Sunday Feature Episodes Episode guide
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The Moving Power of Art
Hisham Matar explores how countries use culture as a political tool.
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Retreat to Bug River
Rana Mitter considers the legacy of the August 1920 Soviet march on Warsaw.
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Malory: A Tale of Two Texts
Prof David Wallace traces the history of Le Morte Darthur, Thomas Malory's great work.
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20/01/2008
Investigating whether Moscow's building boom is damaging its architectural heritage.
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Rules of Engagement
British artist Cornelia Parker considers whether artists can bring about change.
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Bosphorus Battles
Tom de Waal takes a journey up the Bosphorus to present a portrait of Istanbul.
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Oscar in America
Owen Dudley Edwards explores Oscar Wilde's year-long tour of America.
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A Cloud in a Paper Bag
A drama-documentary telling the story of the first decades of hot air ballooning.
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All Your Tomorrows Today
Ken Hollings explores the world's ultimate think tank, the RAND Corporation.
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In the Beginning Was the Song
Ivan Hewett explores the origins and evolution of music.
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The virtual world of Paul Bennun
Paul Bennun spends seven days living solely through the portal of his computer screen.
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The Poetic World of Newt
David Vaughan explores the life and work of the poet Ivan Blatny.
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The childhood landscape of Elizabeth Bishop
Lavinia Greenlaw visits Nova Scotia to explore the childhood home of poet Elizabeth Bishop
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Free Thinking Lecture
Phil Redmond delivers the annual Free Thinking Lecture at Liverpool's St Georges Hall.
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Elgar and Empire
Tristram Hunt explores how Elgar's music articulated the notion of British Empire.
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Mind as Machine
Cognitive science professor Maggie Boden explores advances in Artificial Intelligence.
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Wisteria - Twilight Poems from the Swamp Country
A poetic reflection by Kwame Dawes on the lives of black people in the South after slavery
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The Eternal Rock
Michael Portillo explores the real history of the Rock of Gibraltar.
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An American Legend: James Agee
Blake Morrison visits the writer's home in Tennessee and follows his footsteps to Alabama.
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Courting the East
An exploration of the complex history of relations between England and the Islamic world.
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Pierre Boulez: Rebel with a Cause
An archive episode of the Sunday Feature to commemorate the death of Pierre Boulez
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New Generation Thinkers
A short feature by one of this year's New Generation Thinkers.
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New Generation Thinkers
A short feature by one of this year's New Generation Thinkers
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Kandinsky - A Story of Revolution
Christian Weikop uncovers Wassily Kandinsky's Russian roots.
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John Foulds - Life, Death and Resurrection
Simon Heffer explores the innovative world of John Foulds, a forgotten genius.
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Illuminating the Stage
With flickering candles dispelling the darkness, Fiona Shaw illuminates stage light.
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Forests of The Imagination
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough enters the forests of our imagination, looking for stories.