Writing
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 23 days
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 10 days
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
