Melvyn Bragg looks back on his eye-opening 1997 meeting with Kay Mellor, the writer of TV dramas including Playing the Field, Jane Eyre and Band of Gold.

Melvyn Bragg looks back to 2002, when he joined screenwriter Andrew Davies on the set of Dr Zhivago, the British TV miniseries he wrote the teleplay for.

Melvyn Bragg looks back on a classic episode of The South Bank Show recorded in 2000, which featured British jazz musician Courtney Pine.