Seriously interesting documentaries from Radio 4.
Elis James argues that football - not rugby - best reflects modern Welsh identity.
Michael Symmons Roberts examines the myth that the 1996 bomb heralded Manchester's rebirth
The story of Jimmy Scott, one of the 20th century's most overlooked vocalists.
Two-part documentary looking at the second most remote community in the world
A musical portrait of how the jazz trumpeter Miles Davis became a painter in later life.
On its 40th anniversary, Mark Hodkinson looks at the impact of punk rock in Yorkshire.
Film-maker Molly Dineen examines the concept of truth in documentary.
Winifred Robinson reports on the lives of thousands of families being tracked in Bradford.
A night out in the Latino suburbs with the mariachis of Boyle Heights, East LA.
Lucy Cooke explores our seeming obsession with all things cute.
Alistair McGowan uncovers the sensational, creative life of the Irish composer John Field.
Jarvis Cocker celebrates the life and work of literary wunderkind Carson McCullers.
The story of how two of the greatest albums of all time were released on the same day.
Is small the next big? Leo Johnson explores the radical vision of EF Schumacher.
Dane Hurst takes a Rambert dance floor to South Africa for use by underprivileged children
Peter McGraith hears personal accounts of same-sex marriage in post equality Britain.
David Tennant explores the back story to Osborne's revolutionary play Look Back in Anger.
Dr Shahidha Bari looks at the history of the sari.
Matt Everitt explores the decisions that have transformed the record industry.
Google dominates internet searching. Rory Cellan-Jones asks if it is too powerful.
Robert McCrum journeys across Obama's America in search of Shakespeare.
Oliver Burkeman explores the frequent human experience of feeling like a fraud.
Fergal Keane explores the cultural landscape of the 1916 Easter Rising.
A meditation on loss, with real and imagined stories bound by sound and silence.