Passions (2017)

Comedian Romesh Ranganathan explores the genius of his idol Richard Pryor, heading to Los Angeles to talk to those who knew him best.

Former poet laureate Sir Andrew Motion heads to Hull to explore Philip Larkin's extraordinary - and sometimes controversial - legacy.

Comedian Barry Humphries examines the innovative and powerful music and art of the post-World War I Weimar Republic.

Chineke! orchestra founder Chi-chi Nwanoku pays tribute to Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, the pioneering English composer of Sierra Leonean descent.

As he prepares to stage La Boheme in the city of Lucca, Italy, conductor Andrea Colombini embarks on a mission to find out more about his idol Giacomo Puccini.

Jane Austen is one of Britain's finest authors. Right? Not according to Giles Coren, who tries to convince us she was just a 19th century chick lit hack.