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Series 2
Doris Lessing and Patrick French
Biographer Patrick French has an imagined conversation with the late writer Doris Lessing.
03 Aug 2018,·14 mins
Wealth
Would you consider yourself to be wealthy?
18 Dec 1998,·13 mins
Troubles Shared - EpisodeTwo
Fergal Keane and Peter Taylor look back on reporting the Northern Ireland Troubles
07 Nov 2020,·26 mins
War in the Nuclear Age
As the Second World War ended, the Cold War began
19 Dec 2001,·13 mins
#BlackLivesMatter
The hashstag that galvanised a protest movement on a scale not seen since the 1960s.
18 Dec 2015,·12 mins
The New Face of Terror
Has our response to terrorism changed since 1800? Fergal Keane ends his series.
05 Dec 2014,·15 mins
Episode 2
Robert McCrum goes through a two-week rehabilitation course to rejuvenate his left side.
09 Mar 2015,·28 mins
Morocco to Guinea
Emily Knight follows Scotland's ospreys on their epic Autumn flight to West Africa.
24 Feb 2023,·57 mins
Federal Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee
Examining the Federal Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee
01 Nov 2007,·22 mins
Eva Joly
The judge talks about her seven-year-long investigation into a multi-billion euro fraud.
19 Aug 2014,·28 mins
X-Rays
The oldest surviving X-ray equipment was made in 1896 by Dr John Reynolds
13 Aug 1998,·13 mins
W and X
W for wine a X for X-Rated. An alphabetised look at the way we live in Britain
12 Jun 1993,·13 mins
Life After War in Sarajevo - Part Three
A theatre company based in Bosnia put the feelings of a nation into a play
28 Oct 2005,·22 mins
HIV
Chris van Tulleken on the human behaviours that make viruses jump from animals to people.
24 Mar 2021,·28 mins
Transition to Adulthood
Fi Glover discovers how the transition to adulthood has changed since the 1960s.
23 Jan 2013,·43 mins
The Purple Emperor
Matthew Oates meets a man for whom the purple emperor butterfly is a lifetime obsession.
16 Nov 2012,·14 mins
Actor Jack Shepherd goes backstage to unearth the strange tales of haunted theatres.
29 Oct 2015,·1 min
Mastering The Servant
First broadcast in 1989. Can we control the development and use of technology?
10 Aug 1989,·27 mins
Friday
Phil Tinline charts the progression of the working week in 5 days. Today, TGIF.
29 May 2026,·13 mins
Series 5
Chaos
Is chaos good or bad? Bettany Hughes explores the place of disruption in our lives.
21 Apr 2017,·15 mins
Sorby
Brett Westwood meets mountain hares in Sheffield with the Sorby Natural History Society.
14 Oct 2011,·15 mins
Debt
Debt and Poverty
The Fix looks at the issue of debt and why it's such an intractable problem for the UK.
29 Jan 2020,·43 mins
Fixing the Future
Mark Miodownik looks at how repair and repair-ability fits into our sustainable future.
11 May 2021,·28 mins
10. Legacy
'Some of the mindset from the past is gone. It's smaller - my family comes first.'
15 Mar 2024,·15 mins
Building a Chinese World
Isabel Hilton considers how Beijing is seeking to recast the international order.
10 Nov 2019,·28 mins
Chomba, Cameroon
An interview with Fobuzie II Martin Asanji, the fon of Chomba in Cameroon
20 Mar 2010,·26 mins
Adair Turner
Robert Peston talks to Adair Turner, Chairman of the Financial Services Authority.
07 Sep 2009,·30 mins
Apocalypse
Will 21st century technology avert or accelerate the Apocalypse?
24 Apr 2019,·43 mins
Let Yourself Go
Matthew Sweet urges us to rethink old age as an opportunity and worthy destination.
29 Dec 2014,·28 mins
Frozen Music
Andrew McGibbon explores the sounds of ice in the North Pole and the composers who use it.
16 Jul 2019,·28 mins
