Libby Purves

Week 36 I Fought the Law

I Fought the Law'It's the hardest thing I've ever done' – Sheridan Smith on playing the woman who changed legal history

Sheridan Smith as Ann Ming in I Fought the Law, behind the stand in a courtroom and looking directly at the camera.

I Fought the Law’s Sheridan Smith “couldn’t stop hugging” real-life subject Ann Ming: “I am completely in awe”

Wk 13 Radio Lead Charles Collingwood

The ArchersAffairs, scandals and farming – why Brian Aldridge remains an Archers legend after 50 years

The Archers icon: 'Wendy Richard and Angela Rippon thought I was the sexiest man in showbusiness'

June Spencer in a green-blue cardigan

The Archers'She was a phenomenon' – remembering June Spencer, a true radio legend

Angus Stobie standing assertively behind a wooden desk, dressed in a blue suit, against a red background.

The ArchersHow Edinburgh actor Angus Stobie became Archers' bad boy George Grundy

Tracy-Ann Oberman Wk. 37

EastEnders"Most women have a lot of rage" – Tracy-Ann Oberman on returning to EastEnders after 19 years and her advice to young women

Big RT Interview: Vanessa Redgrave

The Big RT InterviewVanessa Redgrave reflects on 10 years of Call the Midwife

The Big RT InterviewMichael Palin looks back over famous travels ahead of Himalayan adventure

Cleaning Up star Sheridan Smith: 'My skin is paper thin'

BBC radio is no longer top dog in the digital age

Monty Python, Getty, SL

Too white for comedy? There must be a place at the BBC for future Monty Pythons

A toast to the Today programme at 60 years

BBC

Former Radio 4 host Libby Purves: "vain and greedy" men are to blame for BBC gender pay gap

Three of a kindWho plays Barbara Windsor in new BBC biopic Babs?

Acting legend Glenda Jackson on playing King Lear and her fight against ageism

Lenny Henry on Shakespeare, his knighthood and the need for more diversity on screen