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Culture in Quarantine
Bringing arts and culture into your home
Perfect 10: Sofia Coppola's movie moments
See if you agree with the director's choices, from contemporary cult classics to some vintage Hollywood greats.
BBC Arts
Sugar: Unflinching drama
A probation office, a prison cell, a homeless shelter... meet three women all ‘doing time’ in very different ways.
BBC iPlayer
BBC Introducing Arts with Gemma Cairney
Episode four: Articulation, Butterflies, Embracing Wild Water and Four
BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC
Animated Thinking
The History of the Hare
The fascinating animated story of one of Britain’s most mysterious and elusive animals
AHRC
Are You Corrupt?
This animation explores intricate social relationships and how they could be abused in Ancient Greece and Rome
AHRC
Through Whose Eyes?
Exploring the role of photography in shaping how we view the history of the Holocaust
AHRC
I Feel Different
Experience the untold stories of autistic girls and women in their own words
AHRC
A Room in Mumbai
How rehousing from slums to high-rises has adversely affected women’s lives in Mumbai
AHRC
The Life and Times of a Witch Bottle
The story of a stoneware flask, from its 17th century manufacture to its use as a ‘witch bottle’ and recent rediscovery
AHRC
Grief & the Pandemic
An animated study of the impact of restrictions on the human emotional experience during the Covid-19 pandemic
AHRC
Writing From the Shadows
This animation explores what writing and publishing can mean for people in prison
AHRC
Focus on Disability
Bartholomew Abominations
Paul Sirett's radical reworking of Ben Jonson's biting satire, reflecting on narrow-minded disability discrimination
BBC Radio 4
Crip Creativity
Music, writing and performances by disabled artists, featuring readings from Jonathan Keeble and Nadia Albina
BBC Radio 3
The Silence Of My Pain
Hannah French explores the hidden disability of chronic pain and the therapeutic nature of music
BBC Radio 3
Zichy, Wittgenstein And Me
Pianist Nicholas McCarthy, who was born without his right hand, explores the treasures of the left-hand piano repertoire
BBC Radio 3
CripTales
Audition
Mat sits in dread in a waiting room reliving some of his best and worst auditions, and unlocks the reason for his fears
BBC Four
The Real Deal
An unexpected friendship means Meg sees things clearly
BBC Four
Thunderbox
A whirlwind romance leaves Sue pregnant. What should she do now?
BBC Four
Hamish
Hamish's new self operated wheelchair offers independence, but heading to the woods presents some rough terrain
BBC Four
Paper Knickers
Will amputation affect Jackie's chance of pursuing her romance?
BBC FOUR
The Shed
She's falling in love with her next-door neighbour. But her carer does not approve
BBC FOUR
More from BBC Arts
Facts and Fiction: The Booker Prize, eight things you need to know
Interesting facts and figures from the last 52 years of the literary honour
Culture in Quarantine
Can you judge a book by its cover?
Take our quiz to see how much your book choices are influenced by clever cover design.
NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD
What can novels tell us about how men and women respond to a crisis?
A new study sheds light on the differences between the books written by men and by women
Novels That Shaped Our World
New Creatives
BBC Introducing Arts with Gemma Cairney
Episode three: Mileage, Ta-ra-abit, Wet & Dry, Nice to See You and South x South East
BBC RADIO 6 Music
Swiped
A dating app in the near future promises to bring people together but old habits die hard
BBC IPLAYER
Screengrabbed
Janina Ramirez introduces a collection of inspiring, beautiful and urgent stories from emerging and established talent
BBC FOUR
Inside Cinema
Nixon's America: A Country Divided
How close did American cinema come to pin-pointing the troubling truths behind the 'silent majority'?
BBC Arts
Dancing Teens
Get into the groove with iconic dance scenes in 1980s cinema
BBC Arts
Hollywood Action Figures
What does the size of an action star's biceps say about cinema and society at large?
BBC Arts
The Novels That Shaped Our World
10 political novels to challenge your views
Stories about the ideas, people and power struggles that shaped worlds
Novels that shaped our world
10 novels about crime and conflict
The impact of war, violence and struggle unite these choices
Novels that shaped our world
10 tales of family and friendship
The good, the bad and the ugly side of our relationships
Novels that shaped our world
10 novels that broke the mould
The characters who break rules and challenge our perceptions of life itself
Novels that shaped our world
10 classic novels about the joy and jeopardy of youth
Exploring the characters growing up and finding their way in the world
Novels that shaped our world
100 Novels That Shaped Our World
Explore the list of 100 novels whose stories have the power to change us
BBC Arts
Made in Lockdown
Swan Lake Bath Ballet
Elite dancers from across the globe create a modern-day Swan Lake from their own bathtubs
Culture in Quarantine
Reconnect: Digital Raving
A theatrical mix of storytelling and live-looped beatboxing from SK Shlomo
Culture in Quarantine
The Soothing Presence of Strangers
A meditation on loneliness, usefulness, and the place a bus route can have in our lives
CULTURE IN QUARANTINE
Performance: Culture in Quarantine
Untold: Caroline
Revealing personal stories through musical performance from Camerata, and spoken word delivered by Jackie Kay
Manchester Camerata
BBC Young Jazz Musician 2020
A platform for young talented jazz musicians to compete for the title
BBC Four
Frankenstein: How To Make A Monster
Beatboxers re-interpret the story and explore how today’s society creates its own monsters
BBC Four
Galleries, museums & archives: Culture in Quarantine
Luminous: Virtual Gallery Tour
An exhibition from the Shadowlight Artists, a group of seven Oxfordshire artists with learning disabilities
Modern Art Oxford
Heart of the Nation
An animation from a new exhibition exploring the key role migrants play in the NHS
Migration Museum
Black Britain And Beyond
An event exploring the complex histories of black Britishness, celebrating unique and influential cultures
Black Britain and Beyond
Get Creative at Home
Foley Artist
Learn what a Foley artist is, then have a go at making your own soundscape
The Foundling Museum
#GetCreativeAtHome
Search the site for creative activites to do at home, or add activites to listings if you are a creative organisation
Get Creative at Home
Autumn Colour Palette
Make your own colour palette inspired by the colours of autumn
V&A Museum of Childhood
More Arts on BBC iPlayer
The Big Scottish Book Club
Damian Barr speaks to writers Jessica Fellowes, Paul McVeigh and Graeme Armstrong, with poetry from Courtney Stoddart
BBC Scotland
British Film Premieres Introductions: Monsoon
Hannah Woodhead explores the story of Kit who returns to his roots in Vietnam and reconnects to memories of his parents
BFI
Our favourite books
Ben Miller, Grace Dent, Graham Norton and Desiree Burch reveal their choices to Sara Cox
Between the Covers
More Arts on BBC Sounds
Moving Pictures
Series that takes a long, slow look at great artworks, photographed in incredible detail
BBC Radio 4
Isolation, In Your Words
45 Britons share their stories during the global crisis of 2020
BBC RADIO 3
Tate Modern: Exploding The Canon
Understanding how Tate Modern can not only explode the canon, but redesign the institution in which art is shown
BBC Radio 3
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Arena
The BBC's multi award-winning arts strand
Free Thinking
The ideas shaping our lives today - with artists and thinkers in debates and interviews
Front Row
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
imagine...
The arts series edited and presented by Alan Yentob
BBC Books
All of the BBC's coverage of the written word in one place
Get Creative
The UK's biggest celebration of creative participation
Inside Cinema
Short films taking you to the heart of the movies
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