Sunday Feature Episodes Episode guide
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A Guernica for Gotham
Judith Kampfner on the best interpretation in the arts of the 9/11 attacks.
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A Symphony for Detroit
A portrait of the American city of Detroit seen through its world-class orchestra.
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Don't Make Fun of the Festival
John Tusa explores the cultural dimension to the 1951 Festival of Britain.
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Europe: The Art of Austerity
Michael Goldfarb asks how Europe's artists and writers saw the Depression of the 1930s.
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To Listen Well
Hilary Finch considers the craft, purpose and future of newspaper music critics.
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A Movement Beyond Dance
Judith Mackrell asks if dance remains ultimately about the moving human body.
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Barbara Hepworth
Juliet Gardiner profiles Barbara Hepworth, Britain's most successful female sculptor.
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El Milagro! - The Miracle of Cartagena
Owen Sheers visits a Colombian city reborn - through its own great literary heritage.
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Hume, the Philosophical Historian
Andrew Brown explores philosopher David Hume's witty, provocative career as a historian.
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Among the Ranks of the Angels - Rainer Maria Rilke
Martyn Crucefix explores the appeal of Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino Elegies.
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Le Corbusier in Chandigarh
Sukhdev Sandhu travels to Chandigarh, the city in northern India built by Le Corbusier.
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The Life and Afterlife of Wilhelm Reich
Matthew Sweet explores the life, ideas and impact of psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich.
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The World Is Out of Order! - The Life, Work and Legacy of Georg Buchner
Peter Thompson investigates the life and legacy of German dramatist Georg Buchner.
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Endnotes: David Foster Wallace
Geoff Ward considers the legacy of American novelist and writer David Foster Wallace.
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Elizabeth Scott, Architect
The forgotten story of the young female architect of the first Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
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The Shadow of the Emperor
Isabel Hilton reports from China more than 100 years on from the fall of the last emperor.
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China's Museum-Building Boom
Isabel Hilton reports from China on the current boom in museum building.
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Desperately Seeking Mozart
Professor Paul Robertson sets out in search of the real Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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The Little Prince Died at Dawn
Screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce explores the life and work of Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
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From King to Pawn
David Szalay examines chess as an artistic metaphor in literature and modern art.
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A City on a Hill
Clive Lawton explores the Israeli city of Safed, the 'world capital of spirituality'.
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Zaha
Jonathan Glancey reviews the remarkable career of the late architect Dame Zaha Hadid.
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Do Not Expect Applause - The Life and Poetry of WS Graham
Paul Henry presents a celebration of 20th century poet WS Graham.
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Walking with Freud
David Matthews and Anthony Cantle discuss the famous meeting between Mahler and Freud.
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Tolstoy in the Cotswolds
Mike Berlin visits the Gloucestershire village founded on the principles of Leo Tolstoy.