Writing
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 11 months
Desert Island Discs. Nick Hornby. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Nick Hornby
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Thomas Hardy: Homeground. Video, 28 minutes
A notebook of Thomas Hardy's offers a unique insight into his methods of research.
- AttributionBBC Two
- Available for 11 months
Desert Island Discs. Barbara Taylor Bradford. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. GK Chesterton. Audio, 30 minutes
Richard Ingrams nominates author and journalist GK Chesterton for regularly being right.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Margaret Atwood. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Margaret Atwood
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Patricia Cornwell. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is crime writer Patricia Cornwell
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. P D James. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is crime writer and conservative life peer P D James
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Unavailable
Desert Island Discs. Philip Pullman. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Philip Pullman
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Minette Walters. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is crime writer Minette Walters
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Countess Elizabeth Longford. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Countess Elizabeth Longford
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Jan Morris. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Jan Morris
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Kazuo Ishiguro. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Kazuo Ishiguro
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Profile. The World of Philip Pullman. Video, 39 minutes
Philip Pullman explores Oxford, where he was a student in the 1960s. (2001)
- AttributionBBC
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Ken Follett. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Ken Follett
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Frank McCourt. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is Pulitzer prize-winning writer Frank McCourt
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Margaret Drabble. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Margaret Drabble
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Ronald Blythe. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Ronald Blythe
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Sir John Mortimer. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer and barrister Sir John Mortimer
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. George MacDonald Fraser. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer George MacDonald Fraser
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Ian McEwan. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Ian McEwan
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Harriet O'Carroll - Minuet. Audio, 60 minutes
A young Jane Austen falls in love fuelling her desire to become a writer.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
