Biography: general

Two new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of Roald Dahl's gripping autobiographical stories. These two compelling adaptations, based on Roald Dahl's real-life tales of his of his boyhood and youthful overseas adventures, celebrate his remarkable life and commemorate his genius.

Wide-ranging, intellectually stimulating, passionately argued, and infused with his characteristic humour, 'Brief Answers to the Big Questions', the final book from one of the greatest minds in history, is a personal view on the challenges we face as a human race, and where we, as a planet, are h...

The story of a real-life female police detective in post-war Britain, as she navigates a man's world. After five years serving as one of Britain's first policewomen, Gwen Crockford becomes one of its first female detectives.

Written by her daughter Ruth and rich in social history, this is the story of a real-life woman police sergeant at the top of her game, guiding her WPCs through the immense societal changes of the early 1960s.

Berkshire Constabulary in the 1950s was scarcely a place for women. But WPC Crockford and her team soon changed that. When Gwendoline Crockford began her service in the Berkshire Constabulary, she scarcely believed that she would one day end up chasing a zebra around Cranbourne. But she quickly l...

Film historian and acclaimed bestselling biographer Scott Eyman has written the definitive biography of Hollywood legend Cary Grant, one of the most accomplished actors of his generation.

This beautiful collection of fabulous photographs and incisive pen portraits captures the world of Cecil Beaton, one of the most celebrated portrait photographers of the twentieth century. This beautiful collection of fabulous photographs and incisive pen portraits captures the world of Cecil Bea...

Charles Wheeler, the BBC's longest-serving foreign correspondent, was one of Britain's greatest news reporters. For more than four decades, he reported for radio and television from most of the world's trouble spots. Present at many of the key episodes of the 20th century, he had a knack of being...

This is a bold, brilliant and very personal account of a young comedian's experiences with mental health. Jack Rooke is on a mission to help us better understand the reasons why so many young men are acting in such desperate ways and to encourage more of us to understand the early signs of depres...

Stany Nyandwi's gift for communicating with chimpanzees is so special that world-renowned primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall has called him a 'chimpanzee whisperer'. His skills and devotion to these creatures - our closest living relatives, with whom we share 98.7 percent of our DNA - have earned him...