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The Fight in Fairyland
Santanu Das tells the story of Indian soldiers on the Western Front.
22 Oct 2014,·30 mins
The Medics
How did the UK Covid lockdown affect a generation of children and young people?
17 Mar 2025,·28 mins
Israel and The UN
A look at the tense and quarrelsome relationship between Israel and the United Nations
05 Jun 1998,·27 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
Problems without passports
The role of the UN in Africa
26 Sep 2003,·26 mins
Ferrari
The glamour and mystery of Ferraris
18 Aug 1999,·28 mins
Myanmar
Can the numerous indigenous languages survive in a rapidly changing 21st-century Myanmar?
27 Oct 2014,·28 mins
Episode 2
Mark Vernon asks whether we have lost our ability to doubt well.
13 Mar 2011,·30 mins
Bulgaria
Sarfraz Manzoor meets the Brits who are changing the face of the Bulgarian countryside.
24 Jul 2015,·15 mins
Why Life In The Arctic Is Warming Up
First broadcast in 2003. How global warming is affecting the inhabitants of the Arctic
01 Oct 2003,·23 mins
Daniel
Following 41-year-old academic editor Daniel, who has never had a serious relationship.
12 Feb 2016,·15 mins
The Rule of the General
Franco's attempt at social order was based on his conservative values
13 Apr 2000,·27 mins
Cleethorpes to Coventry
Is England's North/South divide shifting?
21 Mar 2012,·30 mins
Gyles Brandreth extols the virtues of of learning poetry by heart.
30 Sep 2018,·28 mins
Juno Dawson on 'Snowflake'
Michael Rosen examines words and phrases in public debate to see how they influence us.
26 Oct 2018,·14 mins
The town's hopes are pinned on a good summer season but its fortunes depend on the weather
19 Oct 2009,·30 mins
22/09/2016
Alvin Hall explores an LP of African-American soldiers discussing fighting in Vietnam.
22 Sep 2016,·30 mins
08/06/2018
A Radio 4 series following some of the families affected by the Grenfell fire over a year.
08 Jun 2018,·11 mins
Indo-Guyanese and Proud
Journalist Lainy Malkani shakes off the invisibility of being Indo-Guyanese in Britain.
25 Sep 2015,·28 mins
Poverty Then & Poverty Now
Campaigners young and old reflect on why and how they tried to change the world.
18 May 2022,·43 mins
Beyond the Vermilion Border
By Patricia Reynolds. Dental student Joe embarks on a virtual journey into the mouth.
29 Jun 2012,·14 mins
5. Halos
Iconographer Aidan Hart puts the finishing touches to his icon.
21 Dec 2018,·14 mins
Sex-Switching Fish and Non-Binary Brains
Lucy Cooke meets females from the animal world that smash the ‘dominant male’ stereotype
04 Mar 2022,·28 mins
Bhopal (Omnibus)
The story of Rajkumar Keswani, the man who foretold the world's worst industrial accident
09 Sep 2022,·57 mins
Fathers and Sons
Will Gompertz investigates the art-works in our homes, and the stories they tell about us.
04 Aug 2014,·30 mins
More Tribes of Science
Volcanologists
Peter Curran meets the scientists who are drawn to study volcanoes.
30 Aug 2011,·15 mins
BBC correspondent Hugh Sykes returns to Iraq, ten years after the US-led invasion.
10 Mar 2013,·30 mins
5. Away from Elections - Public Pressure and Changing Cultures
Former Downing Street adviser Cleo Watson examines the dark arts of political campaigning.
24 Oct 2023,·14 mins
Shopping online
Online shopping trends and real-life experiences
24 Jan 2004,·12 mins
Space Travel
What are the effect on the human body when in space?
18 Feb 2000,·12 mins
