A Walk of One’s Own
From a childhood among the trees of Kensington Gardens to adventures among the cicadas of Spain, Dr Alexandra Harris walks with the spirit of one of the greatest writers of…
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey returned to our screens this weekend with its lowest ever audience for an opening episode, yet it still managed 7.6 million. Among the deluge of staff redundancy, blackmail,…
First Dates
If you were going on a blind date with someone who you would potentially spend the rest of your life with, would you want it broadcast on national television? For…
Girls Can Code
Earlier this year it was announced that BBC Three would be scrapped and become an online only platform. Unfortunately that change cannot come soon enough and mind numbing programmes like…
Desert Island Discs
On air for more than 70 years, Desert Island Discs provides a formidable archive of interviews with everybody from Liberace to Kim Cattrall and most recently Judi Dench. The program…
Release the Hounds
Run rabbit. Run. With a pack of rabid dogs, tongues lolling and their four legs thundering behind you whilst you emulate that rabbit whizzing around a dog track, running is…
Where is the British Podcast Big Bang?
This past weekend marked the anniversary of the first episode of the globally viral podcast Serial that effectively created the podcasting ‘big bang’. Podcasting is now considered a legitimate form…