Pop music
Desert Island Discs. Nile Rodgers. Audio, 59 minutes
Musician Nile Rodgers is interviewed by Lauren Laverne.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Archive on 4. Pop Star Philosophy. Audio, 57 minutes
Comedian Steve Punt exhumes the philosophical outpourings of pop stars through the ages.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Eye of the Storm. Rebecca Black. Audio, 32 minutes
The teenage singer on facing abuse online after releasing her viral song, Friday.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
Eye of the Storm. Fab from Milli Vanilli. Audio, 41 minutes
What really happened in the infamous lipsync scandal.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. will.i.am. Audio, 35 minutes
will.i.am and futurist Brian Johnson talk about their novel WaR: Wizards and Robots.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Nothing Is Real - Pop's Struggle with Authenticity, The rock'n'roll funeral. Audio, 14 minutes
David Hepworth asks if pop music has any place in the great ceremonies of life and death.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Robbie Williams. Audio, 35 minutes
Robbie Williams on what he’s learnt from his new new book “Reveal”
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
Profile. Taylor Swift. Audio, 13 minutes
Becky Milligan profiles pop superstar Taylor Swift.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Four Thought. Dead White Composers. Audio, 15 minutes
Simon Zagorski-Thomas thinks we fail to value the study of pop music.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Kylie Minogue. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young talks to pop star Kylie Minogue.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Profile. Sam Smith. Audio, 13 minutes
Mark Coles profiles the Grammy-winning performer of the new James Bond theme, Sam Smith
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Van Morrison - Up on Cyprus Avenue. Video, 60 minutes
Van Morrison's unique live performance on the avenue he made famous through Astral Weeks.
- AttributionBBC One
- Available for 2 months
Thinking Allowed. Factory music, Volunteering post-recession. Audio, 28 minutes
Laurie Taylor explores the role of pop music in enlivening mundane assembly line work.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Reunion. The Hit Factory. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue MacGregor reunites the pop hitmakers of the 1980s.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
