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Beyond Borders

Stephen Sexton - The Tory Islanders

Poet Stephen Sexton talks about the margins between language and image.

• 14 mins

Beyond Borders

Wendy Erskine - Knock Knock, Who's There?

Writer Wendy Erskine takes us through doorways that open up portals into other worlds.

• 14 mins

Beyond Borders

Ed Vulliamy - Forever Young

Writer and journalist Ed Vulliamy talks about the musicians crossing the age barrier.

• 14 mins

Beyond Borders

Philip Hoare - The Haunted Sea

Author Philip Hoare transcends the elements and talks about being reshaped by the sea.

• 14 mins

Blade Runner at 40

Los Angeles 2019

Five writers explore Blade Runner's legacy of ideas. 1: Deyan Sudjic on the city.

• 14 mins

Blade Runner at 40

The Year of Blade Runner 2: Sounds of the Future Past

Five writers explore Blade Runner's legacy of ideas and images. 2: Frances Morgan on sound

• 14 mins

Blade Runner at 40

The Year of Blade Runner 3: More Human Than Human - Ken Hollings

Five writers explore Blade Runner's legacy. 3: More Human Than Human - Ken Hollings.

• 14 mins

Blade Runner at 40

Zhora and the Snake - Dr Beth Singler

Dr Beth Singler explores the ethics of AI sexbots in Zhora and the Snake.

• 14 mins

Blade Runner at 40

Fiery the Angels Fell - David Thomson

Film critic and historian David Thomson stares back at Ridley Scott's puzzling future.

• 14 mins

The Weimar Years

Episode 1

Historian Jochen Hung presents his view of the Weimar Republic from Berlin.

• 14 mins

The Weimar Years

Episode 2

Camilla Smith looks at the art of the Weimar Republic.

• 14 mins

The Weimar Years

Episode 3

Author Katie Sutton looks at sexuality in the Weimar Republic.

• 14 mins

The Weimar Years

Episode 4

Film critic Clarisse Loughrey looks at the cinema of the Weimar Republic.

• 14 mins

The Weimar Years

Episode 5

Ute Lemper looks at the enduring appeal of Weimar music and song.

• 14 mins

Legacies of 1619

Philip Quaque

Caryl Phillips reflects on the life of African priest Philip Quaque.

• 14 mins

Legacies of 1619

Isaac

Daina Ramey Berry reflects on Isaac, whose life ended in a final act of defiance.

• 14 mins

Legacies of 1619

Sarah Forbes Bonetta

David Olusoga on the life of a girl sold into slavery and gifted to Queen Victoria.

• 14 mins

Legacies of 1619

Mary Prince and Sally Hemings

Author Anne Bailey reflects on two remarkable women, Mary Prince and Sally Hemings.

• 14 mins

Legacies of 1619

John Ocansey

Caryl Phillips reflects on young African John Ocansey exercising his freedom in Liverpool.

• 14 mins

Dance Till You Bleed: The World According to Hans Christian Andersen - Episode 1

The Most Incredible Thing. Toby Jones stars in five fairy-tale adaptations. 1/5

• 14 mins

Dance Till You Bleed: The World According to Hans Christian Andersen - Episode 2

The Red Shoes. Toby Jones stars in five fairy-tale adaptations by Lucy Catherine. 2/5

• 14 mins

Dance Till You Bleed: The World According to Hans Christian Andersen - Episode 3

Anne Lisbeth. Toby Jones stars in five fairy-tale adaptations by Lucy Catherine. 3/5

• 14 mins

Dance Till You Bleed: The World According to Hans Christian Andersen - Episode 4

The Ice Maiden. Toby Jones stars as in five fairy-tale adaptations by Lucy Catherine. 4/5

• 14 mins

Dance Till You Bleed: The World According to Hans Christian Andersen - Episode 5

The Wicked Prince. Thing. Toby Jones stars in five fairy-tale adaptations. 5/5

• 14 mins

Open Endings

Ian Rankin on Lord of the Flies

Ian Rankin chooses William Golding's Lord of the Flies.

• 14 mins

Open Endings

Bernardine Evaristo on Mrs Dalloway

Man Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo chooses Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway.

• 14 mins

Open Endings

AL Kennedy on The Wind in the Willows

AL Kennedy chooses Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows

• 14 mins

Open Endings

Elif Shafak on Anna Karenina

Elif Shafak chooses Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.

• 14 mins

Open Endings

Philippa Gregory on Jane Eyre

Historical author Philippa Gregory writes a new end for Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.

• 14 mins

Beneath the Night

The Great Sky Above

Can we find meaning in the stars? Astronomer Dr Stuart Clark searches for answers.

• 14 mins