Categories: Documentaries

Duration 30:00

The School on the Moor

A revealing 1948 portrait of Cornwall's Bolventor School, which had only 24 pupils.

Radio 4 Extra

Duration 30:00

Elvis and Dewey: Red, Hot and Blue

Part Two

The story of a pioneering DJ who played a part in the birth of rock 'n' roll.

Radio 6 Music

Duration 1:00:00

Otis Redding

Episode 2

Stuart Maconie assesses of the life and music of American soul legend Otis Redding.

Radio 6 Music

Duration 28:00

Enlightenment After Dark

Series 1

Bodies

Allan Little hosts debates from Edinburgh in an Enlightenment spirit.

Radio 4

Duration 57:00

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away: The Death of Brian Epstein

On the 50th anniversary of his death, Radio 2 remembers Brian Epstein.

Radio 2

Duration 1:00:00

BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra's Stories

Falling Through The Cracks: Mental Health On The Street

Music, culture and life.

Radio 1

Duration 28:00

Every Step You Take

Armed with her step-counting app, Claudia Hammond asks how wearable tech affect behaviour.

Radio 4

Duration 38:00

Disrupted Development

Lesley Curwen explores how digital disruption could impact developing economies.

Radio 4

Duration 27:00

Guthanna Ón Anam

Series 1

Otis Redding

Niamh Nic Oistigín explores the music and lives of four great soul singers.

Radio Ulster

Duration 58:24

Images of Diana

The Day I Met Diana

Natasha Kaplinsky and guests examine unforgettable pictures of the Princess of Wales

Radio 5 live

Duration 28:00

Short Cuts

Series 13

Tough Love

Short documentaries and adventures in sound presented by Josie Long

Radio 4

Duration 39:01

Seriously...

The Edge of Life

A rich selection of documentaries aimed at relentlessly curious minds.

Radio 4

Duration 26:30

The Documentary

South America in the South Atlantic

Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.

World Service

Duration 15:00

Streets Apart: A History of Social Housing

Series 1

The First Council Homes

Lynsey Hanley tells the story of social housing in Britain.

Radio 4

Duration 30:00

Little Shop of Colours

What stories are hiding among the paints and pigments in an art supplies shop?

Radio 4

Duration 1:00:00

The Day I Met Diana

People from around the UK and beyond recall their meetings with Diana, Princess of Wales.

Radio 5 live

Duration 9:00

Witness

George Orwell and Animal Farm

The story of our times told by the people who were there.

World Service

Duration 57:00

Johnnie Walker Meets...

Johnnie Walker meets... Alice Cooper

Johnnie Walker talks to music legends about their long and fascinating careers

Radio 2

Duration 28:00

Gordon Goes Forth

Gordon Brown shares the story of the three mighty bridges in whose shadow he lives.

Radio 4

Duration 55:00

A Day in the Life: The Beatles in Bangor

Alan Thompson marks the fiftieth anniversary of The Beatles in Bangor.

Radio Wales

Duration 28:00

Queens of Chapeltown

Colin Grant reports on the 50th anniversary of the Leeds West Indian Carnival.

Radio 4

Duration 28:00

Jenny Eclair Is Listless Today

Comedian and writer Jenny Eclair throws away her to-do list.

Radio 4

Duration 1:00:00

When Michael met Johnny

Michael Buerk meets the last surviving British dambuster George 'Johnny' Johnson.

Radio 5 live

Duration 1:00:00

The Elvis Presley Story

The Final Chapter

Wink Martindale tells the story of Elvis Presley.

Radio 6 Music

Duration 30:00

In Search of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'

Joe Moshenska travels in Milton's footsteps, 350 years after Paradise Lost was published.

Radio 4

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