The Alex Lowe Double-Act is a brand new audience comedy for Radio 2 that finally gives the eponymous star his ...

In the wake of an alarming inc ...

Clive Anderson brings together some of the co ...

Fans of Match of the Day magazine have a whole new way to get their fix of news and gossip as presenters Pa ...

Christian O'Connell and guests come to the rescue of the politicians, businessmen, sportsmen, experts and c ...

Poet and broadcaster Lemn Sissay tracks down the men and women with who ...

A third of teenage girls in a relationship suffer unwanted sexual acts and a quarter physical violence, reveal ...

The third part in Oscar winner Frederic Raphael's Glittering Prizes, Fame and Fortune drama t ...

This afternoon play features an all-star cast including Matt Lucas, Gina McKee, Hugh Bonneville ...

Eddie Izzard takes an affectionate, but inquiring look at the life and career of one the UK's most successf ...

The critically-acclaimed sitcom starring Caroline Quentin (Men Behaving Badly), Simon Greenall (I'm Alan Pa ...

A lyrical narrative from award-winning poet Daljit Nagra, inspired by his Uncle's shop in West London in wh ...

Each week Clive discusses the week's events with the pick of the nation's top comedians, critics, commentators ...

Recordings of an unprecedented performance that Jackie Mason gave at the Linbury Theatre.

Frederic Raphael's 1977 masterwork, adapted for radio and narrated by the author, was broadcast as the Rad ...

In W.H Auden's centenary year, Alexander McCall Smith explores the wri ...

This programme eavesdrops on the Persian New Year ceremony of the Zoroastrian religion, which takes place o ...

A groundbreaking comedy series for Radio 2 starring Caroline Quentin, Andy Taylor and Simon Gre ...

Born in Paris the son of Armenian immigrant parents, Charles Aznavour is now one of the last great French ...

One of the most influential composers of the 20th century, Antonio Carlos Jobim is regarded as 'the George ...

Iain Burnside talks about classical music each week with a different theme. 

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In the first of the new series, based on the book Life the Universe and Everything, stranded on ...

2010 will be Nana Mouskouri's 50th year as a recording artist, during her remarkable career she has sold mo ...

Gene Wilder looks at the life of one of the most creative British comics of the last century, Marty Feldma ...

Frederic Raphael's 6 part sequel to his classic The Glittering Prizes, written especially for Radio ...

Hardeep Singh Kohli travels the Hippy Trail, meeting the many musicians, poets, writers and dro ...

Barry Norman presents a four part celebration of the life and work of pioneering actor Sidney Poitier, one ...

An exploration of the rich and varied poetry archive of former radio and record producer Fred Hunter. We f ...

Sara Cox explores the issue of teenagers accessing porn.

Johnny Vegas stars in an adaptation of this inspirational novel, a moving fable in which hope triumphs ove ...

A darkly comic tour-de-force starring Alison Steadman.

Timed to coincide with the long-delayed honouring of Tony Blair's 'Granita Agreement' to hand over the reig ...

Alan Stafford's new play in which Henry Purcell receives a dream commission - his first full-length opera ' ...

Hardeep Singh Kohli digs under the skin of Indian independent ...

Clive Anderson presents a dramatic three-part series which, for the first time, goes behind closed doors to ...

BBC Environment Correspondent Richard Black takes an in depth and rigorous look at the impact ...

The first series of the hugely popular Dirk Gently, from the team behind the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Gal ...

Roger Bolton, presenter of Radio 4's Sunday morning religious affairs programme, looks into the history and ...

A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE formed the second act of a very successful 1979 West End Show which transferred to B ...

The filmmaker Hannah Rothschild tells the extraordinary story of her eccentric great aunt Pannonica Rothsch ...

Roy Palfrey isn't what you might call dynamic. "I'm not slow, I'm methodical," he tells his frus ...

Angus Deayton presents the remarkable tale of Redonda, an uninhabited rock in the Caribbean annexed by the ...

A new Radio 2 comedy starring Paul Whitehouse, Sheridan Smith and Rebecca Front, based around Benson an ex- ...

A specially adapted version of The Tricycle Theatre's critically acclaimed tribunal play Called to Account - < ...

Alan Davies returns for a second series of the critically acclaimed About A Dog. The series fol ...

Clive Anderson returns for a special and festive edition of his hugely popular Chat Room, looking back ove ...

A dark comedy by Mike Stott starring Shobna Gulati and Anne Reid.

Ketamine has exploded on to the club scene, and is rivalling ecstasy ...

Bullying is a big problem which affects a lot more people than you might think. It can be verbal or physical a ...

So you've done your A Levels and that's it, no more school. But what d ...

If you have never experienced depression, it is hard to understand how someone with friends, prospects and ...

Clive Anderson presents a fourth series of his chat room in which he and a panel of politicians, comedians ...

Pianist and broadcaster Piers Lane explores the life and work of Charles-Valentin Alkan, who was a neighbo ...

Matthew Parris presents an archive hour looking at 50 years of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, askin ...

Kris Marshall stars in this play based on the real events surrounding British computer hacker Gary McKinnon ...

