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Troubles Shared - EpisodeTwo
Fergal Keane and Peter Taylor look back on reporting the Northern Ireland Troubles
07 Nov 2020,·26 mins
Episode 8
Nick Robinson concludes his series on relations between broadcasters and politicians.
06 Mar 2013,·15 mins
Water in Space
First broadcast in 2003. A look at the search for liquid water on Mars
22 Apr 2003,·12 mins
Synaesthesia: when senses merge
Synaesthesia: We meet the man whose sister tastes of blackcurrant yoghurt
13 Jan 2021,·1 min
The Comedy Episode
Miranda Sawyer talks to Richard Herring, Adam Buxton, Tim Batt and Guy Montgomery.
28 Nov 2015,·30 mins
Football and Fishermen
Roderick Williams investigates what our opera history tells us about British identity.
25 Nov 2020,·28 mins
Anne Askew
Tudor housewife Anne Askew's conversion to Protestantism tore her family apart.
13 Aug 2008,·30 mins
Part Six - The 2010 and 20s: Festivals & futurism
Huw Stephens and Sian Eleri tell the story of Welsh language pop in 2010 and 20s.
21 mins
From the Crash to Today
Phil Tinline traces the ups and downs of the politics of pay in Britain since 2008.
21 Mar 2022,·28 mins
Series 2
323BC - The Death of Alexander the Great
Michael Scott spins the globe in 323BC, the year in which Alexander the Great died.
25 Nov 2014,·28 mins
Episode 4
Horatio Clare joins the Paris river police as they search the Seine for a drowned man.
06 Nov 2011,·15 mins
10. Legacy
'Some of the mindset from the past is gone. It's smaller - my family comes first.'
15 Mar 2024,·15 mins
14/11/2018
In a political state where even the winners stay angry, what will our future be?
14 Nov 2018,·14 mins
Lord Snowdon
The royal photographer talks about his career
09 Sep 1991,·13 mins
Assisted dying
Sonia Sodha explores thorny ethical questions around the beginning and the end of life.
27 Jan 2025,·42 mins
Grimethorpe
Back to work - the miner and the Coal Board manager.
27 Feb 2024,·14 mins
Act in Unison
France's attempts to encourage Arab countries to act for their own self-interest
10 Sep 2004,·22 mins
Episode 2
Andrew heads to Lille, where he finds a region bursting with a strong sense of itself.
09 Apr 2012,·28 mins
The Future
Did Nicola Sturgeon bring Scotland closer to independence - and what might she do next?
05 May 2023,·36 mins
Omnibus: Part 2
Marina Warner explores the world of contemporary storytelling.
21 Aug 2015,·58 mins
Episode Three: Bradford
Barnie Choudhury considers the riots of summer 2001 - as the violence reaches Bradford.
24 May 2021,·28 mins
War in the Nuclear Age
As the Second World War ended, the Cold War began
19 Dec 2001,·13 mins
In most cases the needs of the military shape development in aviation
08 Aug 1999,·13 mins
The Martian Overthrow
Francis Spufford and guests explore why Wells's tale still resonates.
10 Mar 2017,·15 mins
2. NHS - the early years
Concluding the story of general practice from the 1950s to the present day.
15 Jul 2016,·28 mins
Bach in Dresden
Currying favour in the seat of the Saxon court shored up his postition in Leipzig
11 Sep 2000,·23 mins
Episode 3
Professor Devi Sridhar investigates the impact of Covid on the practice of science.
22 Jul 2022,·28 mins
#BlackLivesMatter
The hashstag that galvanised a protest movement on a scale not seen since the 1960s.
18 Dec 2015,·12 mins
Eva Joly
The judge talks about her seven-year-long investigation into a multi-billion euro fraud.
19 Aug 2014,·28 mins
Federal Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee
Examining the Federal Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee
01 Nov 2007,·22 mins
