Artworks Episodes Episode guide
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Allen Ginsberg鈥檚 Last Soup
Ian Sansom tells the story of one of poet Allen Ginsberg last great works - a fish soup.
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LA: Rising from the Ashes
Jonathan Glancey meets architects leading LA's recovery from 2025's catastrophic fires.
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Mother: 100 years of Martha Graham Dance
Is Martha Graham the mother of modern dance?
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A Century in a Click: 100 Years of the Photobooth
Click, whirrrr, whoosh! Alan Dein celebrates a century of the photobooth in four snaps.
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Uneasy Listening
Celebrating the challenging music of Stockhausen, Cage and Feldman and why it's overlooked
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Band of Mothers
Can an all-female Oxfordshire band in their mid-50s recreate their student success?
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Stoppard at Work
Actors, directors and more share insights on working with the playwright Tom Stoppard.
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The Last Sweeping Beams
Helen Mort explores the allure of the lighthouse as their sweeping beams are modernised.
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Under a Cloud
The poet laureate, Simon Armitage, gets his head in the clouds.
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Landays: Poems of Afghan Rebellion
Lyse Doucet explores the verse form which Afghan women share to speak of love and hardship
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Time and the Forest
The sculptor David Nash reflects on his decades-long collaboration with nature.
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Baby, You Can Compose My Car
John Robins discovers who is designing the sounds of electric vehicles... and why.
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Drama in Schools: An Unfolding Tragedy?
The actor Christopher Eccleston investigates the decline in drama education in schools.
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Mr and Mrs Angadi
Sindhu Vee joins the dots between the UK's first yoga class, a family home and The Beatles
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Poems on the Underground
A programme to mark the 40th anniversary of London's Poems on the Underground scheme.
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Do You Call That Singing?
Why do many great singers speak their songs? Adrian Goldberg on the power of sprechgesang.
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Omid's Tapes: The Afghan Memory Keeper
Afghan-American archivist Omid races to save rare Afghan cassettes from the Taliban.
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Okay Computer? Music in the Age of AI
Famed producer Giles Martin wades into the murky waters of AI in music.
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Unesco: From Cultural Diplomacy to Culture Wars
What does the United Nations cultural body tell us about the value of soft power today?
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Painting with Scissors
The revolutionary history of collage. How cut and paste shaped 20th-century culture.
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Queen Victoria's Nightmares
Presented by Matthew Sweet. A new discovery about the unconscious mind of Queen Victoria.
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When Kevin Met Sadie
Chris Page explores the influence of Joan Lingard鈥檚 Kevin & Sadie novels on young readers.
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Who Is the Door-to-Door Poet?
Spend the day with the world鈥檚 first door-knocking poet.
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Ways of Not Seeing
Exploring how blind approaches to art description bring galleries to life for everyone.
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For FUZZ Sake
John Robb explores how the sound of fuzz changed the world.
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Iris Barry, First Lady of Film
Delve into the world of Iris Barry 鈥� pioneering film critic, curator and preservationist.
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Love鈥檚 Moment: RS Thomas and Mildred Eldridge
Gwyneth Lewis explores the unusual marriage of poet RS Thomas and artist Mildred Eldridge.
