Actors Juliet Stevenson and Michael Pennington read a selection of prose and poetry, combined...

Lucy Briers and Gerard Murphy read poetry and prose on the theme of trees by Siegfried Sassoon,...

Jenny Agutter and Andrew Buchan read poetry and prose inspired by the Blessed Virgin Mary,...

Derek Jacobi and Sinead Cusack read verses by four medieval mystics from different religions -...

Gemma Arterton and Rufus Sewell read extracts on the subject of time, a theme that has always...

Jasper Britton and Imogen Stubbs read poetry and prose on the theme of quests, ranging from...

Samuel Barnett and Samantha Bond read poetry and prose by Tennyson, Donne and F Scott...

Poetry and prose on the theme of bidding farewell to all things old - the end of a...

The baobab tree is one of the most recognisable species in Africa. In many places, the enduring...

As part of the Baroque Spring season, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Zoe Waites read poetry and prose...

Katherine Parkinson and Stephen Campbell Moore read poetry and prose on the theme of discovery...

During the Victorian period, hair was a highly charged symbol of virility and an object of...

A sequence of poetry, prose and classical pieces on the theme of concealment and the invisible....

An image of Germany through poetry and prose, including readings and a range of classical...

Meera Syal and Harry Hadden-Paton explore the theme of metamorphosis through the words of Ovid,...

Harriet Walter and James Garnon read texts on the theme of parents, including dysfunctional...

Emily Taaffe and Sam Troughton read poetry and prose on the subject of horses, including texts...

Geraldine James and Neil Pearson read poetry and prose on the theme of beginnings, by Alfred...

Sophie Thompson and Chiwetel Ejiofor read poetry and prose on the subject of dreams, from...

Tracy-Ann Oberman and Henry Goodman read prose and poetry focusing on the darker side of the...

In 1904, Britain and France signed the Entente Cordiale - the formal agreement establishing a...

Poetry, prose and music on the theme of Greece, from classical antiquity to the modern-day...

Poetry and prose on the theme of revenge, read by Samantha Bond and Kenneth Cranham.

Poetry and prose exploring all aspects of shopping and trade, read by Phil Davis and Raquel...

Orpheus, son of Apollo, was the great natural musician of Greek mythology. Readers Mariah Gale...

In a special edition recorded live at the Free Thinking Festival in St Mary's Heritage Centre,...

Actors Freddie and Toby Jones present a study of the relationship between fathers and sons,...

As part of the BBC's Piano Season, Louise Jameson and Joshua Richards read poetry and prose...

Poetry, prose and music on the theme of nuns. Sheila Hancock and Ellie Kendrick read extracts...

Lisa Dillon and Ray Fearon read poetry and prose on the theme of democracy, with words by Walt...

Tom Goodman-Hill and Emma Fielding are the readers of poems and prose about the celebration of...

Exploring the resonance of the colour green, from emeralds to vegetables and frogs to...

Indira Varma and Robert Glenister read poetry and prose on the subject of architecture and the...

Works on the theme of evil, from the Garden of Eden in Genesis and Milton's Paradise Lost, to...

Poetry and prose about the day-to-day life of the parish priest, read by Celia Imrie and...

Poems read by Tim McMullan and Emily Taafe, plus music from Berlioz, Britten and Debussy, all...

Rory Kinnear introduces music and literature from the age of Queen Victoria, including Wilde's...

With all eyes on London this summer for the Olympics, this edition celebrates the history and...

A programme devoted to Michel de Montaigne and his celebrated Essays, which ponder everything...

A programme devoted to famous fictional boats along with significant real-life vessels such as...

Prompted by the notion of what drives Olympic athletes to compete, poetry and prose is used to...

Since ancient times poets, artists and composers have often celebrated the ideal woman. Oliver...

Poetry and music on the theme of beauty, with Eve Best and Don Warrington exploring what became...

Poetry, prose and music on the theme of perfection, an often elusive concept for many writers...

Katherine Parkinson and Jim Norton celebrate the work of notorious tricksters and hoaxers,...

The Spirit of Schubert continues with the words in this edition coming from letters by the...

Richard Wilson and Celia Imrie read poetry and prose exploring educational experience, from...

Emilia Fox and Jamie Glover read a selection of poetry and prose exploring not only some of...

Poetry and prose on the theme of the middle - neither the fresh hope of beginning nor the...

Hayley Carmichael and Nicholas Farrell read poems on the theme of abundance by Ted Hughes,...

Poetry, prose and music exploring the powerful meaning of west and the West in various...

Jonathan Pryce and Eleanor Bron read poems and texts celebrating railways around the world,...

