Pop music
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
Ahead of Glastonbury 2025, listen to Kylie Minogue speaking to Kirsty Young in 2015.
- 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 1 month
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
Always the Bridesmaid. Audio, 30 minutes
Classical soprano and broadcaster Catherine Bott explores the world of the backing singer
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
Langley School Music Project. Audio, 30 minutes
The story of a Canadian school music recording that inspired the film School of Rock.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Guy Garvey. Audio, 44 minutes
Kirsty Young talks to Guy Garvey, musician and frontman of Elbow.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Lily Allen. Audio, 43 minutes
Ahead of Glastonbury 2025, listen to Lily Allen speaking to Kirsty Young in 2014.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Sticky Songs. Audio, 18 minutes
What makes snippets of popular songs go round and round in our heads?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
A Shower of Sparks. Audio, 30 minutes
Stuart Maconie looks at the career of the durable maverick pop duo Sparks.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
ABBA at the BBC. Video, 59 minutes
With Waterloo, Dancing Queen, Does Your Mother Know, SOS, Fernando, Chiquitita and more.
- AttributionBBC Four
- Available for over a year
