In a feat of magnificent storytelling, award-winning historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes reveals secrets from the ancient world told through its seven greatest monuments: The Great Pyramid of Giza, The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, The Temple of Artemis, The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, The Lighthouse of Alexandria; The Colossus at Rhodes, and The Mausoleum of Halikarnassos.

Sebastian Faulks, the author of bestsellers including Birdsong and Charlotte Gray, talks to Alex Preston about his latest work, The Seventh Son, the story of a young academic as she agrees to carry another woman’s child, which leads to life-changing consequences.