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10. Case Closed?
Jon Kay updates his investigation into the disappearance of Cheryl Grimmer.
30 Sep 2025,·32 mins
Can lawyers save the planet?
How can the legal system protect the environment? Tom Heap and Helen Czerski investigate.
18 Sep 2026,·53 mins
Series 2
12. Why do we play?
Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi asks why do humans play?
07 Mar 2025,·14 mins
Welcome to Toast
Sean Farrington introduces the series that looks at amazing brands that ended up toast.
29 Sep 2026,·2 mins
Being right
Why getting it right might mean admitting you're wrong.
03 Feb 2022,·28 mins
Episode 2
Roger Bolton reassesses one of the world's great archaeological discoveries.
24 Jul 2007,·60 mins
Episode 5
Napoleon ended his life on a distant island. Andrew Roberts asks what history made of him.
19 Jun 2015,·15 mins
10. Tea or Coffee?
Why did tea take off when coffee didn’t?
15 Dec 2023,·14 mins
The End
Robin Ince on Writing the End of the Universe – if indeed it does end.
24 Jun 2024,·42 mins
10. The Jungle Book & EPCOT
Mel Giedroyc explores Walt Disney’s final film, The Jungle Book.
29 Jun 2023,·28 mins
Useless Men Jokes
Ian Hislop returns to unearth the oldest examples of five varieties of British joke.
05 Sep 2025,·14 mins
Reichstag
Neil MacGregor ends his journey through 600 years of German history at the Reichstag.
07 Nov 2014,·15 mins
New Enemies
Exploring the role of MI6 in the 21st century.
10 Aug 2009,·30 mins
8. An Answer
Speculation that newly declassified US intelligence will contain smoking-gun evidence.
18 Jul 2023,·29 mins
The Miles Davis Story
5. Lost and Found
After his five 'lost years' in retirement, Miles finds a way back and fulfils his legacy.
20 Jun 2026,·29 mins
Part 13: Tiger Bay’s last fight
Back to Butetown and the Cardiff Five, 30 years on.
02 May 2019,·40 mins
5. The Spectrum
Has the idea of autism expanded so far that it’s breaking?
09 May 2025,·14 mins
What are Blitz courts?
So-called "blitz" hearings are expanding across England and Wales - but what are they?
17 Jun 2026,·27 mins
The Invention Of Russia
The sacred song of war
The legacy of the great patriotic wars against Adolf Hitler and Napoleon Bonaparte
08 Mar 2023,·26 mins
Omnibus (2/2)
Lucy Worsley reveals Victoria's rule via significant encounters.
17 May 2019,·57 mins
7. Road to the Past
Kavita meets some of the last survivors of the 1943 Bengal famine.
29 Aug 2024,·40 mins
3. Influence
Kevin Le Gendre investigates the role of jazz in post-war Britain.
28 Feb 2017,·30 mins
Dead Rabbit
10. Catch Me
A verdict. Dan and Lucy ask: is violence winning? Turns out, dead animals are everywhere.
20 Jul 2026,·18 mins
Omnibus
Omnibus: Historian Ben Macintyre on guile in war, from the Old Testament to modern times.
07 Feb 2020,·57 mins
1914: Day by Day - Omnibus
Episode 6
Margaret Macmillan tells the story of the events leading up to the First World War.
10 Aug 2014,·28 mins
Bonus Episodes - Series 2
Bonus Episode 8. From Two to Three - Parents on the Couch: Dr. Orna Guralnik
India chats to Dr. Orna Guralnik about how the arrival of a child impacts a couple.
21 Jan 2026,·15 mins
3. Modern boarding
Nicky Campbell explores the modern boarding school experience.
17 Feb 2025,·42 mins
10. An End in Sight
A desperate mother has tried so hard to find her daughter and waited so long to reunite.
27 Mar 2020,·38 mins
Series 3
Transportation
Amanda Vickery tells the stories of three criminals who were transported.
04 Sep 2014,·43 mins
Series 10
Taking the Pissoir?
Why would anyone submit a urinal as a work of art to a gallery, and then lie about it?
23 Sep 2017,·30 mins
