Letters
The Essay. I Am, Yours Sincerely, C Bronte, Claire Harman on Charlotte Bronte, Governess. Audio, 15 minutes
Biographer Claire Harman discusses Charlotte Bronte's experience as a governess.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Pope's Letters. Audio, 45 minutes
Extracts from letters charting a friendship between Pope John Paul II and a married woman.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Long View. John Thurloe, Cromwell's postmaster, and the interception of mail. Audio, 28 minutes
Today's debates about online privacy have 17th-century precedents. With Jonathan Freedland
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Secretaries of Juliet. Audio, 30 minutes
Jolyon Jenkins meets the women of Verona who answer letters sent to Shakespeare's Juliet
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Essay. I've Never Told Anyone This Before, 5. Suzanne Joinson - 'Somebody Else's Story' Audio, 15 minutes
Novelist and market enthusiast Suzanne Joinson shares a story she has never told before.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Why Factor. Letters. Audio, 18 minutes
The disappearing art of the hand-written letter and three stories of love
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Minds at War: Series 1, The Memorandum on the Neglect of Science. Audio, 15 minutes
Prof David Edgerton discusses the 1916 Memorandum on the Neglect of Science.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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Short Cuts. Series 5, Mystery. Audio, 30 minutes
Josie Long explores the disappointment of banal family secrets.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Dinosaurs in the Drawing Room. Audio, 30 minutes
How the Natural History Museum packed its collections off to country houses during WWII.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Unsent Letters of Erik Satie. Audio, 30 minutes
Alistair McGowan tells the story of the love letters that composer Erik Satie never sent.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
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Valentine's Day. Audio, 30 minutes
Another beautiful story of everyday life from John Osborne, creator of John Peel's Shed.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Letters to the Russian Front. Audio, 28 minutes
A story of Austrian siblings told in their wartime letters to and from the Russian front.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Brotherton Archive and Me. Audio, 30 minutes
Julia Blackburn meets writers whose private papers reside in Leeds University Library.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Dipdap. Letter. Video, 3 minutes
The Line draws Dipdap a letter. He goes to post it, but strong winds get in the way.
- AttributionCBeebies
- Available for 3 months
Mandela in His Own Words. Audio, 30 minutes
Fergal Keane takes a journey through the private notebooks and letters of Nelson Mandela.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
The Bond Correspondence. Audio, 30 minutes
Lucy Fleming embarks upon a quest to discover more about her mysterious uncle Ian.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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A Letter for Daphne. Audio, 30 minutes
Novelist Julie Myerson pays a very personal tribute to Daphne du Maurier.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Wiring the World. Postal Systems. Audio, 27 minutes
Postal systems around the world date back 3500 years, a look at how they have developed
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Omnibus. Postmark. Audio, 28 minutes
Visitors to Great Britain share their impressions of the country in their letters home
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Omnibus. The Letters of Charles Dickens. Audio, 27 minutes
A review of the latest edition of The Letters of Charles Dickens: The Pilgrim Edition
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year