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Cohesion
Baroness Casey looks at some of the challenges facing whoever wins the general election.
05 Jan 2024,·28 mins
Without hope, you're dead
30 years after South Africa's momentous changes what’s happened to the hope and promises?
18 Dec 2023,·28 mins
10. The Final Act
What happened after the fire?
19 Aug 2024,·15 mins
What's the Future for Privatisation?
How privatising nations must find new ways of delivering essential services
09 Jan 2005,·22 mins
The Nerve of a Cockroach
Erica McAlister explores the extraordinary nervous system of cockroaches.
27 May 2022,·14 mins
The View from the Population Peak
How are we going to feed and support the planet's increasing population?
18 Jul 1996,·27 mins
‘Is back pain a transmissible disease?' - Dan’s story
Dan lives with agonising back ache, until a pilot study into pain transforms his life.
27 Dec 2022,·28 mins
Episode 2
There may be only two sexes but nature has evolved many weird ways to make female and male
23 Jan 2013,·28 mins
Fruit
Did you know your apple and pear trees belong to the rose family?
14 Dec 1998,·8 mins
Series 1
Episode 3
Mark Lawson considers how the increasing power of the audience is affecting storytellers.
28 Dec 2017,·30 mins
Bach in Dresden
Currying favour in the seat of the Saxon court shored up his postition in Leipzig
11 Sep 2000,·23 mins
Plant-based diets and health
Giles learns to cook a plant-based Thai green curry.
12 Jul 2022,·28 mins
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's exploration into the history of colour.
04 Jun 2014,·30 mins
Episode 5
James Burke joins the dots on his 'Web of Knowledge'
25 Jan 2019,·14 mins
5. Lejla
Lejla Damon was born as a result of sexual violence in war. Is forgiveness possible?
07 Nov 2025,·14 mins
Schumann and Beethoven
Mark Lowther explores a piano concerto by Robert Schumann and Beethoven's 7th Symphony
08 Aug 2005,·26 mins
Series 3
Cloak of Mist
Writer Laura Barton listens closely to music on the Isle of Man.
31 Jul 2018,·30 mins
Friday
Phil Tinline charts the progression of the working week in 5 days. Today, TGIF.
29 May 2026,·13 mins
Episode 4
Richard Dawkins talks to Craig Venter about the creation of synthetic life.
14 Jul 2010,·30 mins
Headlines show an NHS in crisis. How can those in charge mend the culture?
25 Sep 2013,·28 mins
Genetically Modified Farm Animals
Advances in animal husbandry including genetic engineering in farming
01 Sep 2003,·12 mins
Featuring despatches from the British diplomats hunting for bison with Hermann Goering.
01 Oct 2012,·28 mins
Making Ends Meet
Sean Farrington talks to people who need a second job so they can afford to live.
15 Apr 2025,·28 mins
The Internet Poets
Lemn Sissay explores how poets have found a new route to audiences - the smartphone.
31 Dec 2021,·14 mins
5. Flight of Imagination
Ralph Steadman shares his passion for flying and Leonardo.
03 May 2019,·14 mins
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Andrew Parker's Natural History Hero is microscope pioneer Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
09 Oct 2015,·15 mins
The Stone of Destiny
David Cannadine examines the history of the Stone of Destiny.
28 Nov 2025,·14 mins
Series 2
Voting
Andrew Dilnot charts the history of the British state through its numbers.
27 Feb 2015,·15 mins
The First Year
A deeply personal story of guilt – how to live with it, and its power to transform us.
01 Aug 2025,·14 mins
Cinderella
Writer Lucy Mangan turns to fairy tales in a search for literary solutions to the economy.
29 Aug 2014,·15 mins
