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Praising Powell and Pressburger

I Know Where I'm Going

AL Kennedy discusses the 1945 Powell and Pressburger film I Know Where I'm Going.

• 15 mins

Sound of Cinema: You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet

The Sounds of Early Cinema

Matthew Sweet discusses the sounds of cinema's beginnings.

• 15 mins

Sound of Cinema: You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet

Miklos Rozsa

Novelist Jonathan Coe explores how composer Miklos Rozsa came to write for film.

• 15 mins

Sound of Cinema: You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet

Camille Paglia

Writer Camille Paglia discusses the film music which has inspired her since childhood.

• 15 mins

Sound of Cinema: You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet

David Thomson

Writer and film critic David Thomson explores how film composers create mood.

• 15 mins

Sound of Cinema: You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet

Matthew Sweet

Matthew Sweet explores silence in film and the effect on sound of digital technology.

• 15 mins

If Walls Could Talk

Susan McKay

Journalist Susan McKay returns to her native Derry to ask what is a 'City of Culture'?

• 15 mins

If Walls Could Talk

Neil Cowley

Composer Neil Cowley revisits his year as musician-in-residence for Derry-Londonderry.

• 15 mins

If Walls Could Talk

Brian McGilloway

Crime novelist Brian McGilloway explores how a city can shape a writer.

• 15 mins

If Walls Could Talk

Nuala Hayes

Actress Nuala Hayes explores shirt-making and storytelling in Derry, UK City of Culture.

• 15 mins

If Walls Could Talk

Glenn Patterson

Novelist Glenn Patterson with a uniquely Belfast view of Derry, UK City of Culture 2013.

• 15 mins

Autumn 1973

The Chilean Coup

Michael Goldfarb reflects on the coup in Chile 1973 that overthrew Salvador Allende.

• 15 mins

Autumn 1973

The October War

Michael Goldfarb explores the meaning of the October War between Israel and its neighbours

• 15 mins

Autumn 1973

The Saturday Night Massacre

Michael Goldfarb on the moment when the Watergate scandal became a constitutional crisis.

• 15 mins

Autumn 1973

The Opec Oil Embargo

Michael Goldfarb on the personal and political disruption the 1973 Opec oil embargo caused

• 15 mins

Autumn 1973

The Inflation Crisis

How rising inflation in 1973 challenged the progressive ideals of the 1968 generation.

• 15 mins

The Existential Me

Naomi Alderman

Naomi Alderman on how existentialism affects the novels and computer games she creates.

• 15 mins

The Existential Me

Paul Hart

Theatre director Paul Hart considers the power and veracity of existentialist ideas.

• 15 mins

The Existential Me

Michele Roberts

Michele Roberts on existentialist women writers and how these have influenced her own work

• 15 mins

The Existential Me

Gary Walkow

Film-maker Gary Walkow reflects on how existential thinking has influenced his work.

• 15 mins

The Existential Me

Emmy van Deurzen

Psychotherapist Emmy van Deurzen on how existentialism has shaped her life and work.

• 15 mins

Let There Be Dark

Rupert Goodwins on what going blind suddenly taught him about science, culture and life.

• 15 mins

Let There Be Dark

Behind the Eyes

Writer Rupert Goodwins describes unexpected insights he gained as he lost his sight.

• 15 mins

Let There Be Dark

Doctoring the Evidence

Rupert Goodwins reflects on the medical experience of losing his sight.

• 15 mins

Let There Be Dark

Long, Slow Journey through the Night

Rupert Goodwins tries to find if technology can limit his isolation from blindness.

• 15 mins

Let There Be Dark

Seeing the Future

Rupert Goodwins on the potential of the internet to improve the future for blind people.

• 15 mins

Cities on the Brink

Vienna

Bethany Bell evokes the elegance and dark tensions of 1914 Vienna - and their echoes now.

• 15 mins

Cities on the Brink

Paris

Hugh Schofield on the storm in Paris over the murder of pacifist Jean Jaures before WWI.

• 15 mins

Cities on the Brink

Berlin

Stephen Evans focuses on life in Berlin in 1914, seen as the Silicon Valley of its time.

• 15 mins

Cities on the Brink

St Petersburg

Steve Rosenberg revisits 1914 St Petersburg and an event that would define modern Russia.

• 15 mins