Stephen Fry meets the brains behind the mobile phone.Today, 85% of the silicon chips inside all mobile phones are designed by one Cambridge-based company, ARM. Two computer engineers needed some...

In this collection of four titles from the My Sporting Life series, legendary cricketers Mark Ramprakash, Darren Gough, Alex Stewart and Mike Gatting talk about their careers in the game.

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...

Birkenhead, 1973. Eighteen-year-old Paul O’Grady gets ready for a big Saturday night out on the town. As he bids farewell to his mum, who’s on the phone to his auntie, and wanders off down the...

Writer Frances Fyfield uses the manuscript of Dickens's last, unfinished, novel to work on the mystery of what happened to the book's eponymous hero Edwin Drood. First broadcast: BBC Radio 4, 19...

Lionel Blue is a paradox: Britain’s most famous Rabbi and a household name, his Jewish wit and quirky spirituality never fail to entertain. Yet he has lived a life on the fringes. A Rabbi who...

Following his expedition to Indonesia, as told in 'Zoo Quest for a Dragon', David Attenborough's next animal collecting and filming trip – as part of the successful 'Zoo Quest' television series...

Martin Clunes, one of Britain's favourite actors and the star of Doc Martin, writes touchingly about his life growing up with dogs and his search to discover their true nature.

In interviews ranging from 1968 to 2009, Paul McCartney talks about touring the UK with Wings (which was then a new band); a mid-70s offer to re-form the Beatles; the early days of the Beatles,...

In a fifty-six-year career spanning ‘Take It from Here' to ‘Absolutely Fabulous', June Whitfield’s presence in a show has always been a hallmark of quality. From Shakespeare to ‘Carry On'...

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...

The enchanted island of Corfu was home to Gerald Durrell and his family for five years before the Second World War.For the passionate young zoologist, Corfu was a natural paradise, teeming with...

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

Outspoken Leeds manager Neil Warnock talks to Danny Kelly about his life on and off the pitch.

Gerry Northam goes behind the scenes to investigate 'open source' computer software. Much has been said about the likes of free web browser Firefox and the operating system Linux, but little about...