A selection of programmes relating to Russian authors, poets and playwrights.
Melvyn Bragg explores the life and work of the 19th century Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy.
In February 1974, Russia's most famous dissident writer was sent into exile in the West.
James Mossman talks to Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov in this 1970 interview.
Gentle, intelligent Oblomov fails to deal with life, never doing today what he can put off
Oblomov has fallen in love with Olga. Back in St Petersburg, her patience is tested.
Aminatta Forna, the Russian literary scene, and 150 years of The Water-Babies.