Jane Austen is 17 and beginning to write stories.
Edith Bowman presents a night of frighteningly great film music at the Royal Albert Hall.
Michelangelo struggles to make his name in the brutal world of Renaissance Italy.
Damian Barr talks books with Brian Cox, Rachel Kushner and Tash Aw.
The first of three films presenting a portrait of one of the world's greatest comic actors
Angela Wynter and Rudolph Walker look back on their poignant two-hander episode.
First of a two-part film profile of Orson Welles, which goes as far as Touch of Evil.
Kirsty Wark meets the Scots who have shaped the fashion industry.
Discover the maverick behind some of the most iconic images of the past century.
The incredible story of Clemency Burton-Hill鈥檚 recovery following a brain haemorrhage.
The Grammy-winning singer performs incredible new arrangements of her most-loved songs.
Simon Schama explores how artists have shaped who we are in an era of bewildering change.
Bill Bailey matches a remarkable young woman with cancer with a realist painter.
A comprehensive journey through the history of funk music.
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason talks to John Wilson about his formative cultural influences.
Jason Manford hosts a musical celebration with spectacular performances.
Alan Yentob interviews leading British artist Jenny Saville.
Prof Mary Beard asks not what the Romans did for us, but what the empire did for Rome.
Who is the real monster? Robert Louis Stevenson鈥檚 defining gothic horror in all its glory.
A celebration of Elaine Paige's 60-year career in show business.
Documentary about 60s pop artist Pauline Boty, tracking her contribution to British art.
Director and choreographer Matthew Bourne's radical reworking of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.
The truth about the Maria Callas myth and the gift of her extraordinary voice.
Alastair Sooke crosses the Sahara and travels the Nile to find Egypt's earliest art.
