Episodes List

Ep.1 Street Music Stories

Air Date: 2004-08-22

Ep.2 Ronnie Wood

Air Date: 2004-09-05

Ep.3 Willie Nelson

Air Date: 2004-09-19

Ep.4 Malcolm Arnold (1)

Air Date: 2004-09-26

Ep.5 Malcolm Arnold (2)

Air Date: 2004-10-03

Ep.6 Robert Frank

Air Date: 2004-10-17

Ep.7 Michael Frayn

Air Date: 2004-11-14

Ep.8 The Darkness

Air Date: 2004-11-21

Ep.9 Iggy Pop

Air Date: 2004-12-05

Ep.10 Ruth Rendell

Air Date: 2004-12-12

Ep.11 Howard Goodall

Air Date: 2004-12-19

Ep.12 Pete 'n' Dud, The Lost Shows

Air Date: 2005-01-01

Ep.13 Ian McEwan

Air Date: 2005-02-20

Ep.14 Going Sane

Air Date: 2005-03-06

Ep.15 Khaled and Rachid

Air Date: 2005-03-13

Ep.16 Alina Cojocaru, Johan Kobborg

Air Date: 2005-03-27

Ep.17 The Garden of Cosmic Speculation

Air Date: 2005-04-03

Ep.18 John Boorman

Air Date: 2005-04-10

Ep.19 Red Priest

Air Date: 2005-04-24

Ep.20 National Theatre's production of Henry IV

Air Date: 2005-05-01

Ep.21 The Secret Art of War

Air Date: 2005-05-08

Ep.22 Paul Abbott

Air Date: 2005-05-15

Ep.23 Eric Sykes

Air Date: 2005-09-18

Melvyn Bragg talks to Eric Sykes about his remarkable career, which started in the 1940s when he began writing for Frankie Howerd in the hit radio show Variety Band Box, and how he evolved from being a top comedy writer to one of Britain's best loved performers who continues to appear on stage, TV and cinema.