The second series of the hugely popular Dirk Gently, from the team behind the Hitchiker's Guide to the Gal ...

An exploration of  the life of the enigmatic 17th century philosopher,
whose ideas still influen ...

Twice as many women than men have received prison sentences fo ...

Each week thousands of girls are sending away their photos in a bid to become the next Jordan.

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Clive Anderson presents a fourth series of his chat room in which he and a panel of politicians, comedians ...

We look at the highs and lows of being in an age-gap relationship.  Is there ...

Anthony Minghella's tender and comic account of a provincial Easter six hundred years ago.

'Boscobel' is a tense and thrilling escape story from Ian Curtis in the tradition of his celebrated dramati ...

A series of daily podcasts from each of the highlight events of the fashion calendar; London, P ...

A series of 'vodcasts' or video podcasts for the Eden Project website. 

A series of podcasts for the Royal Horticultural Society.

Frederic Raphael will look at how couples have been depicte ...

Kris Dyer, Dave Marks and Andy Taylor's critically-acclaimed sitcom returns for a second series.

Clive Anderson presents a third series of his Chat Room, in which he and a panel of politicians, comedians ...

Alan Davies and Kate Ashfield star in a three-part comedy series conceived by Debbie Barham and ...

The first ever radio version of The National theatre of Brent's most popular and acclaimed of all their st ...

Trevor Nunn directs Tom Stoppard's brilliant, award winning play. Henry is a successful playwright married ...

Clive Anderson once again presides in the welcome return of this witty, informative and highly entertaining ...

Starring Johnny Vegas, 'Lucky Lonny' is a new play by award winning writer Mike St ...

Adapted for radio from his book An Autobiography in Six Acts, which was written as a screenplay of h ...

A time-travel comedy in which the values which make us human beings are seen through the eyes of Emily, a ...

A play commissioned especially for radio, from one of Britain's greatest living dramatists Ted Whitehead, ...

A play by one of Britain's most distinguished playwrights, Peter Nichols. Ernie is a musician who has all ...

In this witty piece about childhood reunion, and eccentric womanhood, Mr & Mrs Tovey are a 'pleasant c ...

In this play about a man confronting his past, it is the evening before Harry Sims is to receive his knigh ...

Starring Tim Blake Nelson (from the Coen Brothers' hit movie, "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?") and ...

A play by award-winning writer Mike Stott about a man who falls in love with a veal calf. Edwin is roped ( ...

On the 500th anniversary of the world's most famous painting, The Mona Lisa, the extremely world-famous Na ...

The return of Mike Stott's exquisite comedy about possibly the North of England's most appalling estate ag ...

Johnny Vegas stars in this comic tour-de-force by Mike Stott, which reveals the life and loves of Norman, ...

A new comedy drama by Alan Stafford starring Bill Nighy.

Tom is trying to cre ...

In the follow-up to his highly-acclaimed documentary "The ...

In 1952 Albert Speer's fifteen year old daughter Hilde won an exchange scholarship to a school near New Yo ...

A profile of the much-loved character comedy actor, John le Mesurier. In 1983 the Daily Telegraph obituary ...

Dick Vosburgh presents a celebration of the life and career of one of the greatest comedian's comedians, P ...

Comic writer S.J. Perelman virtually defines a style of erudite New York humou ...

Martha Stewart is an American icon who has made her name - and millions of dollars - advising women in the ...

Dick Vosburgh presents a comic exploration of Peg Lynch, the remarkable woman who invented sitcom. Peg rel ...

An exploration of th ...

To most people of a certain age the word 'monologue' will probably evoke childhood memories of listening t ...

Bob Harris presents a unique interview with 60s folk pop icon, Donovan. From his r ...

This is the remarkable story of Elizabeth Poston, who was best known for her film scores and popular songs ...

Musician, composer and actor Philip Pope presents the remarkable story of Paolo Fazioli, who redesigned the pi ...

Chrissie Hynde presents a landmark look at one of Britain's most inventive bands: The Kinks.

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Paul Sexton presents the story of the Byrds. Best known for their version of the ...

To produce his landmark book on the art of the silent movie, The Parade's Gone By, Kevin Brownlow i ...

Playwright Peter Nichols explores, in a unique personal memoir of the Second World War, the strange, chill ...

The saxophone established a convincing voice for itself in jazz music and went on ...

Julia McKenzie presents a two-part exploration of women dance band leaders of the thirties and forties fea ...

George Melly presents the definitive history of the world's most famous jazz club, Ronnie Scott's.The seri ...

George Formby was born George Hoy Booth on 26th May 1904. This programme celebrates the centenary of the b ...

Robert Elms presents the weird, wonderful, rocking, radical, psychedelic history of the Roundhouse in its ...

Broadcast to commemorate the centenary of the death of the great Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov , Sir Ric ...

Robert Elms presents a four-part series about London's legenda ...

Joshua Rozenberg presents the inside story of the International Criminal Court; w ...

Angus Roxburgh presents two programmes examining the reforms taking place in rapidly modernising Russia.

In June of 2003, the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, phoned his old flat mate, Charlie ...