This 30-part series explores how our interactions with sound have shaped us over 100,000 years. Recorded on location around the world and featuring treasures from the British Library's Sound...

Heather Couper presents a sweeping history of astronomy, as heard on BBC Radio 4.In this 30-part BBC Radio 4 series, astronomer Heather Couper charts the history of our understanding of the...

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...

Gerald Durrell describes a collecting expedition to the Cameroons where, with the assistance of a pack of African enthusiasts and mongrel dogs, he captured almost everything, from flying mice to...

In Corfu, Mother is given a calamitous birthday party which starts with the hi-jacking of the icebox and ends with the entire gathering marooned on a remote and deserted beach.At a dinner party...

David Attenborough’s books and broadcasts have opened the incredible world of natural history to millions of viewers and listeners.

'Zoo Quest for a Dragon' takes us back to one of...