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Series that raises the curtain on the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.
BBC Radio 4
Academic Corin Throsby explores the rich cultural life of her native Australia.
Celebration of the life of singer and actor Tommy Steele as he reaches his 80th birthday.
BBC Radio 2
Rick Wakeman looks at keyboard players past and present and keyboard-influenced music.
Christine de Luca reflects on the enduring appeal of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol.
BBC Radio Scotland
Playwright John Godber takes a drive around Hull to explore the city's culture.
How musical theatre evolved over the last 100 years to become today's global phenomenon.
BBC Four
Three Yorkshire towns celebrate their heritage in a series of dance spectaculars.
BBC Two
Series broadcast on radio from 1965 to 1976. It later switched to BBC2.
Series featuring BBC archive footage of major British painters and sculptors.
Art series featuring a different painting each episode.
BBC
Series in which people from all walks of life talk about their favourite paintings.
Malcolm Muggeridge talks to iconic figures from the arts, culture and literary worlds.
Professor James Shapiro re-examines the work of Shakespeare during King James I's reign.
A series of music and arts features.
A brand new take on the most transformative force in British popular music history
Alastair Sooke takes an in-depth look at the art of the Roman Empire.
Waldemar Januszczak looks at the Dark Ages in a new light.
Dr Richard Miles seeks our ancient treasures and explores our relationship with the past.
Patrick Hughes presents a series looking at the work of five eminent British sculptors.
Frank Kermode hosts a series of conversations with some of the eminent writers of the day.
BBC One
Series in which well-known names in the arts are quizzed on the motives behind their work.
Programmes in which people with northern ties or roots discuss their early lives.
Series about the lives and work of British artists.
Charles Hazlewood looks at the life and work of four modern composers.
Four-part series for schools looking at the life and work of four major artists.
A vibrant three-part series exploring how heritage became a mass popular movement.
Performances recorded for BBC Four's The Sound and the Fury: A Century of Music
Series of informal masterclasses by the renowned guitarist Julian Bream.
The history of our curious relationship with murder is explored by Lucy Worsley.
The story of how the blues crossed borders from black to white and from weak to powerful.
Arena presents an evening of the blues, introduced by B.B. King and John Walters.
Live weekly film review show, with news, features and interviews.
Alastair Sooke looks at masterpieces of Ancient Egypt through the eyes of an art lover.
Five writers present films on their surroundings
A celebration of the world's finest arts documentaries
A pop-up festival coinciding with Glasgow's Commonwealth Games and Festival 2014.
Dr Lucy Worsley tells the story of Britain's first Georgian kings.
Professor Amanda Vickery goes on a journey to discover a hidden world of female artistry.
Historian Dominic Sandbrook and leading creators tell the story of science fiction.
Stars and fans share personal stories about making, and enjoying, Science Fiction.
A series of personal tours of blockbuster exhibitions, exclusive to BBC iPlayer.
Series of programmes looking at how different professions have changed over the years.
Phil Cunningham explores the history of the bagpipes and composes music for the instrument
Ancient treasures of the Indian sub-continent that have shaped the modern Indian world.
Radio 1’s Ali Plumb for movie news, reviews and extra behind-the-screens fun.
BBC Radio 1
News and interviews from the world of publishing
BBC Parliament
Find reading inspiration with favourite books chosen by our guests.
A series in which six artists talk about drawing.
Film critic Danny Leigh profiles the rebels and brilliant outsiders of British cinema.
