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  1. Proms Plus Literary - Arab Spring

    BBC correspondent Ed Stourton is joined by Ahdaf Soueif & Karl Sharro to explore the...

  2. Proms Plus Literary

    Playwright Mark Ravenhill and actor and writer Simon Callow discuss Faust with Matthew...

  3. Proms Plus Literary

    The death of Prince Albert 150 years ago inspired the creation of the home of the -...

  4. Proms Plus Literary

    Poet and former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen and presenter Ian McMillan introduce...

  5. Proms Plus Literary

    Tariq Ali and Daniel Karlin discuss the writer Kipling and authors Val McDermid and in...

  6. Proms Plus Literary

    Kate Mosse and Edmund de Waal discuss great French literary classics with Matthew and...

  7. Proms Plus Literary

    Matthew Sweet talks to Sir Ronald Harwood, Oscar winning screenwriter of The Pianist...

  8. Proms Plus Literary

    Biographer John Carey and author Meg Rosoff join Ian McMillan to discuss one of -...

  9. Proms Plus – exploring the narrative voice in literature

    Sarah Dillon and novelist Richard Beard on narrative voices in literature

  10. Proms Literary Festival

    A celebration of Schiller's Ode to Joy sung by Billy Bragg. Exploring the genius of...

  11. Proms Literary Festival

    Ian McMillan discusses the story of Hansel and Gretal and its continuing relevance to...

  12. Proms Lecture: Frank Cottrell-Boyce

    Frank Cottrell-Boyce on the cultural legacy of the 2012 Olympics and the role of the arts

  13. Proms Lecture - Daniel Levitin: Music and Our Brains

    Daniel Levitin explores new thinking about the relationship between music and memory

  14. Proms Interval: What's In A Name?

    Sophie Coulombeau reflects on what history can tell us about Naming the Baby

  15. Proms Extra:Henry James and Italy

    Novelist Philip Hensher and Professor Philip Horne explore Henry James in Italy.

  16. Proms Extra: Willa Cather's The Song of the Lark - 31 August 15

    Hermione Lee on the American writer Willa Cather's 1915 novel 'The Song of the Lark'.

  17. Proms Extra: Unfinished Art and Literature

    Ian McMillan on the appeal and arts of the Unfinished

  18. Proms Extra: The Politics of Shaving with Shahidah Bari,

    Facial Fuzz: A short back-and-sided history with Kathryn Hughes and Alun Withey

  19. Proms Extra: The National Trust - 17.08.15

    The history of the National Trust with Dame Helen Ghosh and Patrick Barkham.

  20. Proms Extra: The Great Fire of London

    Historians Adrian Tinniswood and Tom Charlton look at London in ruins in September 1666.

  21. Proms Extra: Tagore

    Novelist Tahmima Anam and Preti Taneja join Rana Mitter to explore the writing of Tagore.

  22. Proms Extra: Sleep and Insomnia

    Sports sleep coach Nick Littlehales & novelist A. L. Kennedy discuss sleep & insomnia.

  23. Proms Extra: Shakespeare – Actors and Acting

    Actor Michael Pennington continues our series on professions in Shakespeare's plays.

  24. Proms Extra: Shakespeare - Soldiers and War

    Colonel Tim Collins & Professor Emma Smith consider Soldiers & War in Shakespeare's plays

  25. Proms Extra: Shakespeare - Shipwrecks and Sea Captains

    The sea and shipwrecks in Shakespeare discussed by sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston.

  26. Proms Extra: Shakespeare - Sheep and Shepherds

    Shakespeare's depiction of shepherds discussed by James Rebanks and Dr Emma Smith.

  27. Proms Extra: Shakespeare - Religion and Clerics

    Religion and clerics in Shakespeare considered by Richard Chartres, the Bishop of London.

  28. Proms Extra: Shakespeare - Law and Lawyers

    What did Shakespeare know of the law? Geoffrey Robertson QC talks to Anne McElvoy.

  29. Proms Extra: Sentimentality

    Anne McElvoy, Dr. Seán Williams & writer Rachel Hewitt discuss sentimentality.

  30. Proms Extra: Sea Journeys and Voyages

    Rana Mitter considers epic sea journeys in history with Barry Cunliffe & Edith Hall.

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