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Artworks Episodes

  1. Flamenco to the Blues

    John Wilson explores the story of the guitar as a driver of social and cultural change.

  3. Where’s Michael Clark?

    Nick Grimshaw speaks to innovative dancer and choreographer Michael Clark.

  5. The Art of Isolation: Hikikomori Stories

    Christopher Harding explores the world of socially isolated Hikikomori through art.

  6. Fairy Tales: The Stories That Shape Us

    Sian Williams talks to mythologist and storyteller Martin Shaw about why fairytales matter

  7. Allen Ginsberg’s Last Soup

    Ian Sansom tells the story of one of poet Allen Ginsberg's last great works - a fish soup.

  9. LA: Rising from the Ashes

    Jonathan Glancey meets architects leading LA's recovery from 2025's catastrophic fires.

  10. Mother: 100 years of Martha Graham Dance

    Is Martha Graham the mother of modern dance?

  11. A Century in a Click: 100 Years of the Photobooth

    Click, whirrrr, whoosh! Alan Dein celebrates a century of the photobooth in four snaps.

  12. Uneasy Listening

    Celebrating the challenging music of Stockhausen, Cage and Feldman and why it's overlooked

  13. Band of Mothers

    Can an all-female Oxfordshire band in their mid-50s recreate their student success?

  14. Stoppard at Work

    Actors, directors and more share insights on working with the playwright Tom Stoppard.

  15. The Last Sweeping Beams

    Helen Mort explores the allure of the lighthouse as their sweeping beams are modernised.

  16. Under a Cloud

    The poet laureate, Simon Armitage, gets his head in the clouds.

  17. Landays: Poems of Afghan Rebellion

    Lyse Doucet explores the verse form which Afghan women share to speak of love and hardship

  18. Time and the Forest

    The sculptor David Nash reflects on his decades-long collaboration with nature.

  20. Baby, You Can Compose My Car

    John Robins discovers who is designing the sounds of electric vehicles... and why.

  21. Drama in Schools: An Unfolding Tragedy?

    The actor Christopher Eccleston investigates the decline in drama education in schools.

  23. Mr and Mrs Angadi

    Sindhu Vee joins the dots between the UK's first yoga class, a family home and The Beatles

  24. Poems on the Underground

    A programme to mark the 40th anniversary of London's Poems on the Underground scheme.

  26. Do You Call That Singing?

    Why do many great singers speak their songs? Adrian Goldberg on the power of sprechgesang.

  27. Omid's Tapes: The Afghan Memory Keeper

    Afghan-American archivist Omid races to save rare Afghan cassettes from the Taliban.

  28. Okay Computer? Music in the Age of AI

    Famed producer Giles Martin wades into the murky waters of AI in music.

  29. Unesco: From Cultural Diplomacy to Culture Wars

    What does the United Nations cultural body tell us about the value of soft power today?

  30. Painting with Scissors

    The revolutionary history of collage. How cut and paste shaped 20th-century culture.

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