When we think of the nude we usually think of the female nude and in Western art in particular we're often contemplating an image where the artist is primarily concerned with sensuality and...

The complete BBC Radio 4 series written and presented by Sir David Attenborough featuring all twenty episodes about some of the strangest plants and creatures from around the world. One of the...

The BBC Sound Archive contains numerous recordings collected over many years, and this collection covers a range of animal sound effects from this vast library - ideal for use in your home...

Mark Whitaker reports from Bangladesh and Vietnam on the fact that drowning is a leading cause of child death across South East Asia, and on the efforts being made to prevent it. Children drown...

Arctic explorer, survival expert and naturalist, Freddy Spencer Chapman was trapped behind enemy lines when the Japanese overran Malaya and Singapore in 1942. His response was to begin a commando...

The BBC Sound Archive contains numerous recordings compiled over many years, and this collection covers a range of home video sound effects - ideal for use in your home studio.

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It's often claimed that you're never more than 10 feet from a rat, and you could probably say the same about lasers. In the home and at the shops, throughout medicine, the military, and almost...

Butterflies animate our summers, but the 59 species found in the British Isles can be surprisingly elusive. Some bask unseen at the top of trees in London parks; others lurk at the bottom of damp...

The BBC Sound Archive contains numerous recordings collected over many years, and this collection covers a range of birdsong sound effects from this vast library - ideal for use in your home...

Join presenters Brett Westwood and Stephen Moss in this fascinating guide to the calls and songs of our most popular water birds, as heard on BBC Radio 4.In the third of our series of bird...

The BBC Sound Archive contains numerous recordings compiled over many years, and this collection covers a range of quintessentially English sounds - ideal for use in your home studio.

On November 12, 1912, a rescue team trekking across Antarctica's Great Ice Barrier finally found what they sought - the snow-covered tent of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott. Inside, they...

Edward Enfield has only ever had one garden, but his dealings with it have extended over half a century. He came to his three-quarters of an acre knowing nothing about growing anything, and this...

The BBC Sound Archive contains numerous recordings compiled over many years, and this collection covers a range of sound effects relating to the weather - ideal for use in your home studio.

The BBC Sound Archive contains numerous recordings compiled over many years, and this collection covers a whole range of sound effects - ideal for use in your home studio.

Here you will...