Illuminated
By BBC Radio 4
Illuminated is BBC Radio 4's home for creative and surprising one-off documentaries that shed light on hidden worlds.
Welcome to a place of audio beauty and joy, with emotion and human experience at its heart. The programmes you will find in this feed explore the reality of contemporary Britain and the world, venturing into its weirdest and most wonderful aspects.
This is a chance to meet voices that are not normally heard, open secret doors into concealed chambers and, above all, be transported by the art and inventiveness of the very best programme makers. Just press the switch.
New episodes are available weekly on Sunday evenings. Subscribe on BBC Sounds to make sure you don't miss an episode.
Latest episode
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In Pieces
In this sound-rich, tender meditation, Hana Walker Brown examines burnout. -
One Hundred Ways of Listening
Distracted, privatised, enchanted. Tom Rice expands what it means to listen. -
My Night With Tracy - How the Darwin Cyclone Made a Man of Mike Thomson
Illuminated - Radio 4's home for creative documentaries that shed light on hidden worlds. -
The Shipping Forecast: A Haven
Discovering who really listens to the Shipping Forecast at 00:48 every day. -
Ceefax Strikes Back... with Count Binface
Count Binface resurrects the mighty Ceefax. With one small hitch. It’s on the radio. -
The Horse at the Door
Why is Isy Suttie haunted by the memory of a creepy old horse knocking at her door? -
Stockport: Britain's Karaoke Town
The crazy tale that Karaoke was invented in Stockport and stolen by the Japanese. -
Voices from the Bog
Old voices offer new perspectives on the discovery of Lindow Man and Woman, 40 years on. -
Dark Crossing
A cross-Atlantic journey turns into a gripping psychological thriller. -
The Last of the Blind Piano Tuners
A sonic portrait of a disappearing craft through the lives of four blind piano tuners.
