced she knows Jack the Ripper's true identity. (2002)58 mins
- Billy Connolly and Aly Bain: Fishing for Poetry - A Celebration of Norman MacCaig...Anecdotes, tributes and readings for the late poet Norman MacCaig.59 mins
- Alan Bennett at 80: Hytner Meets BennettSir Nicholas Hytner interviews playwright Alan Bennett on the eve of his 80th birthday.59 mins
- The Secret Life of BooksTony Jordan brings his writer's insight to Charles Dickens's Great Expectations.
- Gaga for Dada: The Original Art RebelsAn irreverent trip into the world of influential avant-garde art movement Dada.58 mins
- Art on the ±«ÓãtvArt historian Kate Bryan creates a television history of the nude.
- Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a ContinentHow fearless writers created books that redefined the image of Africa in the world.59 mins
- Nature and Us: A History through ArtJames Fox uses art to chart humankind’s earliest attempts to gain control over nature.
- This Cultural LifeJuliette Binoche. Revealing the formative influences of a formidable actor30 mins
- Firestarter: The Story of BangarraHow an Indigenous Australian dance group became a cultural powerhouse.58 mins
- Dance PassionCorey Baker’s film rallies dancers, drones, precision drivers and a closed track.5 mins
