Featured Factual programmes on BBC Radio 7 2009-12-02T11:41:29Z tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:/iplayer/feed/bbc_7/factual/highlights BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00gdhcg 2009-12-02T05:11:01Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00gdhcg/No_Room_For_Secrets_The_Drawing_Room/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00gdhcg_150_84.jpg" alt="No Room For Secrets: The Drawing Room" /> </a> </p> <p> Joanna Lumley reads her autobiography - from modelling to acting in 'The New Avengers'. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b008qsx8 2009-11-27T18:33:18Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b008qsx8/Ayres_on_the_Air_Series_1_The_Countryside/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b008qsx8_150_84.jpg" alt="Ayres on the Air: Series 1: The Countryside" /> </a> </p> <p> Pam Ayres presents more of her own poetry and sketches. From June 2004. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00g9px4 2009-12-01T05:09:59Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00g9px4/No_Room_For_Secrets_The_Hall/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00g9px4_150_84.jpg" alt="No Room For Secrets: The Hall" /> </a> </p> <p> Joanna Lumley reads her autobiography - recalling life in India and at boarding school. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b0088z58 2009-11-29T05:51:22Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0088z58/Eric_Sykes_The_Radio_Years/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b0088z58_150_84.jpg" alt="Eric Sykes - The Radio Years" /> </a> </p> <p> The veteran performer looks back with Paul Jackson, plus an episode of The Goon Show. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00ctkgp 2009-12-02T05:11:00Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00ctkgp/Men_of_Stone_Series_1_Quarrying_Cruelty_and_the_Crown/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00ctkgp_150_84.jpg" alt="Men of Stone: Series 1: Quarrying, Cruelty and the Crown" /> </a> </p> <p> Julian Richards looks back at quarrying for Portland Stone and its royal connections. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b007jpkp 2009-12-02T04:53:22Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b007jpkp/Daughters_of_Britannia_On_Display/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b007jpkp_150_84.jpg" alt="Daughters of Britannia: On Display" /> </a> </p> <p> From Alexander the Third's coronation to encountering China's Dowager Empress. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b007jpy4 2009-11-29T18:11:13Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b007jpy4/How_Tickled_Am_I_Series_2_Ted_Ray/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b007jpy4_150_84.jpg" alt="How Tickled Am I?: Series 2: Ted Ray" /> </a> </p> <p> Mark Radcliffe on the career of one of the most successful comedians of the 1950s and 60s. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00ct8w6 2009-12-01T05:09:57Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00ct8w6/Men_of_Stone_Series_1_Portland_The_Jurassic_Park/"> <img src="http://node1.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00ct8w6_150_84.jpg" alt="Men of Stone: Series 1: Portland - The Jurassic Park" /> </a> </p> <p> The story of Portland Rock and the quarrying of its famous stone in Dorset. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b007jph4 2009-11-26T04:54:13Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b007jph4/Daughters_of_Britannia_Leaving_Home/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b007jph4_150_84.jpg" alt="Daughters of Britannia: Leaving Home" /> </a> </p> <p> Vita Sackville-West's journey across Persia and Isabel Burton's encounter with cockroaches </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b007jpjj 2009-12-01T05:02:29Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b007jpjj/Daughters_of_Britannia_First_Days/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b007jpjj_150_84.jpg" alt="Daughters of Britannia: First Days" /> </a> </p> <p> From children and official functions to social etiquette. </p>