Sunday Feature Episodes Episode guide
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Government Song Woman
Rhiannon Giddens investigates folk song collector Sidney Robertson Cowell.
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Carol and Muriel
Carol Morley on Britain's most prolific female director, Muriel Box.
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A Jig into History
Nandini Das celebrates the pioneering commercial triumph of Shakespeare's clown Will Kemp.
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Tutu - A Portrait of Nigeria
Chibundu Onuzo tells the story of 鈥楢frica鈥檚 Mona Lisa鈥� and its creator Ben Enwonwu.
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Metal City
How has metalworking affected the culture of Birmingham over hundreds of years?
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Rebel Sounds: Musical Resistance in Barbados
Peter Brathwaite discovers the music of both his enslaved and slave-owning ancestors.
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Yiddish Glory
Songs confiscated by the KGB, and thought lost.
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Scott Ross 鈥� Harpsichord Rebel
Phil Hebblethwaite traces the complex life of an early music maverick.
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Unlocking Anne
Clare Pollard pieces together the life and work of forgotten 16th-century poet Anne Lock.
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O Sole Mio
On the streets of Naples, Joanna Robertson celebrates the city's unique musical tradition.
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What Walls Hold
Charles Dickens鈥檚 life was shaped by an extraordinary house. Docudrama with Alex Jennings.
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Shostakovich and the Battle for Babi Yar
The story of Shostakovich's Symphony No 13 and the trailblazing poem which inspired it.
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Deeds and Words
Dr Diarmuid Hester explores the radical life of suffrage theatre pioneer Edith Craig.
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Briggflatts - A Northern Poetic Odyssey
Rory Stewart in search of Basil Bunting鈥檚 neglected masterpiece about love, loss and time.
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The Most Contrary Region
Paul Muldoon on how the arts influenced a century of broadcasting at the 成人快手 in Belfast.
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The Microphone
Alan Dein explores the world-changing cultural history of an overlooked object.
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Chasing the Dream
Dr Hetta Howes examines the creative power of a disturbed night's sleep.
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The Sonic Century: A New Art
A kaleidoscopic montage exploring the life and work of radio pioneer Lance Sieveking.
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Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On
Simon Heffer explores what lies behind the Sixth Symphony by Vaughan Williams.
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An Unconventional Teacher
Ralph Vaughan Williams's legacy as a teacher of women composers.
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Frank Johnson, Queen Victoria and the Black Brass Band
Uchenna Ngwe tracks down the remarkable story of an African American musical pioneer.
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Yellowstone - The Art of America
How art played a crucial role in creating the world's first national park.
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Classical Commonwealth, Part 2
Errollyn Wallen unravels more stories of classical music across the British Commonwealth.
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City solutions
Professor Des Fitzgerald explores new thinking on the health impact of city life.
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Afterwords: Thich Nhat Hanh
A radio portrait of Vietnamese Buddhist monk and author Thich Nhat Hanh.
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Afterwords: Chinua Achebe
The work of Chinua Achebe, in his own words, and in the words of those who knew him.
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Afterwords: Muriel Spark
Reflections on the work of Muriel Spark, through archive of the author and new interviews.
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Dylan and the Ferry
Dafydd Mills Daniel investigates the story behind an iconic image of Bob Dylan.
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Here Be Mermaids
Why are mermaids an ideal tool for describing things that our society does not understand?
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The Primitivism of Primitivism
Alastair Sooke reassesses the origins and relevance of primitivism in art history.
