Series 28

Streets of London by Ralph McTell

Ralph McTell and others discuss Streets of London.

• 28 mins

Series 28

Wind of Change

How Scorpions’ 1990s power ballad became an anthem for the fall of the Berlin Wall

• 28 mins

Series 28

Farewell to Stromness

Personal stories about Farewell to Stromness, by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.

• 28 mins

Series 29

The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel

The continuing impact of Simon & Garfunkel’s song The Boxer.

• 28 mins

Series 29

We Are Family

The smash disco hit about unity and family by Sister Sledge.

• 28 mins

Series 29

Coventry Carol

The 'Coventry Carol' tells the story of the Slaughter of the Innocents

• 28 mins

Series 29

Toto's Africa

Released in 1982, this soft-rock anthem has become an unlikely viral smash-hit.

• 28 mins

Series 29

Days

How the Kinks classic 'Days' has touched peoples lives.

• 28 mins

Series 29

Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay

Otis Redding's lonely lament, and why it matters to people aged from 20 to 80

• 28 mins

Series 30

Feeling Good

The surprising history behind a track made famous by Nina Simone

• 28 mins

Series 30

Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte by Maurice Ravel

What makes Ravel's Pavane For A Dead Princess so evocative and emotional?

• 28 mins

Series 30

I Will Survive

True stories of what the iconic disco anthem means to people around the world.

• 28 mins

Series 30

Harvest Moon

Neil Young's 1992 song about enduring love

• 28 mins

Lean On Me by Bill Withers

An enduring classic which delivers a message of support and friendship.

• 28 mins

Sunshine on Leith

Why Sunshine on Leith is a love song to humanity

• 28 mins

I Wonder as I Wander

Personal stories from around the world inspired by the carol 'I Wonder as I Wander'.

• 28 mins

Once In A Lifetime

Talking Heads' breakout hit from 1980 explored by people whose lives the song touched

• 28 mins

David Bowie - Life on Mars?

The enigmatic beauty of Bowie's classic song 'Life on Mars?'

• 28 mins

Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat

An '80s disco classic that tells a powerful story.

• 28 mins

We've Only Just Begun

The Carpenters' massive hit about hopes and dreams was originally a TV advert for a bank.

• 28 mins

The Parting Glass

A folk song that has endured through centuries

• 28 mins

Take Me Home, Country Roads

From West Virginia to West Jamaica, stories of what the song means to people.

• 28 mins

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

The story behind this uplifting anthem and the personal memories forever linked to it.

• 28 mins

Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific

Personal memories of one of the most beloved songs written by Rodgers & Hammerstein

• 28 mins

Unfinished Sympathy

Personal stories inspired by Massive Attack's breakthrough single.

• 28 mins

Song to the Siren

The different meanings Tim Buckley's ballad has for people.

• 28 mins

U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

More gospel than rock this 1987 hit has inspired change and created strong memories

• 28 mins

A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten

A composition for voices and harp, written on a cargo ship on the Atlantic in 1942.

• 28 mins

Purple Rain

Stories of Prince's epic ballad, from the first jam in 1983 to the global hit it is today.

• 28 mins

Young Hearts Run Free by Candi Staton

Candi Staton helps to celebrate this uplifting 1970s disco classic.

• 28 mins

Ne Me Quitte Pas

Stories of what Jacques Brel's song has meant to people around the world.

• 28 mins

Bruch's Violin Concerto

Stories of what Bruch's popular violin concerto means to people around the world.

• 28 mins

Running Up That Hill

True stories of what Kate Bush's iconic anthem means to people around the world.

• 28 mins

Chervona Kalyna

Powerful stories linked to this beautiful and stirring Ukrainian folk song

• 28 mins

Into My Arms by Nick Cave

How people find comfort in Nick Cave's music.

• 28 mins

Killing Me Softly with His Song

Stories of what Killing Me Softly with His Song means to people around the world.

• 28 mins

Nessun Dorma

Stories of what this powerful Puccini aria means to people from around the world.

• 28 mins

I Believe in Father Christmas

'The Christmas we get we deserve.' How Greg Lake's 1975 hit gives people hope and comfort.

• 28 mins

Dancing in the Dark

Stories of what Bruce Springsteen's iconic song means to people around the world.

• 28 mins

I Only Have Eyes For You

The hypnotic beauty of a Tin Pan Alley song made famous by The Flamingos.

• 28 mins

Ghost Town

Stories of what this iconic song by two-tone band The Specials means to different people.

• 28 mins

I Say a Little Prayer for You

Stories about the Burt Bacharach classic

• 28 mins

Fast Car

Stories of personal connection to Tracy Chapman's hit song.

• 28 mins

I Will Always Love You

Written by Dolly Parton... sent stratospheric by Whitney Houston.

• 28 mins

Defying Gravity from Wicked

The power of the anthem from the hit musical.

• 28 mins

Pata Pata

Stories of what Miriam Makeba's iconic song means to people from around the world.

• 28 mins

Fire and Rain

James Taylor's song of suicide, loneliness and addiction, which somehow remains hopeful.

• 28 mins

Songs My Mother Taught Me

Dvorak's best known song from his Gypsy Cycle composed for voice and piano in 1880

• 28 mins

Sweet Thing

Exploring why Van Morrison's iconic song, from Astral Weeks, means so much to so many.

• 28 mins

Someone to Watch Over Me

The much-loved and much-recorded song by George Gershwin.

• 28 mins

I Can See Clearly Now

Stories of what Johnny Nash's 1972 hit means to people around the world.

• 28 mins

Northern Sky

Exploring why Nick Drake's song from the album Bryter Layter means so much to so many.

• 28 mins