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Literary discussion programme hosted by Kate Mosse. This edition comes from Hove, where author Fay Weldon talks to an invited audience about her work

Profile of forensic anthropologist Susan Black, whose skill for identifying people from their skeletal remains has revealed to her the most shocking extremes of human behaviour. Vital evidence uncovered by such scientists is currently being used in the trial of Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic

Series of short programmes in which authors previously shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction discuss their books. Richard Hamblyn talks about The Invention of Clouds, the true story of the nineteenth century amateur meteorologist who named the clouds

Art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon continues his quest to rediscover the greatest intellectual and artistic movement of the last 2,000 years. In this edition, he visits Florence to find out if the city deserves its mythical status as the ‘cradle of the Renaissance’

Presented by award-winning journalist George Alagiah

BBC Political Editor Andrew Marr and guests discuss topical issues

Documentary about American racing driver and car designer Carroll Shelby. In 1959 at Le Mans, little known Shelby won the most prestigious event in motor racing at his first attempt and was acclaimed as one of the best drivers in the world. But Shelby had a secret that was to prevent him ever driving again. The film tells the comeback story of a man driven by the desire to beat the world on the race track and specifically to beat the might of motor racing, Ferrari. From his base in California with only a team of hot rodders for support, in three years Shelby put together a car that would take on the world and win. The Shelby Cobra, as it was known, is still an automotive icon today. Featuring a great 60s soundtrack and using true-to-the-period split screen effects

Series of short programmes in which authors shortlisted for this year’s Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction discuss their books. Brendan Simms talks about ‘Unfinest Hour’, a shocking analysis of incompetency and hypocrisy in British foreign policy in Bosnia during John Major’s term in office

Mark Tully examines the conflict between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir border, a dispute which has its roots in the countries’ independence from Britain. India and Pakistan’s recent development of nuclear capabilities has transformed a regional problem into a global concern

The story of the Hanratty case. On 4 April 1962, James Hanratty was hanged for the murder of Michael Gregsten. Ever since, campaigners have fought to have his conviction overturned, arguing that he was framed. However, the police have maintained that they have DNA proof of his guilt

Series of short programmes in which authors shortlisted for this year’s Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction discuss their books. Brendan Simms talks about ‘Unfinest Hour’, a shocking analysis of incompetency and hypocrisy in British foreign policy in Bosnia during John Major’s term in office

Documentary by Luke Holland following his brother’s struggle with Myeloma, a rare form of bone cancer, and the effect his condition has on those around him