Illuminated

Illuminated

Illuminated is BBC Radio 4's home for creative and surprising one-off documentaries that shed light on hidden worlds.

Welcome to a place of audio beauty and joy, with emotion and human experience at its heart. The programmes you will find in this feed explore the reality of contemporary Britain and the world, venturing into its weirdest and most wonderful aspects.

This is a chance to meet voices that are not normally heard, open secret doors into concealed chambers and, above all, be transported by the art and inventiveness of the very best programme makers. Just press the switch.

New episodes are available weekly on Sunday evenings. Subscribe on BBC Sounds to make sure you don't miss an episode.

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Episoder(97)

A Map of the Moon

A Map of the Moon

When you look at the moon, what do you see? Producer and artist Siddharth Khajuria encounters competing human imaginations for the moon. Starting with some of the earliest lunar maps, he works with mo...

11 Mai 202529min

The Organ Symphony

The Organ Symphony

An extraordinary one-off symphony brings to life the stories of five people and their relationship with one of their vital organs.Like a symphony orchestra, our organs work in harmony to execute the m...

4 Mai 202529min

Mum in a Box

Mum in a Box

As their 30th birthday approaches, Saba Husain (they/them) receives an unexpected and life changing box. It contains ‘the life’ of their mum; never before seen diaries, love letters, poems, photos of ...

27 Apr 202529min

Robben Island’s Hallelujah

Robben Island’s Hallelujah

In his memoir of surviving the brutal apartheid prison Robben Island, South African activist Sedick Isaacs recalls an extraordinary event about which little has been recorded - "the creation and train...

15 Apr 202529min

The Big Ask

The Big Ask

How many questions have you asked today? How many were rhetorical, “boomer-asking”, passive/aggressive or just boringly functional?Did you know that our appetites for question-asking peak at the age o...

13 Apr 202528min

Nobody to Call

Nobody to Call

If a person dies without friends or relatives, the authorities can instigate a 'public health funeral'. Once called pauper's funerals - the services are referred to on the administrative form with a p...

6 Apr 202528min

A Georgian Polyphonic Feast

A Georgian Polyphonic Feast

Welcome to the feast! We’re invited to a traditional Georgian ‘Supra’ to immerse ourselves in the magic of Georgian polyphonic singing. The table groans with food, the wine flows, and the singing fil...

23 Mar 202528min

The Story of Solent City

The Story of Solent City

Author Owen Hatherley goes in search of the lost future of Solent City – the extraordinary plan, devised in the mid-1960s at the height of the post-war modernisation of Britain, to join the historic c...

16 Mar 202529min

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