Literature
Sunday Feature. Nuit Blanche. Audio, 44 minutes
What is it about the night? Artists and writers reveal their nocturnal creative processes.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Horrible Histories. Specials, Staggering Storytellers. Video, 28 minutes
A look at some of literature's greatest works and history's wackiest writers.
- AttributionCBBC
- Available for over a year
Face to Face. Original, Dame Edith Sitwell. Video, 28 minutes
John Freeman talks to poet and critic Dame Edith Sitwell about her life and work. (1959)
- AttributionBBC
- Available for over a year
Face to Face. Original, Evelyn Waugh. Video, 26 minutes
A rare glimpse into the life of one of the greatest novelists of the 20th century.
- AttributionBBC Two
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted28 October 2021
Omnibus. Oscar. Video, 49 minutes
An unusual and provocative look at the life and legacy of Oscar Wilde. (1997)
- AttributionBBC
- Available for 1 month
imagine... 2021, Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting. Video, 76 minutes
A revealing profile of the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro.
- AttributionBBC One
- Available for 11 months
imagine... 2021, Bernardine Evaristo: Never Give Up. Video, 69 minutes
Alan Yentob explores the life and work of Anglo-Nigerian author Bernardine Evaristo.
- AttributionBBC One
- Available for over a year
Arena. Dylan Thomas: From Grave to Cradle. Video, 59 minutes
An examination of the work and the legend of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.
- AttributionBBC Four
- Available for 6 months
- Attribution
- Posted20 October 2021
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Sir Lenny Henry. Audio, 41 minutes
The comedian tells Nihal about his new children’s book.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
Omar El Akkad: The story that changed me. The Cultural Frontline. Audio, 00:04:25
Egyptian-Canadian author Omar El Akkad on the children’s story Peter Pan by JM Barrie
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Posted13 October 2021
- Posted12 October 2021
Witness History. Winning the Arabic Booker prize. Audio, 9 minutes
Saudi author Raja Alem was the first woman to win the prestigious international award
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius. Video, 49 minutes
Docudrama that recounts the astonishing life story of a forgotten genius.
- AttributionBBC Four
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. The Gorbals - Past and Present. Audio, 14 minutes
A New Generation Thinker brings their research into the modern mainstream.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted9 October 2021
