Sunday Feature Episodes Episode guide
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Sorochintsy Fair
Hardeep Singh Kohli examines life and work of the Ukrainian writer Nikolai Gogol.
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From Ecstasy to Infinity
Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy explores science and mathematics in the arts of the baroque
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The Black Cube
Navid Akhtar talks about the Ka'aba, a shrine in the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
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Dr Rowan Williams
Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, explores the realms of silence.
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Darwin's Conundrum
An exploration of what Charles Darwin really thought about faith and religion.
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The Origins of the Origin
Andrew Cunningham traces the roots of Darwin's On the Origin of Species.
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Killing the King
Justin Champion considers new research about the trial and execution of Charles I.
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Creating Burns's Reputation
Robert Crawford on why Robert Burns was a poet and songwriter of international importance.
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Inside the Art Schools
Michael Bracewell discovers how today's art students realise their creative ambitions.
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Vril
Matthew Sweet finds out about Vril, an all-powerful Victorian fictional energy source.
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John Milton's Adventurous Song
David Norbrook traces Milton from his age to ours, and considers his importance today.
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Yiddish: A Struggle for Survival
Dennis Mark travels to New York to discover what has become of the Yiddish language.
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Buying a Culture in Abu Dhabi
Anthony Sattin explores the attempts in Abu Dhabi to 'buy culture'.
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A New Image for the Housing Estate
Author Dreda Say Mitchell investigates the issues relating to today's housing estates.
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Rebellion and Fear: Artists in the Great War
Richard Cork on how the First World War influenced Europe's early avant-garde artists.
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Byzantium
Prof Judith Herrin traces the history of the Roman city of Byzantium.
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Elegy
Poet Michael Symmons Roberts embarks on a personal exploration of the role of the elegy.
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Hark: An Acoustic Archaeology of Elizabethan England
Chris Brookes and Alan Hall sift the sound-worlds of two modern English environments.
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The First War on Terror
Hari Kunzru on writers' responses to the Anarchists of the Victorian and Edwardian era.
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Remember, Remember
Susan Blackmore explores how we are outsourcing the memory of our lives to digital devices
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Broken Images
Louisa Buck discusses the life and work of British painter Francis Bacon.
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Vaughan Williams: Valiant for Truth
Stephen Johnson presents an elegiac portrait of Vaughan Williams the man and composer.
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A Brief History of Cunning
American writer and satirist Joe Queenan traces the history of cunning through the ages.
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Louis MacNeice: The Cat, the Celt and the Cave
Paul Muldoon and other poets offer personal assessments of the Irish poet's work.
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Wee Have Also Sound-Houses
Examining the life and legacy of electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram.
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Waiting for Netaji?
Sunil Khilnani questions the myths surrounding the man they call Netaji, or 'great leader'
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Forster in India: Sex, Books and Empire
The links between EM Forster's homosexuality, his politics and his ability to mix cultures
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The Trial of Ezra Pound
The story of poet Ezra Pound, accused of treason by the US and held in a mental hospital.
