How a cow invented music. A dumb indulgence that serves no purpose and is probably harmful. Paul has been challenged to explain the entire history of music in one hour, but only plays three songs. Someone's going to feel left out.

Paul remembers his first gig at the tender age of 13 at the Broughton Astley Scout Hut

Paul steps beyond the veil to explore the eerie other-world that haunts our cities and daily lives

Paul recalls his experiences as a '2nd Lifer' in the world of used vinyl buyers. Where he didn’t meet Eva

Ghosts lurking in the fens, alien abduction, the Jazz loving mad axe man and baseballs vasectomy season. Join Paul and the Talking Machine for The lion, Lamb and Hare as he delves in the month of March

Music history has accumulated a massive collection of classic tracks for broadcasters to pick from. But with so many great songs, its getting more and more difficult for new music break through. Is it time that we retired some of histories greatest music in order to make room for the new classics

Second of a two-part programme in which Paul explores Dartmoor National Park

Wild, open moorlands and deep river valleys, with a rich history and rare wildlife, Dartmoor is a unique place

First of a two-part programme in which Paul explores Dartmoor National Park

Wild, open moorlands and deep river valleys, with a rich history and rare wildlife, Dartmoor is a unique place

There can be little doubt that civilizations more advanced than the earth's exist elsewhere in the universe. The probabilities involved in locating one of them are coming closer than ever before.

The friends who drove a bus behind the Iron Curtain. In the summer of 1968, a group of students adapted a double-decker bus and took it on a journey to Eastern Europe. Sponsored by two Scotch whisky-makers, they encountered Soviet tanks, a Romanian beer shortage and a perilous Yugoslavian mountain pass.