The Essay Episodes Available now
Episode 2—The Darkest Hour
2/5 Literary critic and author John Sutherland explores the history of insomnia in literature.
Margaret Drabble—The Darkest Hour
1/5 Author Margaret Drabble explores how insomnia has become something of an old friend.
Episode 5—The Other Empire
5/5 Julian Jackson focuses on the Algerian War, France's last great colonial crisis.
Episode 4—The Other Empire
4/5 Julian Jackson focuses on France's involvement in Indo-China - Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
Episode 3—The Other Empire
3/5 Julian Jackson discusses the imperial troops who fought for France in two world wars.
Episode 2—The Other Empire
2/5 Julian Jackson tells the story of France's involvement in sub-Saharan Africa.
Episode 1—The Other Empire
1/5 Julian Jackson explores France's first war of decolonisation: a slave rebellion in Haiti.
Episode 4—The Music Appreciation Movement
4/4 Richard Witts on Music Appreciation's excursion into film and a new broadcasting era.
Episode 3—The Music Appreciation Movement
3/4 Musicologist Richard Witts explores the significance of programme notes.
Episode 2—The Music Appreciation Movement
2/4 Richard Witts on educationalist Walford Davies and Imogen Holst, one of his team.
