Sunday Feature Episodes Episode guide
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World War One: Cradle of Jazz
Alyn Shipton charts the musical and social changes behind the emergence of jazz.
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Music in the Great War: Gavrilo Princip's Footprint
Maria Margaronis explores the legacy of Gavrilo Princip, whose shots sparked WWI.
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Bannockburn Begins
Novelist Louise Welsh explores meanings, ancient and modern, of the battle of Bannockburn.
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Dennis Potter - With Aggressive Affection
Matthew Sweet reassseses the life, work and legacy of playwright Dennis Potter.
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Sonic Art Boom - The Art of Noise
Composer Dan Jones celebrates sound art and The Art of Noise Manifesto.
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Clocks and Clouds: An Adventure Around Gy枚rgy Ligeti
A portrait of a magnificent and mischievous musical spirit, Gy枚rgy Ligeti.
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Per Petterson
A profile of Norwegian writer Per Petterson, author of the novel Out Stealing Horses.
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Dylan Thomas the Radio Poet
Writer Rachel Trezise tells the story of Dylan Thomas's broadcasting life.
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Educating Isaac
Nicholas Baragwanath explores a forgotten mode of music education once used in Naples.
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Shakespeare: For and Against
Playwright Mark Ravenhill asks if Shakespeare's genius is beyond question.
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Merchant Ivory - Classics, Celluloid and Class
Laurence Scott re-assesses the work of the film-making team known as Merchant Ivory.
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Billy - The Other Lloyd Webber
Andrew Green explores the life and little-heard romantic music of William Lloyd Webber.
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Living with Memory in Rwanda
Zoe Norridge reports from Rwanda on how the country's devastating genocide is remembered.
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Eileen Gray: The Missing Heart of Design
Fiona Shaw explores the life and work of Irish-born designer and architect Eileen Gray.
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Shanghai - World City Redux
Rana Mitter on how today's ultra-modern Shanghai is rediscovering its glamorous past.
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Albrecht Durer: Printing Press Native
Charlotte Higgins charts the printing prowess of German Renaissance artist Albrecht Durer.
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Somme
Paul Farley visits the Somme, a river whose sleepy character belies its violent history.
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Anything But Banal - The Fascination of the Villain
Paul Allen explores, with Britain's leading actors, the allure of the villain in drama.
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Ideas of Germany
Anne McElvoy considers how Germans see their country's cultural role.
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The Invisible Theatre: Wagner's Opera House in Bayreuth
Tom Service and others explore the ideas behind Wagner's own opera house in Bayreuth.
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A Profile of Ken Adam: The Spectre of Modernism
Matthew Sweet meets film production designer Ken Adam, famous for Bond and Dr Strangelove.
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Britten 100: Cultural Conchies
Exploring the background to the pacifism which was central to Britten's creative vision.
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Albert Camus: Inside the Outsider
Andrew Hussey celebrates the life and work of French writer and philosopher Albert Camus.
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Production-Line Living
AL Kennedy explores the impact and idea of Henry Ford's introduction of the assembly line.
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The Devastation of British Art
Diarmaid MacCulloch tells the story of iconoclasm during the English Reformation.
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Fear and Trembling in Copenhagen - In Search of Soren Kierkegaard
Nigel Warburton explores the life and work of Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard.
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Sound of Cinema: Composing for Hollywood
Journalist Jonathan Coffey explores the business of writing music for the movies.
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Living and Present: Laurie Anderson on Performance Art
Pioneering artist Laurie Anderson traces the roots of contemporary performance art.
