Writing
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
The Real Jane Austen. Video, 55 minutes
Drama-documentary exploring the life of Jane Austen.
- AttributionBBC One
- Available for 13 days
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
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
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
Agenda. Taking a World View – Interview with Noam Chomsky. Audio, 26 minutes
Noam Chomsky talks about his political writing – and what makes a "rogue state"
- AttributionBBC World Service
- 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
Agenda. Allegiance to Philosophy. Audio, 26 minutes
Life guides: a new wave of philosophical writing addressing the big issues of our age
- AttributionBBC World Service
- 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
Agenda. More to Write Than Ever – Interview with André Brink. Audio, 26 minutes
Why "in the new South Africa, there's incomprabably more to write about than ever before"
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year