Presented by Peter Dodds.  Broadcast 31/08/2025 and repeated 05/09/2025

Crooner Bob Merrill opined that “love makes the world go round”, and this week’s Illuminations is devoted to the love-lorn and the love-torn. From the orgasmic excesses of Tristan and Isolde, to the regrets (they had a few), of Bessie Smith and Marlene Dietrich, we’ll discover that love doesn’t actually make the world go round (but it can go pear-shaped!).