Though he was Greek, Plutarch wrote his Lives in the first century, a world dominated by the Roman Empire. Here he considers some of the major figures who had left their stamp on the history of... See full description...

In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed south aboard the Endurance to be the first to cross Antarctica. Shackleton's endeavor is legend, but few know the astonishing story- of the Ross Sea party... See full description...

A collection of the most memorable accounts of legend-making expeditions to the world's most famous peaks and often in the worst possible conditions. See full description...

Tim McInnerny stars as the murderous Bill Sikes with Pam Ferris as Mrs Mann and Edward Long as Oliver in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of one of Dickens' best known novels... See full description...