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Top of the Bill

Adrian Edmondson on the pursuit of laughter

Adrian Edmondson remembers a riotous act from the early days of alternative comedy.

• 14 mins

Top of the Bill

Susan Calman on Victoria Wood

Susan Calman recalls how first seeing Victoria Wood helped shape her own career.

• 14 mins

Top of the Bill

Mark Watson on The Simpsons

Comedian Mark Watson on The Simpsons and the show's impact on his own work.

• 14 mins

Top of the Bill

Deborah Frances-White on Fleabag

Deborah Frances-White remembers the very first appearance of Fleabag.

• 14 mins

Top of the Bill

Stephen K Amos on Redd Foxx

Comedian Stephen K Amos on American performer Redd Foxx and his impact on his own career.

• 14 mins

The Art of Apology

Episode 1

Poet Helen Mort reflects that saying sorry is often not just about contrition.

• 14 mins

The Art of Apology

Episode 2

Poet Helen Mort explores non-apology through some of the poems that have shaped her.

• 14 mins

The Art of Apology

Episode 3

Poet Helen Mort explores whether apologies sometimes stand in for a failure to understand.

• 14 mins

The Art of Apology

Episode 4

Poet Helen Mort explores over-apologising through some of the poems that have shaped her.

• 14 mins

The Art of Apology

Episode 5

Poet Helen Mort reflects on when apology stands in for a sense of sorrow and guilt.

• 14 mins

Women Writers to Put Back on the Bookshelf

Charlotte Turner Smith

The Romantic poet who inspired Wordsworth is profiled by Sophie Coulombeau.

• 14 mins

Women Writers to Put Back on the Bookshelf

Lady Mary Wroth

The English Renaissance poet whose reputation at court was ruined by her writing.

• 14 mins

Women Writers to Put Back on the Bookshelf

Margaret Oliphant

The Scottish writer whose comic heroine Miss Marjoribanks bucks 19th-century conventions.

• 14 mins

Women Writers to Put Back on the Bookshelf

Storm Jameson

A Yorkshire-born writer with a European outlook who campaigned for World War II refugees.

• 14 mins

Women Writers to Put Back on the Bookshelf

Yolande Mukagasana

Zoe Norridge describes translating the testimony of a Rwandan survivor.

• 14 mins

Home Sweet Home

Episode 1

Madeleine Bunting begins a new series examining the many dimensions of what we call home.

• 14 mins

Home Sweet Home

Episode 2

Writer Madeleine Bunting reflects on some astonishing instances of homesickness.

• 14 mins

Home Sweet Home

Episode 3

Madeleine Bunting reflects on the emotional fallout of not having a place to call home.

• 14 mins

Home Sweet Home

Episode 4

Madeleine Bunting considers the personal and political facets of a controversial concept.

• 14 mins

Home Sweet Home

Episode 5

In the final part of her series, Madeleine Bunting imagines the home of the future.

• 14 mins

Higher Thoughts and the Meaning of Welsh Mountains

Snowdonia

Jon Gower explores the five mountain ranges of Wales.

• 14 mins

Higher Thoughts and the Meaning of Welsh Mountains

The Black Mountains

Jon Gower explores the five mountain ranges of Wales.

• 14 mins

Higher Thoughts and the Meaning of Welsh Mountains

The Brecon Beacons

Jon Gower explores the five mountain ranges of Wales.

• 14 mins

Higher Thoughts and the Meaning of Welsh Mountains

Epynt

Jon Gower explores the five mountain ranges of Wales.

• 14 mins

Higher Thoughts and the Meaning of Welsh Mountains

The Preseli Mountains

Jon Gower explores the five mountain ranges of Wales.

• 14 mins

Paul Robeson in Five Songs

1. No More Auction Block

The life and struggle of Paul Robeson through song. Shana Redmond on No More Auction Block

• 14 mins

Paul Robeson in Five Songs

2. Ol' Man River

Susan Robeson tells how her grandfather transformed Ol' Man River into a song of defiance.

• 14 mins

Paul Robeson in Five Songs

3. The Canoe Song

Mathew Sweet unravels the complex threads of Paul Robeson's rendition of the Canoe Song.

• 14 mins

Paul Robeson in Five Songs

4. Zog Nit Keynmol

Tayo Aluko explores Paul Robeson's anguished 1949 Moscow performance of Zog Nit Keynmol.

• 14 mins

Paul Robeson in Five Songs

5. Joe Hill

Marybeth Hamilton on the two ghosts of Joe Hill and Paul Robeson and their linked fates.

• 14 mins