Episodes (133 available)

Drawing on rare archive Alan Dein explores the making & meanings of Rebel Without a Cause

Cultural historian Dai Smith interrogates the Celtic myth.

Adam Thorpe visits Azincourt to find out what really happened at the battle.

Alasdair Cochrane on Thomas Hardy and animals; Will Abberley on evolutionary psychology.

The history of the science of baby laughter. The Life of Richard Baxter

Sarfraz Manzoor charts the history of Asian theatre in Britain

Lesley Riddoch examines the changing relationship between man and nature in the North.

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough asks if there is a shared culture in the north of Europe.

Sarah Dillon goes on the hunt for the story behind how Great Expectations was written.