The BBC’s Nick Robinson continues his fascinating and absorbing Radio 4 series featuring eight famous British Prime Ministers, which explores how Prime Ministers have used their power and...

Former athletics champion Derek Redmond joins Danny Kelly to look back on his career on and off the track, including the semi-final of the 400m at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics when, following a...

Formula 1 commentator and broadcasting legend Murray Walker joins Danny Kelly to look back on his career.

Nelson Mandela is one of the most inspiring and iconic figures of our age. Now he has opened his personal archive, which offers an unprecedented insight into his remarkable life.Conversations...

The third in a series of extended interviews from Colin Murray's Gold Run - one man's quest to meet every living GB gold medallist from the summer Olympics. In this episode, Colin meets Bradley...

Many people today want nothing to do with God. In the past people went to great lengths to experience a sacred reality, but now militant atheists preach a gospel of godlessness and find an eager...

Held captive from January 1987 to November 1991, for much of the time in solitary confinement, Terry Waite wrote his autobiography in his head. Here is his own heart-rending account of an...

Sanjeev Bhaskar, comedian and writer behind 'The Kumars at No. 42' embarks on an epic journey through modern India. Sanjeev's characteristic humour and unique take on the country form the heart of...

Caroline John reads the captivating autobiography of Elisabeth Sladen, with a foreword by David Tennant and a postscript by Brian and Sadie MillerWhen Elisabeth Sladen first appeared as plucky...

Spanning almost a hundred years, this evocative true story recounts the lives of three generations of remarkable Chinese women.

Their extraordinary journey takes us from the brutal...

Pam Ayres’ early childhood in Stanford-in-the-Vale was idyllic in many ways, and typical of that experienced by a great swathe of children born in rural areas in the immediate post-war years....

A Postillion Struck by Lightning was a bestseller on first publication and marked Dirk Bogarde's transition from star of stage and screen to a bestselling and internationally acclaimed author....

Adolf Hitler seemed an unlikely leader - fuelled by hate, incapable of forming normal human relationships, unwilling to debate political issues - and yet he commanded enormous support. So how was...

Peter Gavuzzi was probably Britain's greatest ever distance runner, but he's been forgotten - because he was a working class professional. This is the story of his taking part in the two 'Bunion...

This is the first series of Labour MP Tony Benn’s behind-the-scenes revelations from the highly acclaimed BBC Radio 4 series. 'The Observer' called it ‘Irresistible fly-on-the-wall history as...