Nov 3

Oliver Postgate

"Postgate's work is deep inside me and I think that's true for so many of my generation...His work represents nothing less than a touchstone for our national imagination and in that sense it's profoundly important"Andrew Davenport, writer, composer, and creator of Teletubbies and ... Show More

27m 39s

Oct 27

Sylvia Plath

Lucy Jones, author of Matrescence, chooses the writer Sylvia Plath. Sylvia Plath was a precocious, prize-winning child,. Her mother had high expectations for her. Her father had died when she was 8 (but could have been saved if only he'd gone to see a doctor). When she was well, ... Show More

27m 6s

Oct 20

Elizabeth Day on Hatshepsut

"One of the things that she claimed was that her mother had been impregnated by the sun god Amon-Ra." Elizabeth Day's interest in the female pharaoh Hatshepsut was sparked by a trip to Egypt less than a year ago. What intrigued her was how this woman survived and thrived as ruler ... Show More

27m 40s

Sep 2023

Pharrell Williams on Merging Fashion with Music & Family with Bishop Ezekiel Williams

For the first episode of Louis Vuitton [Extended] — The Podcast, host Loïc Prigent recalls the electric atmosphere of Pharrell Williams’ first Men’s show on a gilded Pont Neuf bridge in Paris. Delving into the event’s charged musical voyage, the pair’s discussion centers aroun ... Show More

26m 30s

Jun 2021

Richard Wilson, actor and director

Richard Wilson is an actor and director who became a household name when he played the part of Victor Meldrew in the BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave. Richard was born in Greenock in Scotland in 1936. As a child he performed in amateur drama productions and harboured a secret des ... Show More

37m 19s

May 2020

Little Richard, Dr Janet Carr OBE, Professor John Horton Conway, Florian Schneider

Matthew Bannister onThe rock 'n' roll pioneer Little Richard, whose flamboyant performances and powerful vocal style influenced many who came after him.Janet Carr, the psychologist whose long-running study changed attitudes to people with Down’s Syndrome.J ... Show More

28m 5s

Jun 1955

Emlyn Williams

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and playwright Emlyn Williams.Luxury: Encyclopaedia

19m 6s

Feb 2022

Jamal Edwards MBE, P.J. O'Rourke (pictured), Romaine Hart OBE, Ronnie Campbell

Matthew Bannister on Jamal Edwards, the young music entrepreneur whose YouTube channel supported the careers of grime and rap stars like Dave, Skepta and Stormzy. P.J. O’Rourke, the conservative American satirist who applied his barbed wit to reporting from the w ... Show More

28m 6s

Sep 2009

Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme, by Thomas Tallis

Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal. Fantasia on a theme by Thomas TallisWhen Vaughan Williams wrote his Tallis Fantasia in 1910, he changed the course of British music. Here at last was a piece of music which was no longer under the Teutonic influe ... Show More

27m 35s

Jun 2023

In the Studio: Matthew Xia

***This programme contains racially sensitive language and themes that may be upsetting.*** Matthew Xia is a theatre director and Olivier award-winning artistic director of the Actors Touring Company. As his alter ego DJ Excalibur, he performed to a global audience of over a bill ... Show More

27m 35s

Jan 2024

Pharrell Williams’s Wild West

Pharrell Williams talks to Vogue China’s Margaret Zhang and Yiling Pan about his role of creative director at Louis Vuitton menswear and how his role is akin to being a conductor of a massive orchestra. Also, Jose Criales-Unzueta joins Chloe and Chioma to talk about the latest ... Show More

36m 30s

Dec 2022

Rob McElhenney on Merging Soccer, Celebrity, and a TV Empire

Matt is joined by actor, producer, writer, and co-owner of Wrexham AFC Rob McElhenney to talk about the back story and business model of his documentary series ‘Welcome to Wrexham.’ Rob talks about how he pitched the show to the head of FX, how he bought the team with Ryan Reynol ... Show More

32m 27s

Ralph Vaughan Williams