Dolly Parton: From the Smoky Mountains to Gla...

The work of Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama is famed for its use of dots and inspired the likes of Andy Warhol. She was a work of art herself, often photographed wearing a bright orange wig and technicolour clothes covered in her signature polka dots. But, behind the can ...  Show more

Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji spearheaded the explosive growth of the country’s economy in the 1990s. He had been previously removed from the Chinese Communist Party twice after criticising Mao Zedong. But by 1991 was charged with China's economy, securing its entry into the ...  Show more

The global explorer, TV presenter and author Simon Reeve makes programmes around the world which focus on people’s lives...and he’s been arrested by the KGB, chased by cheetahs and nearly died from malaria.Liz McConaghy spent seventeen years as a Chinook crewman with the RAF, the ...  Show more

Fashion designer, entrepreneur and Great British Sewing Bee judge Patrick Grant has put his money where his seams are with his company Community Clothing and new book 'Less' urging us to stop buying so much rubbish and appreciate fewer, better things. We’re taking cheesy to anoth ...  Show more

Today we welcome the writer, broadcaster and journalist Jimi Famurewa.

Martin Roberts, the broadcaster, property expert and host of BBC Television series Homes Under the Hammer.

And the founder of the Tuneless Choir, Nadine Cooper.

Plus, we’ll hear the Inher ...

Today we welcome singer-songwriter, television presenter and sound healing practitioner, Charlotte Church.

Reverend Eve Pitts, one of the first Black Caribbean Vicars in the Church of England and a campaigner for racial justice.

Former police officer turned best-s ...