The Northern Irish Man in C S Lewis
The much loved writer's fascinating childhood and how it inspired tales of Narnia. Brian Sibley's account stars Geoffrey Palmer.
The Man with the Blue Guitar
Broadcast Sat 6 Nov 2010, Radio 3, Between the Ears
160/44; 33.8 MB; sound quality excellent
Wallace Stevens and Pablo Picasso were two great modernists who had much in common: rather than representing the world in their
A play by Kwame Kwei-Armah retells the story behind the tense negotiations that lead to the creation of an independant Zimbabwe.
BBC Radio 4
Read more…The life and death of Socrates set against the golden time of Greece.
Written and read by Bettany Hughes.
BBC Book of the Week
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Documentary-style drama by Michael Butt that tells the story of the 1586 plot to assassinate Elizabeth I and return England to Catholic ruleunder Mary, Queen of Scots. The story is told from the perspective of several of the conspirators - some genu
Read more…Jim Norton reads JG Farrell's novel set against the struggle for independence.
BBC book at bedtime.
in 10 episodes
Read more…A compelling account of the life of the Spanish Infanta who became Queen of England, then changed the course of Tudor history.
Yolanda Vazquez reads Giles Tremlett's new biography of Catherine of Aragon, the tenacious woman whose marriage lasted twic
Read more…Erich Maria Remarque's haunting, comic, lyrical and desperate tale of First World War German soldiers. Stars Robert Lonsdale.
Read more…Revolting People
Revolting People is a BBC Radio 4 situation comedy set in colonial Baltimore, Maryland, just before the American Revolutionary War. The series is written by the Briton Andy Hamilton and the American Jay Tarses, with Tarses playing a s
Author Jenny Diski observes human relationship with other animals. BBC Book of the Week Read by Lesley Manville
Read more…Historian Bettany Hughes looks at British first contacts with the Romans and how people loved or resented their new overlords.
Read more…August 1914: After British decimation at the Battle of Mons, four soldiers hide out in rural France. Read by Tom Goodman-Hill.
Read more…The Shiver by
First broadcast 20041001, Radio 4
First repeated 20040607, Radio 4
Repeated 20101109, Radio 7
Poet Lemn Sissay enters the curious, involuntary world of that most telling of human responses - the shiver. A harbinger of danger, fear, cold
