Postcards

As listeners of her radio shows will know, Clara Amfo has an infectious passion for music - and a gift for uncovering the world’s most exciting new artists. So it probably shouldn’t come as a surpris…

Whether you first encountered Miriam Margolyes as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films, or as Mrs Mingott in Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence, or in any one of the hundreds of screen and …

Ade Adepitan grew up in East London, wearing callipers on his legs as a result of childhood polio - and feeling like adventures were things that happened to other people. But then a chance encounter …

Over a career spanning five decades, photographer Steve McCurry has documented everything from war zones to wildernesses, and received many of his profession’s highest awards. 

In this episode he take…

Marcel Theroux grew up in a household where adventurous travel was the norm. So perhaps it's no surprise that he's spent much of his own working life on the road, seeking out stories that other peopl…

Comedian-turned-travel presenter, Griff Rhys Jones is picky about his adventures. If you've been there, chances are he'd rather not.

Greg Dickinson spoke to Griff from his house in Suffolk, where he t…

TV naturalist Kate Humble developed wanderlust when she was young, and has been saying yes to adventures ever since.

Greg Dickinson spoke to her from her home on a farm in the Wye Valley - where she t…