Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media: - All Programmes
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Counterfeit Characters
What do AI and digital technology mean for actors and their relationship with audiences?
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
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Love's Growth
Michael Symmons Roberts celebrates John Donne’s great poem of spring, Love’s Growth.
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Hidden Treasures: Feature
What's the story behind the Hidden Treasures drama season?
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
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Tish
Moving story of photographer Tish Murtha, who used her camera to fight for social change.
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Kurt Cobain: Moments That Shook Music
Using unseen archive footage to demystify the tragic death of the Nirvana frontman.
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ABBA: Against the Odds
ABBA's journey in their own words: backlash, breakup and social change to pop stardom.
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Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly
Salman Rushdie speaks about the devastating knife attack he was subjected to in 2022.
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Rob and Rylan's Grand Tour
Rob Rinder and Rylan discover the greatest art treasures of Italy.
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Tales of Rock 'n' Roll: Heartbreak Hotel
A look at Elvis Presley's first million-selling release, Heartbreak Hotel.
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The Great Art Fraud
How Inigo Philbrick created an $86 million fraud and became a global fugitive.
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Maya Angelou at the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ
A look back through the archive at the extraordinary life of writer and poet Maya Angelou.
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Orwell vs Kafka
Ian Hislop and Helen Lewis celebrate the ideas and impact of Franz Kafka and George Orwell
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
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The Stormtrooper Scandal
A get-rich-quick scheme in the world of digital art spirals spectacularly out of control.
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Gloria Hunniford Remembers... Doris Day
Gloria Hunniford looks back at her 1995 interview with screen icon Doris Day.
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Rage Against the Regime: The Revolutionary Power of Metal Music
Dannii Leivers explores how metal musicians perform, and rebel, under oppressive regimes.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
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Pavarotti: The Last Tenor
Film following Luciano Pavarotti as he performs to sell-out audiences on three continents.
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Elizabeth Taylor - Rebel Superstar
The story of Elizabeth Taylor: actor, feminist, business mogul and activist.
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This Land
An interrupted documentary about copyright law, told through a single song.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
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Mozart: Rise of a Genius
The story of Mozart - a prodigy, a flawed human and one of the greatest composers.
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A Year in the Life of the Swinging Sixties
James Peak and Joan Bakewell find incredible archive from 1963. Wait! Is that The Beatles?
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
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Hitchcock at the NFT
Alfred Hitchcock in conversation with fellow director Bryan Forbes. From 1969.
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The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing The French Connection
Mark Kermode examines the making of classic thriller The French Connection.
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Rex Harrison at the NFT
Actor Rex Harrison in conversation with David Lewin and the audience of the NFT.
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Night Train to Odesa
Jen Stout looks at the human cost of Russia's war in Ukraine in Radio 4's Book of the week
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio Scotland
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The Archers Podcast
Celebrating everything you love about the Archers. With Emma Freud.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
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Angela Rippon: Portrait
Angela Rippon has her portrait painted by artist Paul Wyeth. From 1979.
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Angela Rippon Meets: The Hoofers
Angela Rippon traces the roots of tap-dancing and explores its current revival.
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Angela Rippon at the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ
Special programme looking at the career of one of the stalwarts of British broadcasting.
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The Man Who Definitely Didn’t Steal Hollywood
The inside story of a waiter turned movie mogul and the scandal that rocked Hollywood.
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Al Pacino: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Screen legend and Oscar winner Al Pacino looks back on his extraordinary life and career.
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Bette Davis at the NFT
Bette Davis talks to Joan Bakewell and to the audience at the National Film Theatre.
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Joan Bakewell: Flowering in Autumn
Joan Bakewell considers how great creative artists respond to old age.
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Joan Bakewell at the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ
Joan Bakewell looks back at her extraordinary career at the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ.
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The Entertainment Mix
Michelle McManus presents the biggest news in entertainment and culture across Scotland.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Scotland
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Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
The story of how the greatest art works of all time were born of war and bloodshed.
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Dance Passion Swansea
Dancers take over Swansea to showcase the city and celebrate the joy of dance.
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Mary Beard Remembers... Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit
Mary Beard looks back on her 2016 series on the ancient world.
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Hardy’s Wessex
Exploring the corner of England that featured so strongly in the life of Thomas Hardy.
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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Martin Scorsese shares his lifelong love affair with the films of Powell and Pressburger.
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Sphere of Influence
Kate Bryan explores the surprising influences on Edvard Munch's The Scream.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
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The Snow
Dame Siân Phillips delves into Dafydd ap Gwilym's centuries-old poem To the Snow.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio Wales
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Michael Powell
Profile of the life and career of renowned British film director Michael Powell.
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Return to The Edge of the World
Michael Powell revisits Foula, the location for his 1937 film The Edge of the World.
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