Narnia's Lost Poet: The Secret Lives and Loves of C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis's biographer A.N. Wilson goes in search of the man behind Narnia, a highly secretive man whose personal life was marked by the loss of...
See moreMiss Pym's Day Out
In 1977, after a fourteen year dry spell, the novelist Barbara Pym was nominated for a Booker Award for her novel, Quartet in Autumn. This drama...
See morePrince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown
No profession, no say, no freedom of expression. Life as a prince consort is not exactly pleasure taxing. No constitution ascribes any function to...
See moreThe Genius of Josiah Wedgwood
Historian and author AN Wilson explores the life of Josiah Wedgwood. Wilson reveals the achievements of the self-made, self-educated creative giant...
See moreTolstoy: The Man Behind Anna
An examination of the life of great Russian author Leo Tolstoy, who penned the 1877 novel Anna Karenina.
See moreBeatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge
Patricia Routledge, as patron of the Beatrix Potter Society, presents a documentary on the author's life and work.
See moreQueen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
This is the story of Queen Victoria as never heard before; a psychological insight of the woman told through her own words, her experiences...
See morePrince Albert: A Victorian Hero Revealed
Professor Saul David examines Prince Albert's role in shaping British culture, governmental policy and international relations in Victorian Britain.
See moreReturn to Eliotland
AN Wilson explores the life and work of TS Eliot. From The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock to The Waste Land and from Ash Wednesday to Four Quartets...
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