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Listener, They Won It

Lynne Truss

Writer Lynne Truss on the celebrity racehorse Eclipse captured in Stubbs's 1770 portrait.

• 15 mins

Listener, They Won It

Richard T Kelly

Author Richard T Kelly on rugby league in Lindsay Anderson's film This Sporting Life.

• 15 mins

Listener, They Won It

Richard Cohen

Former Olympic fencer Richard Cohen on swordplay in Dumas's The Three Musketeers.

• 15 mins

Listener, They Won It

Ed Smith

Writer and former England cricketer Ed Smith on cricket in the novels of JL Carr.

• 15 mins

The Case for Doubt

Alastair Campbell on Self-Doubt

Alastair Campbell on how self-doubt can be a remarkable source of energy and creativity.

• 15 mins

The Case for Doubt

Susan Greenfield on Scientific Doubt

Susan Greenfield argues that doubt among scientists should be 'as natural as breathing'.

• 15 mins

The Case for Doubt

Madeleine Bunting on Religious Doubt

Journalist and writer Madeleine Bunting discusses religious doubt.

• 15 mins

The Case for Doubt

Jennifer Michael Hecht on Doubt

American poet and historian Jennifer Michael Hecht argues doubt is 'a beautiful thing'.

• 15 mins

Bram Stoker

Catherine Wynne

Dr Catherine Wynne on the life of Dracula's creator, Bram Stoker, who died 100 years ago.

• 15 mins

Bram Stoker

Colm Toibin

Novelist Colm Toibin explores the origins of Bram Stoker's Dracula.

• 15 mins

Bram Stoker

Christopher Frayling

Christopher Frayling takes a trip to Transylvania inspired by Bram Stoker's Dracula.

• 15 mins

Bram Stoker

Roger Luckhurst

Professor Roger Luckhurst explores Stoker's Egyptian horror The Jewel of Seven Stars.

• 15 mins

Bram Stoker

Jarlath Killeen

Dr Jarlath Killeen explores Bram Stoker's last novel, The Lair of the White Worm.

• 15 mins

Shakespeare and Love

Margaret Drabble

Writer Margaret Drabble explores how Shakespeare has deepened our concept of love.

• 15 mins

Shakespeare and Love

Stanley Wells

Stanley Wells argues that Shakespeare's many portrayals of love reflect his own life.

• 15 mins

Shakespeare and Love

Samuel West

Actor and director Samuel West talks of his own passion for Shakespearean love.

• 15 mins

Shakespeare and Love

Helen Hackett

Helen Hackett argues that Shakespeare used sonnets to speak a higher truth about love.

• 15 mins

Shakespeare and Love

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Writer and journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown examines interracial love in Shakespeare.

• 15 mins

Here's Looking at Me

Akram Khan

Dancer Akram Khan on Darvish Fakhr's nine-panel portrait by which captures him in action.

• 15 mins

Shakespeare Around the Globe

Poonam Trivedi

Poonam Trivedi explains how Bollywood helped to make Shakespeare's reputation in India.

• 15 mins

Shakespeare Around the Globe

Narguess Farzad

Narguess Farzad explores how Iranians fell under the spell of Shakespeare.

• 15 mins

Shakespeare Around the Globe

Eldred Jones

Eldred Jones explores the mutual attraction between Shakespeare and Africa.

• 15 mins

Shakespeare Around the Globe

Aimara Resende

Aimara Resende focuses on the power and influence of Shakespeare in Latin America.

• 15 mins

Shakespeare Around the Globe

Yong Li Lan

Yong Li Lan describes how popular Shakespeare remains in China and south east Asia.

• 15 mins

Strange Justice

Episode 1

South African lawyer Albie Sachs reflects on the momentous changes in his country.

• 15 mins

Strange Justice

Episode 2

Albie Sachs reflects on his time as a justice of South Africa's Constitutional Court.

• 15 mins

Strange Justice

Episode 3

Lawyer Albie Sachs considers the issue of equality in the new South Africa.

• 15 mins

Strange Justice

Episode 4

Lawyer Albie Sachs on cases involving religion in South Africa's courts.

• 15 mins

Strange Justice

Episode 5

Lawyer Albie Sachs discusses issues about social and economic rights in South Africa.

• 15 mins

A Sporting Lexicon

Challenge

Writer Colin Thubron on how we have to 'challenge' to achieve in the sporting world.

• 15 mins