Lesley Manville and Tom Goodman-Hill read poetry and prose on the theme of outsiders, from...

Lindsay Duncan and Iwan Rheon read poems and prose on the theme of roses, from the language of...

Poetry, prose and music on the theme of Epiphany, which in the Christian tradition marked one...

An edition devoted to the sound of bells, taking Edgar Allen Poe's onomatopoeic poem on the...

Poetry and prose from Pliny to Proulx exploring humanity's complex relationship with alcohol,...

Actors Joe Dunlop and Joanna Tope read a selection of poetry and prose on the theme of the Four...

A celebration of the Great Exhibition of 1851, featuring Scott Handy and Catherine Harvey...

Soprano Stephanie Corley and members of the Northern Sinfonia perform an edition exploring...

Sian Thomas and Timothy West read from works that evoke the era of empire, and the discomfort...

Actors Celia Imrie and Michael Kitchen read poetry and prose about the day-to-day life of the...

Romola Garai and John Shrapnel read works on the theme of words used to name the female sex,...

Felicity Kendall and Gerard Murphy read poetry and prose on the theme of Breakfast, ranging...

Siobhan Redmond and John Rowe read poems and prose on the theme of constraint by Rosa...

An edition paying homage to the musicality and poetry of the feline form. Juliet Stevenson and...

A hymn to speed: agitation and restlessness; frenzied, dynamic performances; and the feverish...

An edition devoted to works on the theme of the exotic, featuring music including...

An edition devoted to everyday life in ancient Rome, including texts by Pliny, Juvenal,...

Geraldine James and Robert Powell read poetry and prose inspired by photographs and...

A sequence of poetry and prose on the theme of music. Peter Capaldi and Emily Bruni read from...

Actors Harriet Walter and Oliver Dimsdale read poetry on the theme of reconciliation,...

An edition devoted to obsessions and ideas that inexorably take hold of the brain, featuring...

Poetry and prose readings interspersed with selected pieces of music.

Works inspired by apples, including poems and prose by Keats, Kafka and Christina Rossetti, and...

As part of the Light Fantastic Festival, this week's programme is on the theme of the 1950s,...

Sakia Reeves and David Annen read poetry and prose inspired by the idea of infinity.

Helena Bonham Carter and Hugh Bonneville read verse and prose on the theme of turning-points in...

Works on the theme of dance, including poetry and prose by Katherine Mansfield, Patrick...

Works on the subject of the gothic, from the surreal, macabre beginnings of the genre in Horace...

Works on the theme of the future, including words from Margaret Atwood, Tennyson and Shelley...

Works on the theme of showbusiness, reflecting how the theatre has been both celebrated as a...

Anna Maxwell Martin and Matthew Macfadyen read works on a subject that has exercised some of...

Andrew Buchan (Garrow's Law) and Josette Simon (Casualty, Silent Witness) read poetry and prose...

A sequence of music, poetry and prose celebrating idleness, featuring written material by...

David Haig and Deborah Findlay read poetry and prose inspired by the 1940s, including works by...

A programme on the theme of labyrinths, including works by George Herbert, Thelonious Monk,...

In the second of two programmes based on Robert Frost's poem Fire and Ice, Carolyn Pickles and...

In the first of two programmes based on Robert Frost's poem Fire and Ice, Alex Jennings reads...

Sylvestra Le Touzel and Dan Stevens read poems and texts showing the impact that money - or the...

John Sessions and Claire Harry read texts on the subject of faith and atheism by Nietzsche,...

Sian Thomas and William Hope read poetry and prose inspired by the night, including work by...

A programme on the theme of Last Things, focusing on Heaven and Hell, last love and its...

In an edition devoted to works with a humorous theme, Sophie Thompson and Sanjeev Bhaskar read...

Readers Stella Gonet and Nicholas Farrell set sail on a sea of tall tales told by travellers....

Mozart's genius has inspired many artists to comment on his musical creativity. This edition...

Sheila Hancock and Scott Handy reads works on the theme of giving and receiving gifts,...

Jim Broadbent and Miranda Richardson read texts that underline the variable and personal nature...

Readers Samantha Bond and Simon Chandler play a host of historical kings and queens in poetry...

A mischievous examination of people's attitudes to what they wear, featuring poems and prose...

The original Greek Games more than 2,000 years ago had their origins in a poetic and musical...

An exploration of the emotion and experience of solitude through a sequence of poetry, prose...

Works celebrating the many facets of joy, including words from Thomas Hardy, Rabindranath...

Kathryn Tickell heads a distinguished musical line-up in this special edition recorded at The...

A Halloween edition built around the theme of witches and sorcerers; those sinister beings who...

Wrirings on the theme of fame and celebrity, read by Imogen Stubbs and Michael Maloney....

