Writing
Desert Island Discs. Andy McNab. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Andy McNab
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Leonard Woolf. Audio, 30 minutes
4 Extra Debut. Jilly Goolden nominates writer and political thinker Leonard Woolf.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Bernard Cornwell. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Bernard Cornwell
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Michael Morpurgo. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
African Perspective. Sousa Jamba Goes Home. Audio, 27 minutes
Writer Sousa Jamba returns to his home country Angola after 27 years in exile
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Pat Barker. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is novelist Pat Barker
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- 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 7 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 7 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
Agenda. Writing about Living in Exile. Audio, 26 minutes
There are 12 million refugees in the world. How does exile shape their lives?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- 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
- Available for over a year
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
Dressing Up for the Carnival: A Portrait of Carol Shields. Video, 50 minutes
Programme following the late Canadian novelist Carol Shields over the course of a year.
- AttributionBBC Four
- Available for 6 days
African Perspective. Like Mother Like Daughter - Part Two. Audio, 29 minutes
Nigerian writers Omowunmi and Mabel Segun talk about each other's achievements
- AttributionBBC World Service
- 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
