Journalism
The Essay. Lines of Work, Lines of Work: Journalist Helen Lewis on John Milton. Audio, 15 minutes
Journalist Helen Lewis reads poet John Milton's defence of a free press, Areopagitica.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Profile. Nick Denton. Audio, 13 minutes
Mark Coles profiles the British journalist whose website has been sued for $140 million.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Women Who Wrote Rock. Audio, 30 minutes
Kate Mossman tells the story of long-overlooked female music writers of the 1960s.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
Sporting Witness. Women in the Locker Room. Audio, 9 minutes
In 1978, US female sports journalists won a major victory in their fight for equality
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Alex Crawford. Audio, 33 minutes
Kirsty Young interviews journalist Alex Crawford.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Meeting Myself Coming Back. Kate Adie. Audio, 60 minutes
Journalist Kate Adie meets her younger self in the BBC sound archives.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Unavailable
The Essay. Why I Write, Hay Festival: Alex Clark. Audio, 15 minutes
Literary journalist and writer Alex Clark explains why she writes.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Profile. Seymour Hersh. Audio, 13 minutes
Mark Coles profiles veteran American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Assignment. Meeting the Houthis and Their Enemies in Yemen. Audio, 28 minutes
Safa al-Ahmad on her trip reporting the takeover of Yemen capital Sanaa by Houthi rebels
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Yesterday's Papers: The End of the Music Press. Audio, 30 minutes
David Hepworth talks to fellow writers and bloggers about the decline of the music press
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
The Reunion. The Sun Newspaper. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue MacGregor looks back at the phenomenal rise of the Sun newspaper in the 1980s.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Malcolm Gladwell. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young talks to writer Malcolm Gladwell.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Profile. Mazher Mahmood. Audio, 13 minutes
Edward Stourton profiles journalist Mazher Mahmood, the so-called 'fake sheikh'.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Minds at War: Series 1, Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort. Audio, 15 minutes
BBC correspondent Lyse Doucet discusses Edith Wharton's reportage from wartime France.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Word of Mouth. Journalese. Audio, 28 minutes
Michael Rosen on the necessary evil of journalistic cliché.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Reunion. Spare Rib. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue MacGregor reunites five people involved in the birth of Spare Rib magazine.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Meeting Myself Coming Back. Esther Rantzen. Audio, 57 minutes
Broadcaster Esther Rantzen meets her younger self via the BBC Archives.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Britain in a Box. Series 6, Nationwide. Audio, 30 minutes
Paul Jackson remembers popular current affairs show Nationwide.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
Four Thought. Series 4, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy: Forget Impartiality. Audio, 15 minutes
William Dalrymple introduces Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy in Four Thought in Jaipur.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
One to One. Sarfraz Manzoor talks to Liz Jones. Audio, 15 minutes
Sarfraz Manzoor discusses confessional journalism with Liz Jones of the Mail on Sunday.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Eve Pollard. Audio, 45 minutes
Eve Pollard is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Arthur Edwards. Audio, 45 minutes
Royal photographer Arthur Edwards is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
