Games with the Rostropoviches, and a controversial version of Happy Families

Britten’s understated elegance, and Willie Winkie nightgowns

Mrs Hudson’s Sunday roasts, and Britten’s liking for a pre-concert Brandy

Louise Fryer walks around Britten’s Aldeburgh

A passion for big cars, and memories of a road race from Aldeburgh to Snape

Louise Fryer visits important churches to Britten in Aldeburgh, Blythburgh and Oxford

Murray Perahia (who was coached by Britten himself) talks to Suzy Klein in a wide ranging interview.

John Bridcut explores Britten's creative relationship with amateur singers.

Louise Fryer visits Lowestoft and Gresham’s School

The dachshunds loved by Britten and Pears, and Red House resident Johnnie the Parrot

Louise Fryer boards an historic fishing boat known to Britten as a child

Louise Fryer views the Aldeburgh house that Britten and Pears called

Marion Thorpe was a close friend of Britten's for more than 30 years until his death in 1976. Interviewed here by Tom Service.

Snape Maltings – Louise Fryer wanders around Britten’s music centre amongst the reeds

Britten’s Sports – Lethal tennis playing, and skinny dipping in the Red House swimming pool

Benjamin Britten’s legacy to the people who knew him, lived alongside him and to the county that inspired him.

Suzy Klein interviews Britten's godson on In Tune.