Proms Plus: Landscape
Writer and broadcaster, Horatio Clare and the rapper and playwright, Testament join Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough to explore the ways in which the British landscape - urban and rural -- inspires writer...
27 Aug 201934min
Proms Plus: Nina Simone's life and legacy
Nina Simone - singer, pianist, civil rights activist and black feminist icon -- Kevin Legendre, Ayanna Witter-Johnson and Zena Edwards discuss her achievements and legacy. Producer: Zahid Warley
22 Aug 201934min
Proms Plus: Beethoven's 9th Symphony
Presenter Seán Williams discusses Beethoven the man and. Through a series of readings we learn what inspired the composer’s work.
21 Aug 201925min
Proms Plus: Kipling's Jungle Books
Anindya Raychaudhuri discusses Kipling's Jungle Books with children's novelist Frances Hardinge and academic Sue Walsh, recorded in front of an audience at Imperial College Union. How does Kipling use...
21 Aug 201934min
Proms Plus: Russian Folktales
Enter a world where huts walk on chicken legs, fish grant wishes and Baba Yaga sharpens her iron tooth with writers Marina Warner and Sophie Anderson. Presented by Victoria Donovan.Producer: Torquil ...
21 Aug 201921min
Revisit Slavery Stories, William Melvyn Kelley & Esi Edugyan
New research on slavery with historians Christienna Fryar, Kevin Waite, and Andrea Livesey. A Different Drummer was the debut novel of Kelley - first published when he was 24. Compared to William Fau...
18 Aug 201943min
Prom Plus: What Victorians Did For Fun
Historians Lee Jackson and Kathryn Hughes discuss what kept Queen Victoria's subjects amused indoors and outdoors. Presenter: Rana MitterKathryn Hughes, historian and author of Victorians UnboundLee J...
16 Aug 201921min
Proms Plus: Literary Hoaxes
Berlioz originally presented an early version of The Shepherd's Farewell - part of The Childhood of Christ, at this year's Proms - as the work of ‘Ducré’. It soon emerged that Ducré was not a forgotte...
16 Aug 201928min
