A selection of programmes from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ archive - author interviews and profiles.
Interviewed by Denys Gueroult about his book,The Fellowship of the Ring, in 1964.
Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, who talks to writer John le Carre.
Novelist Joanna Trollope explores the work of her favourite author, Jane Austen.
The novelist Jung Chang talks to Sue MacGregor about her life and work in China and beyond
Writer China Mieville talks to American science fiction writer Ursula Le Guin.
James Mossman talks to Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov in this 1970 interview.
James Naughtie talks to Pulitzer Prize winning author Toni Morrison about Beloved.
John Humphrys talks to Terry Pratchett about being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
Stephen King, the world's best-selling author, talks about a life of horror in 1998
Sophie Dahl looks at the life of her grandfather, the children's author Roald Dahl.
Best-selling author Philip Pullman talks to his former schoolteacher Enid Jones.
Novelist Len Deighton talks to Patrick Humphries about his life and writing career.
Mariella Frostrup interviews bestselling author John Grisham.
Mark Lawson interviews the writer Kurt Vonnegut at the age of 83.
A literary landmark and it's effect on a city. How Dublin has embraced Ulysses.
Author J K Rowling and Stephen Fry discuss the Harry Potter book series.
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer J G Ballard
Joanna Smith Rakoff explores JD Salinger's relationship with fans who wrote him letters
Author Irvine Welsh discusses his life & work with Mark Lawson in an interview from 2001
A special programme in which Sandi Toksvig explores Rebus's Edinburgh with Ian Rankin
Mark Lawson talks to writer Ian McEwan about his work in a programme from 2001.
Lucy Fleming embarks upon a quest to discover more about her mysterious uncle Ian.
Jon Canter shared a flat with Douglas Adams while the latter struggled for success.
Doris Lessing talks about her long and extraordinarily varied writing career.
