Speeches – Martin Luther King’s ”I have a dream” speech | Speeches that Shook the World

Speeches that Shook the World

Documentary in which poet Simon Armitage dissects what makes a perfect speech by examining famous speeches that provoked radical change, surpri...

1: Doing What Comes Naturally | Born Talking: A Personal Inquiry into Language

A personal enquiry into language, with Jonathan Miller. From infancy, language growth is aston...

Episode 1 | Blethering Scots

Ten well-known personalities share their favourite Scots word and celebrate the warmth, wit and grit of the Scots language. Written by Sanjeev K...

The Key Elements of Making a Good Speech | Speeches That Shook the World

Simon Armitage takes tips from Shakespearean actor Charles Dance on how to deliever a speech that wi...

The Three Principles of Rhetoric | Speeches That Shook the World

Actor & Communications Consultant Vincent Franklin describes Aristotle's three principles of rhetoric.

1: An English-speaking World | The Story of English

Robert Macneil on how English is being adopted by the world as the most important language to learn, he traces the use of...

1: Observation | Let's Write Poetry: The Big Slam

Series exploring reading and writing poetry in all its diversity. The children are challenged to write a free verse poem on...

1: The Golden Age | The Mother Tongue

First of 3 documentaries tracing the history of the Scots tongue from its origins through to its heyday as the language of court, lite...

2: A Very Corrupt Dialect | The Mother Tongue

Billy KAY examines the roots of prejudice against Lowland Scots from the 1700s onwards in interviews with academics and native ...

2: Broken English | Born Talking: A Personal Inquiry into Language

When the brain is damaged through accident or injury, language can go tragically wrong. Meeting and talkin...

2: Memories | Let's Write Poetry: The Big Slam

Four children are taken to Devon for a crash course in poetry. Sunesh, Corey, Aziza and Frandella must write a free verse poem...

2: The Mother Tongue | The Story of English

Robert Macneil presents the second programme in this series tracing the history of the English language from its roots to present...

3: A Muse of Fire | The Story of English

This programme centres on the English of Shakespeare and the King James Bible and its spread into the New World via Elizabethan expl...

3: Imaginary Words | Let's Write Poetry: The Big Slam

Four children go on a week-long course in poetry writing. With help from poet Paul Lyalls, they must write their own im...

3: Lending a Hand | Born Talking: A Personal Inquiry into Language

The sign language of deaf people is as complex as any spoken language and reveals something essential abou...

3: Pan Loaf and Patter | The Mother Tongue

The final programme in the series in which Billy KAY traces the development of the Scots language.

3: Reverend Kate Bottley | Winter Walks

Walking along the banks of the River Cover and exploring the historic ruins of Wensleydale, the Rev Kate Bottley speaks frankly about...

4: In a Manner of Speaking | Born Talking: A Personal Inquiry into Language

Jonathan Miller explores the elements that make language more than just strings of words - such a...

4: Rhythm, Rap and Rhyme | Let's Write Poetry: The Big Slam

A series exploring reading and writing poetry in all its diversity. Ben, Carys, Abigail and Leon are challenged t...

4: The Guid Scots Tongue | The Story of English

In fourth of the series Robert Macneil looks at the development of Lowlands Scots and its spread to Ireland and America. He a...