Famous for his womanising, drinking and tragic death, Dylan Thomas is the rock star of 20th-century poetry. But for Welsh poet Owen Sheers, his...

Virginia Woolf said that Homer's epic poem the Odyssey was 'alive to every tremor and gleam of existence'. Following the magical and strange...

A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from some of Britain's greatest poets.

Documentary exploring Ted Hughes, one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, focusing on how his life story influenced his work and vision.

The extraordinary story of the most disturbing witch trial in British history and the key role played in it by one nine-year-old girl. Jennet Device,...

Poet Simon Armitage goes on the trail of one of the jewels in the crown of British poetry, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, written about 600 years...

Speech-making is the art of persuasion. Well-honed rhetoric appeals not just to the mind, but to the heart and, deeper down, in the guts. Examining...

A powerful and moving examination of the pandemic, using poetry as a central narrative and featuring people from around the country who tell us their...

Poet Simon Armitage explains how he is going behind the scenes of some of his poems to help readers understand and visualize how they are created.

Poet Simon Armitage traces the evolution of the Arthurian legend through the literature of the medieval age and reveals that King Arthur is not the...

An alternative history of the British Isles, told through art. Looking at 1,500 years and eight dramatic turning points, acclaimed artists and...

Take a gentle walk as familiar faces explore landscapes in Yorkshire and Cumbria in this series of immersive and intimate documentaries.

Personal reflections on the best of 20th Century architecture.

Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.

Documentaries showing faces and places that make up the way we live today.