Writing
Desert Island Discs. Jack Higgins. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Jack Higgins
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Karen Armstrong. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Karen Armstrong
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. John Sutherland. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer and academic John Sutherland
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Truth about Len Deighton. Video, 58 minutes
Profile of best-selling author Len Deighton, creator the Harry Palmer thriller series.
- AttributionBBC Four
- Available for over a year
Living with Harry Potter. Audio, 60 minutes
Author J K Rowling and Stephen Fry discuss the Harry Potter book series.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Dorothy Parker. Audio, 30 minutes
Writer and actress Helen Lederer nominates the writer-poet Dorothy Parker.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Nevil Shute. Audio, 30 minutes
Historian and broadcaster Adam Hart-Davis nominates the author Nevil Shute.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Vasily Grossman. Audio, 30 minutes
Francine Stock presents a discussion about the Soviet writer Vasily Grossman.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Alexander McCall Smith. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Alexander McCall Smith
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Josephine Cox. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is novelist Josephine Cox
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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 4 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 3 months
