Popular culture
Queer Icons. Audio, 30 minutes
Alan Carr presents highlights from Front Row's Queer Icons project.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Natural Histories. Cuckoo. Audio, 28 minutes
The cuckoo has many secrets but has got under our skin. Brett Westwood asks why. From 2017
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Natural Histories. Bat. Audio, 28 minutes
Brett Westwood investigates our obsession with bats: from Dracula to Batman to Goth.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Natural Histories. Grass. Audio, 28 minutes
Brett Westwood investigates our obsession with grass.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Natural Histories. Blackbird. Audio, 30 minutes
Brett Westwood investigates our obsession with the song and folklore of the blackbird.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Natural Histories. Cow. Audio, 30 minutes
The peaceful, hefty, cud-chewing beasts which have transformed our societies.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Natural Histories. Hare. Audio, 28 minutes
The hare - a creature that is both mysterious and magical, as Brett Westwood discovers.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Culture, Class and Marine Le Pen. Audio, 28 minutes
Andrew Hussey explores the role of popular culture in the forthcoming French election.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Rise of the Robots. Series 1, Where is my mind? Audio, 28 minutes
Adam Rutherford asks if we are ready for artificial intelligences making decisions for us.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Jazzed Up: How Jazz Changed Britain. Episode 1. Audio, 30 minutes
A century after the first jazz recordings, how has jazz been received in the UK?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Natural Histories. Raven. Audio, 28 minutes
Brett Westwood gets up close and personal with a bird we fear and revere, the Raven.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Natural Histories. Cricket. Audio, 30 minutes
Brett Westwood explores our relationship with crickets and tunes in to their songs.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Natural Histories. Toad. Audio, 28 minutes
Ugly, poisonous, warty Brett Westwood explores our relationship with the Toad. From 2016
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Natural Histories. Chameleon. Audio, 28 minutes
Brett Westwood tracks down nature's master of disguise - the chameleon. From 2016
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Danube Ain't Blue, It's Green. Audio, 30 minutes
Rainer Hersch champions the most popular waltz Strauss ever wrote.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
Natural Histories. Rat. Audio, 28 minutes
Brett Westwood burrows into our complicated relationship with the rat.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Natural Histories. Elephant. Audio, 28 minutes
Brett Westwood follows the elephant through human history, from battlefield to big top.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essential. The Why Factor: Why do Crazes Take Off? Audio, 6 minutes
What explains the success of the Hula-Hoop, Rubik’s Cube and Pokemon Go?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Natural Histories. Dragonfly. Audio, 28 minutes
Brett Westwood encounters Devil’s Darning Needles as he goes in search of Dragonflies
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Natural Histories. Wandering Albatross. Audio, 28 minutes
Brett Westwood examines our complex relations with an ocean icon, the wandering albatross.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Natural Histories. Tiger. Audio, 28 minutes
Brett Westwood explores how tigers that once burnt bright reached the edge of extinction.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Natural Histories. Spider. Audio, 28 minutes
Brett Westwood blows the cobwebs from tales of spiders as objects of fear and temptation
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Natural Histories. Camel. Audio, 28 minutes
Brett Westwood follows the camel on its route through human history and culture.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Natural Histories. Rose. Audio, 28 minutes
Brett Westwood looks into the heart of a rose the most extraordinary of flowers. From 2016
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