An edition dedicated to locomotion, featuring works devoted to all forms of travel. Readers...

A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of mankind's yearning for transcendence,...

Poetry and prose evoking the rhythms of city life, featuring works by by writers across time,...

Frances Barber and Greg Hicks read poetry and prose on the theme of exile. The texts explore...

Sophie Okonedo and Paul Copley read poetry and prose on the theme of the Afterlife, from Heaven...

In a programme on the theme of enemies, Struan Rodger and Siobhan Redmond read works by William...

A journey around provincial France as Jonathan Firth and Haydn Gwynne read poetry and prose by...

An edition on the theme of repetition, exploring how it often gives shapes and subtlety to...

William Hope and Laurel Lefkow read poetry and prose on the theme of New York, with work by...

An edition dedicated to poems and music by prodigies and the early work of great artists. With...

Greta Scacchi and Greg Wise delve into poems on the subject of time: lives ticking away as the...

A sequence of poetry and music inspired by the world seen from a great height, the flight of...

Alison Steadman and Andrew Sachs read poetry and prose exploring clowns as mysterious figures...

A selection of works about awakenings read by Hattie Morahan and Peter Marinker, including the...

A celebration of all things miniature including music by Webern, Billy Mayerl and Delius, plus...

Caroline Catz and Anthony Flanagan read poetry and prose celebrating the relationship between...

Art Malik and Alexandra Gilbreath read poetry and prose exploring mankind's ancient and...

An exploration of the art of friendship, as celebrated through the ages in poetry, prose and...

Juliet Stevenson and Jamie Glover read poetry and prose on the theme of rivers by Wordsworth,...

Works on the theme of May Day, focusing on its English pastoral heritage - morris dancing and...

From the Paris Commune to the American Deep South, from home life to public life, David Bamber...

A sequence of music and writings inspired by painting and artists. Alex Jennings and Carolyn...

Poetry and music focusing on the kingdom of malady - from the famous musical sneeze in Kodály's...

Jim Broadbent and Miranda Richardson read excerpts from visionary texts and literature...

A sequence of music, poetry and prose inspired by the recent republication of Edward Thomas's...

Actors Christopher Eccleston and Olivia Hallinan read from a selection of love letters - both...

Celia Imrie and Bill Paterson read works on the topic of healing. Ranging from Christ's...

Nicholas Farrell and Deborah Finlay read poetry on the theme of hunting and chasing, including...

In an edition devoted to Scottish landscape and history, Jimmy Yuill and Stella Gonet read...

Occidental as well as oriental - Turkey has often been disputed territory. It is the site of...

Readers Michael Maloney and Lesley Sharp survey all aspects of the human face - beauty, youth,...

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Anton Chekhov's birth, actors Mackenzie Crook and Jason...

A programme on the theme of atonement, exploring the suffering and frustration that can come...

Poetry, prose and music on the theme of borders - voluntary, imposed and those that demand to...

Poets and composers have been associated with the cinema since its inception more than 100...

Over the next two weeks there is a chance to hear highlights of of past editions. Readers...

Works on the theme of hope and despair, including poetry from TS Eliot, Tennessee Williams and...

An edition featuring works on the theme of music, from the metaphysical to the everyday. Peter...

Anna Massey and Derek Jacobi read selections of poems by metaphysical poets John Donne, George...

Actors Henry Goodman and Liz Sutherland read poems and prose that evoke the history of Berlin,...

Illumination has been a source of enlightenment from the Renaissance to the 21st century....

Ian McMillan introduces a special edition recorded in the Northern Rock Foundation Hall of The...

Works on the theme of walkers and walking, including verse and prose excerpts by Henry David...

Sheila Hancock and Tom Hollander read poetry and prose on the theme of power. There's poetry...

A selection of works on the theme of gay love. Douglas Hodge and Helen McCrory read poems and...

Works on the theme of Noah and the Ark, including writings from Chaucer, Blake and Milton, and...

Greta Scacchi and Henry Goodman lead a literary amble through the park, including work by Ted...

An exploration of the warrior in poetry and music, from classical heroes to contemporary...

A journey to Russia, as conjured up by the imagination of poets and musicians, natives, exiles...

John Paul Connolly and Rebecca Hall read literary excerpts on the theme of hearing and...

A sequence of poetry and music inspired by the sights and sounds of the Iberian Peninsula....

Meera Syal and Art Malik star in this edition of Words and Music - All India Radio. The...

In a Tennyson bicentennial edition, Beth Goddard and Michael Pennington read poetry by Tennyson...

On the eve of the National Eisteddfod of Wales, the festival of Welsh culture and language,...