Popular culture
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Rick Astley. Audio, 40 minutes
How video games are introducing the singer to new generations.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Freddie Flintoff. Audio, 36 minutes
Freddie tells Nihal how Andros Townsend helped him loosen up on camera.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Jack Dee. Audio, 47 minutes
The comedian schools Nihal on how to live a good life
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
Slime: A Natural History by Susanne Wedlich. The Cosmic Horror of Slime. Audio, 14 minutes
The story of how slime has oozed its way into every corner of our cultural life.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- AttributionBBC One
The Rest Is History. James Bond. Audio, 30 minutes
What does the history of Fleming’s iconic character tell us about our changing society?
- AttributionBBC Sounds
- Available for 11 months
Open Book. Leïla Slimani, Rachel Cusk's A Life's Work 20 years on with Kate Mosse and Laura Dockrill, Richard Beard. Audio, 28 minutes
Chris Power speaks to Leïla Slimani about her new book, The Country of Others.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4. Dead Ringers, 16th July, 2021. Audio, 29 minutes
With an online audience, new topical comedy known as the Broadcasting House variant.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4. Dead Ringers, 9th July, 2021. Audio, 29 minutes
With an online audience, new topical comedy known as the Broadcasting House variant.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4. Dead Ringers, Series 21, Episode 4. Audio, 29 minutes
With an online audience, new topical comedy known as the Broadcasting House variant.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4. Dead Ringers, 25th June, 2021. Audio, 29 minutes
With an online audience, new topical comedy known as the Broadcasting House variant.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4. Dead Ringers, 18th June, 2021. Audio, 29 minutes
With an online audience, new topical comedy known as the Broadcasting House variant.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4. Dead Ringers 11th June 2021. Audio, 28 minutes
What really happened at Boris Johnson and Carrie’s secret wedding?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Small Island or Global Britain? Brand Britain. Audio, 14 minutes
Nick Robinson considers our place in the world in the run up to the G7 summit in Cornwall.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- AttributionBBC Two
- Attribution
- Posted24 May 2021
Atomic: How Dr Strangelove Exploded Pop Culture. Audio, 28 minutes
How did Stanley Kubrick and Welsh author Peter George change Cold War culture for ever?
- AttributionBBC Radio Wales
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted29 March 2021
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Aaron Sorkin. Audio, 24 minutes
The Oscar-winning writer/director tells Nihal about creating The Trial of the Chicago 7.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
Archive on 4. Search for a Common Culture. Audio, 57 minutes
Did a common culture ever exist in the UK, what did it mean and is it needed now?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Louise Redknapp. Audio, 44 minutes
Louise discusses the pressure on women to be perfect & how it’s amplified by social media
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year