Soundtracking: Literary Romance

Tim Smith gets up close and personal with the music behind our most-loved romantic literary adaptations and costume dramas in Soundtracking: Literary Romance on Saturday evenings throughout February.

When “just friends” becomes something more – and old flames reignite. Featuring Isobel Waller-Bridge on Emma, Patrick Doyle on Sense & Sensibility, plus a sneak peek at the new The Other Bennet Sister

Latest53 min28th Feb 2026

Latest

Soundtracking: Literary Romance

The best things in life are the things we cannot have. Tim looks at the film scores behind forbidden romance. Romances thwarted by class divides, race, sexuality and extramarital relationships.

53 min21st Feb 2026

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