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Frozen Music
Andrew McGibbon explores the sounds of ice in the North Pole and the composers who use it.
16 Jul 2019,·28 mins
Could AI Eat YouTube?
YouTube changed the world with human stories. But is AI now threatening that impact?
25 Apr 2025,·14 mins
Christianity and Catholicism
Chinese Christianity is exploding and the authorities are nervous. Tim Gardam investigates
12 Sep 2011,·30 mins
Episode 3
Iain Watson looks at how the Labour party is changing across the country.
25 Jun 2018,·30 mins
Seamus Heaney - The Translator
Theo Dorgan on Seamus Heaney's translations, their importance and impact on his own work
10 Sep 2023,·28 mins
A Health-Creating Society
Former NHS chief executive Nigel Crisp sets out his vision for a health-creating society.
03 Apr 2015,·15 mins
Ferrari
The glamour and mystery of Ferraris
18 Aug 1999,·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
The Courts
James Naughtie examines why Donald Trump's judges may be his greatest achievement.
22 Feb 2021,·28 mins
The Festival of the Snows
Explorers Hugh Thomson and Benedict Allen make the arduous journey to Qoyllurit'i.
16 Oct 2015,·28 mins
Series 5
Personal reflections from British South Asians on surviving - and thriving - in Britain.
22 Apr 2022,·28 mins
Apocalypse
Will 21st century technology avert or accelerate the Apocalypse?
24 Apr 2019,·43 mins
5. Ash dieback fungus
How do we protect our native wildlife from invisible invaders like the ash-dieback fungus.
02 Sep 2016,·15 mins
Rail
Second class service: how the nations and regions lost out to London in rail investment.
09 Jul 2018,·28 mins
John Logie Baird
A wireless with pictures.
18 May 1995,·9 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
Le Divide - Fraternite
How France is facing the challenges of liberty, fraternity and equality. Today: fraternite
25 Mar 2020,·28 mins
Episode Five - The Future
Tech experts speak to Zoe Kleinman about the future of online content moderation.
15 Nov 2024,·14 mins
Transplant
In 1967, Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplant operation.
16 Mar 2007,·15 mins
Waiting for Demob Day
Phil Carradice looks at the Welsh experience of National Service between 1947 and 1963.
30 Jul 2020,·28 mins
The Stone of Destiny
David Cannadine examines the history of the Stone of Destiny.
28 Nov 2025,·14 mins
On the Trail of Algerian Exiles and Pacific Settlers
Chahrazade Douah follows in the steps of 19th century Algerian exiles to a Pacific Island.
06 Nov 2023,·28 mins
Conflict
Why do governments shut down the internet?
16 Mar 2022,·26 mins
Series 1
16/07/2017
How can government get better at experimenting and learning from when things go wrong?
16 Jul 2017,·28 mins
Episode 5
One more throw of the dice from the UK, and a new obstacle from America.
18 Feb 2022,·14 mins
Let Yourself Go
Matthew Sweet urges us to rethink old age as an opportunity and worthy destination.
29 Dec 2014,·28 mins
Buy me love: inside the world of love coaching
Is love coaching really the best route to finding love, or simply a way to sell a dream?
28 Sep 2021,·26 mins
Omnibus 2
Gretchen Gerzina explores the lives of black people in Britain during a time of slavery.
14 Oct 2016,·58 mins
Responsibility for the Great War has been a fierce battle for meaning ever since 1914.
04 Feb 2014,·43 mins
Neurology
What happens in the brain during religious experiences?
31 Mar 2010,·30 mins
