S02E01: One Sandwich Short of a Picnic | Balderdash & Piffle

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...

Sir Gareth Southgate | The Richard Dimbleby Lecture

Former England football manager Sir Gareth Southgate reflects on his personal journey as a leader and the importance of b...

The Three Principles of Rhetoric | Speeches That Shook the World

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

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...

Speeches - Martin Luther King's ''I have a dream'' speech | Speeches that Shook the World

Simon Armitage dissects what makes a perfect speech by examining famous speeches th...

Episode 1 | The Speaker

The search is on to find the UK's best young speaker in this eight-part series, starting with the first regional auditions from Glasgow and London.

09: The Empire Strikes Back | The Story of English

Film looks at former British colonies Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, Barbados, Jamaica and India as well as the language ...

Churchill's Wartime Speeches | Speeches That Shook the World

Simon Armitage examines the speeches of one of Britain's best known orators.

Rebel Tongue

Alistair Heather sets out on a mission to reclaim the Scots language. For years, Scotland’s ancient tongue was ignored or mocked. Now, one and a half million pe...

Episode 2 | The Speaker

The search to find Britain's best young speaker continues in Manchester and Cardiff. The judges hear youngsters speak out about topics including teen...

Episode 8 | The Speaker

It's the final and the three remaining teenagers get to go on the trip of a lifetime as they travel with Unicef to research children's rights in Mala...

01: 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 o...

02: 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 presen...

03: 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 exp...

For the Sake of Argument | Writer's Block

Compilation secondary schools programme consisting of a new unit focusing on key literacy skills and illustrating how the skills of...

04: 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 ...

Episode 5 | The Speaker

Seven teenagers are still fighting it out in a bid to become Britain's Best Young Speaker. The Speakers take on the daunting task of becoming news re...

S01E07: The Results Show | Balderdash & Piffle

One off episode of series that looks at words and phrases and the histories of words. Victoria Coren and team investigate deri...

S02E07: Who Were They? | Balderdash & Piffle

Victoria Coren, Adam Hart-Davis, Marcel Theroux and Simon Hoggart head off on the trail of the real people whose names have been...

Telling Tales | Writer's Block

Compilation secondary schools programme consisting of a new unit focusing on key literacy skills and illustrating how the skills of reading an...