Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.
Find out how to listen to other BBC stations
Series 1
Episode 3
Steve Richards looks back at David Cameron's years in power and explores his legacy.
22 Jan 2018,·28 mins
The Water Wars?
Last in the series; how a worldwide water shortage could bring about conflict
19 Jun 2001,·13 mins
Fitness in Old Age
First broadcast in 2000. How to stay fit in old age
16 Oct 2000,·13 mins
Coffee Growing and Production
The social and economic importance of coffee production
02 Mar 1999,·13 mins
How can we stop over-tourism and protect the planet from its impact on the environment?
03 Jun 2024,·42 mins
What you’re not being told
How privacy law stops journalists telling you everything they know
12 Jan 2024,·14 mins
Episode 4
Poet laureate Simon Armitage's last days in the Arctic in search of facts and new poems.
31 Oct 2023,·28 mins
Trauma at War
Dr Kevin Fong travels to Afghanistan to meet the medical teams in Camp Bastion.
09 Dec 2014,·28 mins
Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore
Michael Morpurgo travels to the heart of some of the greatest songs ever composed.
09 Nov 2020,·28 mins
Paper
An examination of the process of making paper
10 Jun 1999,·13 mins
Touch
A massage therapist and a pickpocket reflect on their hands and the sense of touch
13 Jul 2021,·14 mins
Episode 2
Alex Last traces the fate of 12 children named in a series of post-war BBC radio appeals.
03 Jul 2015,·28 mins
Professor Steve Jones challenges the controversial science of evolutionary psychology.
09 Nov 2009,·30 mins
I'm in Charge
Bruce Forsyth and Paul Jackson visit the London Palladium which opened on Boxing Day 1910.
18 Dec 2010,·60 mins
The rise of Islamist Puritanism
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown charts the recent shift towards Puritanism in Islamist culture.
06 Mar 2019,·28 mins
Psychology
The way we behave, our thoughts and our feeling are all part of our psychological make up
18 Jun 2001,·13 mins
Ferrari
The glamour and mystery of Ferraris
18 Aug 1999,·28 mins
8. Fly Girls
The girlband rises again.
06 Nov 2023,·15 mins
10. The Final Act
What happened after the fire?
19 Aug 2024,·15 mins
Struck by Lightning
Struck by lightning: survivors tell their stories
30 Jan 1994,·28 mins
A deeply personal series, as triplets face living apart for the first time.
18 Dec 2020,·28 mins
Hong Kong Artists
How artists in Hong Kong are coping with censorship and political repression.
28 Sep 2021,·28 mins
Omnibus 2/2. 1945 - 2020
Stanley Tucci tells the story of modern California from Hollywood to Silicon Valley.
08 Mar 2020,·57 mins
Poland
Neil MacGregor takes five journeys overseas to hear what others think of modern Britain.
06 Sep 2019,·42 mins
Omnibus 2
Alexandra Harris tells the story of how the weather has shaped the culture of Britain.
28 Oct 2016,·58 mins
Loss and Legacy
David Reynolds explores how France marked the enormous sacrifice of the battle of Verdun.
24 Feb 2016,·28 mins
Episode 5: Politics versus the Past
Misha Glenny explores the European memory wars.
04 Oct 2024,·14 mins
Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr: 8. Hedy’s Legacy
After her tumultuous life, will Hedy finally be recognised as an inventor?
28 Aug 2025,·27 mins
Robert McCrum goes in search of Shakespeare in 21st-century America.
26 Apr 2016,·30 mins
What's the Future for Privatisation?
How privatising nations must find new ways of delivering essential services
09 Jan 2005,·22 mins
