Key films, books, TV, plays, art: 1001 Nights – 2001 A Space Odyssey, Jane Austen - Jaws All of these programmes are available as Arts and Ideas podcasts via the Downloads tab.
Matthew Sweet and guests discuss Dennis Potter's television series The Singing Detective.
Philip Dodd marks the first publication in 1961 of Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22.
Matthew Sweet investigates the phenomenon of The Avengers.
Philip Dodd presents a special edition devoted Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway.
A debate about the importance of the rivers of the North East: the Tyne, Tees and Wear.