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The Arts Interviews
Leading members of the arts community in frank and revealing discussions.
±«Óãtv News
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Hanif Kureishi Remembers... The Buddha of Suburbia
Hanif Kureishi discusses how his novel became one of the defining TV dramas of the 90s.
±«Óãtv Four
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A Career in Music with Harmony Samuels
Musician and producer Harmony Samuels reveals how to have a successful career in music.
±«Óãtv Radio 4
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Dan Cruickshank and the Lost Treasure of Kabul
Dan Cruickshank goes to Afghanistan to explore the wonders of a once-great civilisation.
±«Óãtv Four
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The Captain's Apprentice by Caroline Davison
Edwardian folk song, the Fens and the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams. Poppy Miller reads.
±«Óãtv Radio 4
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Being Jackie Wilson
The extraordinary tale of Jackie Wilson and his impersonator, Bobby Brooks.
±«Óãtv Radio 4
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A Little Flat: The Music Our Ears Overlook
Nabihah Iqbal explores the variety of notes and scales used to make music across the globe
±«Óãtv Radio 4
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Moira Armstrong and Vivien Heilbron Remember... Sunset Song
Vivien Heilbron and Moira Armstrong look back on the 1971 ±«Óãtv Scotland drama Sunset Song.
±«Óãtv Four
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A Picture of Birmingham, by Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah revisits his home town, Birmingham, on a mission to compose a new poem.
±«Óãtv One
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Nina Simone: Live at Montreux 1976
An archive performance of Nina Simone playing at the 1976 Montreux Jazz Festival.
±«Óãtv Two
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My Space: The Blackpool Tower
Enter this iconic building to hear stories from those whose lives have been changed here.
±«Óãtv Radio 4
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Words First
Short, animated poems, specially commissioned to bring the work of poets to the screen.
±«Óãtv Four
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Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry at the ±«Óãtv
Dance Away the evening for this dive into both Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry.
±«Óãtv Two
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Wales: Music Nation with Huw Stephens
Huw Stephens reveals the fascinating history of Welsh music.
±«Óãtv Two Wales
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Christopher Eccleston Remembers... Our Friends in the North
Christopher Eccleston reflects on the making of Peter Flannery's acclaimed 1996 drama.
±«Óãtv Four
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Ukraine’s Musical Freedom Fighters with Clive Myrie
Can musicians form an orchestra in ten weeks in a fight for their cultural identity?
±«Óãtv Two
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Contains Strong Language Live from Birmingham
Selections of poetry from the Contains Strong Language festival in Birmingham
±«Óãtv Radio 4
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Stolen: Catching the Art Thieves
The first-hand stories of Europe’s most daring art heists.
±«Óãtv Two
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Imagiste
Jean Sprackland explores the subversive beauty of female Imagist poets H.D. and Amy Lowell
±«Óãtv Radio 4
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Diomysus: More Than Monogamy
Documentary featuring interviews from the UK polyamory community - in puppet form!
±«Óãtv Three
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Screengrabbed Too: ±«Óãtv Introducing Arts
Huw Stephens presents a selection of short films from emerging UK artists and film-makers.
±«Óãtv Four
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Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art
The rebellious art students who took on the old guard and changed the art world forever.
±«Óãtv Two
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Ukraine's Musical Freedom Fighters
Clive Myrie tells the extraordinary story of the newly formed Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra.
±«Óãtv News
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Peter Greenaway - Painting with Film
An immersive 80th birthday encounter with film-maker and artist Peter Greenaway.
±«Óãtv Radio 4
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Her Majesty's Art
In a special programme Radio 2 looks back at the Queen's art collection.
±«Óãtv Radio 2
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The American Clarinet
How Americans took a European instrument and made it their own.
±«Óãtv Radio 3
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Kenneth Branagh Remembers... Billy Plays
Kenneth Branagh recalls his breakthrough role in Graham Reid’s trilogy, set in Belfast.
±«Óãtv Four
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Green Space, Dark Skies: Wales
Sian Eleri visits Anglesey, becoming a ‘lumenator’ for a unique event on Parys Mountain.
±«Óãtv One Wales
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Letters to a Young Woman Poet
Poets Gillian Clarke, Penelope Shuttle and Grace Nichols share insights into creativity.
±«Óãtv Radio 4
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Raiders of the Lost Archive
Keith Wickham hunts for lost ±«Óãtv radio shows and finds some true classics.
±«Óãtv Radio 4
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Children of the Caribbean Revolution with Lindsay Johns
Lindsay Johns reframes the history of the Caribbean with a celebratory tale of resistance.
±«Óãtv Four
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Virgil Abloh: How to Be Both
Film exploring the life of the legendary designer Virgil Abloh.
±«Óãtv Three
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TS Eliot: Into 'The Waste Land'
Exploring the hidden personal story of TS Eliot's The Waste Land.
±«Óãtv Two
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Xanadu
Daljit Nagra explores the world of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous poem, Kubla Khan.
±«Óãtv Radio 4
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Wild Bond
Celebrate 60 years of Bond movies with a cast of characters from the animal kingdom.
±«Óãtv Radio 4
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The Norwegian Hancock
Paul Merton explores Galton and Simpson’s unexpected Scandinavian success.
±«Óãtv Radio 4
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Imagined Worlds
Booker chair Neil MacGregor reflects on fiction writers' responses to our turbulent times.
±«Óãtv Radio 4
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Four Quartets, Starring Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes’s performance of TS Eliot’s Four Quartets, directed by Sophie Fiennes.
±«Óãtv Four
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David Harewood Remembers... A Man from the Sun
Actor David Harewood shares his impressions of John Elliot’s game-changing 1956 ±«Óãtv drama.
±«Óãtv Four
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Reading the Air
Writer Chris Yates looks to the skies in search of the wintering hen harrier.
±«Óãtv Radio 4
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Music to Scream To - The Hammer Horror Soundtracks
Neil Brand explores Hammer's modernist soundtracks and explains how scary music works.
±«Óãtv Radio 4
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