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David Szalay
Booker prize-winning author David Szalay reveals his creative influences.
16 Apr 2026,·43 mins
Reclaiming the Centre: Is the Old Political Order Dead? (Adrian Wooldridge)
The author and Bloomberg columnist argues for the revival of liberalism.
16 Apr 2026,·61 mins
Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke
Lauren Laverne talks to the musician Thom Yorke in a programme first broadcast in 2019.
12 Apr 2026,·49 mins
Blake Lively v Justin Baldoni: trial evidence battle and what the jury may not hear
Legal bids to block witnesses and viral footage before trial
16 Apr 2026,·29 mins
Radical with Amol Rajan. Faith, Hope and Glory. Interview of the Year
Andrea Catherwood talks to the team in charge of a long-running drama.
16 Apr 2026,·28 mins
BBC job cuts, Journalist detained in Kuwait, HBO Max enters UK streamer market, Reporting the Artemis II launch
BBC job cuts, journalist detained in Kuwait, HBO Max enters UK streamer market.
15 Apr 2026,·42 mins
79. Future Gran Emma Grundy and legal advice for Brian
Emma Freud talks to Emma Grundy and gets legal advice on the Home Farm succession chaos.
10 Apr 2026,·35 mins
Reviewing Lena Dunham's memoir, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Big Mistakes
Reviewing Lena Dunham's memoir, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Big Mistakes.
16 Apr 2026,·42 mins
All Day Breakfast
Live Your Dreams
17 Apr 2026,·30 mins
Everything Is Fake and Nobody Cares
6. F For Fake
Jamie and Jimmy explore where fakery goes next – but can you tell which is which?
15 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Series 4
Enid Blyton
Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Sue Limb and Victoria Coren on the literary quiz
25 Apr 2001,·30 mins
Are white working class girls falling behind?
When it comes to school attendance and attainment are some girls falling behind?
14 Apr 2026,·37 mins
The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck
A long, slow look at great artworks, photographed in extraordinary detail.
14 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Super skinny celebs
What does Hollywood’s ultra-thin trend mean for body positivity?
17 Apr 2026,·53 mins
Decline of the English Murder
What George Orwell can teach us about detective fiction.
15 Apr 2026,·20 mins
Ralf Little, Nina Gilligan, Sam Riley, Janet Devlin, Will Brown, Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Kiri Pritchard-McLean and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
11 Apr 2026,·42 mins
Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair | The Miniature Wife | Detective Hole
What should we watch this week?
13 Apr 2026,·42 mins
Boxing
Ellen and Mark explore cinema's most heavyweight genre, 50 years on from Rocky.
17 Apr 2026,·42 mins
Series 2
Ripley and Heanor News, 2 July 1948
James Naughtie explores the history of the Amber Valley through front page small ads.
03 Sep 2019,·14 mins
Challenges and solutions
John Kampfner, Natasha Walter and Nicolas Niarchos join Tom Sutcliffe
13 Apr 2026,·41 mins
Don't Panic!!!
David Yelland and Farzana Baduel discuss how to keep the public calm in a crisis.
01 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Transcription
John Yorke takes a look at Transcription by Kate Atkinson.
19 Apr 2026,·14 mins
The Lives of Hildegard of Bingen
Episode 5
Now 80, Hildegard of Bingen has one last battle. Performed by Juliet Stevenson.
03 Apr 2026,·14 mins
Claudia Hammond
Claudia Hammond presents a weekly selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.
12 Apr 2026,·41 mins
Dr Spock’s dangerous advice on baby sleep
How evidence eventually showed front sleeping was linked to sudden infant deaths
11 Apr 2026,·9 mins
Film-maker Olive Nwosu
Nigerian British film-maker Olive Nwosu on her debut feature, Lady
11 Apr 2026,·49 mins
4. The end of the beginning
What happens when one side of the nature nurture equation is a mystery?
10 Feb 2026,·23 mins
Inishowen Celebrates Legacy of Local Musician Dinny McLaughlin
Live music in studio as Inishowen celebrates legacy of Dinny McLaughlin.
17 Apr 2026,·57 mins
Patrick Grant and Mary-Ann Ochota
More favourite books with Harriett Gilbert and guests.
30 Mar 2026,·28 mins
Juliet Stevenson
Follow portrait artist Fiona Graham-Mackay as she paints actor Juliet Stevenson.
09 Nov 2017,·30 mins
