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Mukti Jain Campion discovers how Indians are embracing the online shopping revolution.
16 Dec 2015,·28 mins
Einstein's theory of relativity revolutionised science. But how did it transform the arts?
29 Aug 2023,·28 mins
The Martian Overthrow
Francis Spufford and guests explore why Wells's tale still resonates.
10 Mar 2017,·15 mins
Omnibus (2/2)
The hidden story of the 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini against Salman Rushdie.
19 Feb 2021,·57 mins
Can a mother reignite an investigation into her son's death, 25 years after it happened?
25 Oct 2022,·28 mins
How a recent near-death experience has influenced poet John Burnside's life and work.
30 Oct 2022,·28 mins
Mark Urban investigates whether the west is losing its military edge.
14 Apr 2015,·38 mins
Why were tens of thousands of people lobotomised in the 1940s and 50s in the UK and US?
07 Nov 2011,·28 mins
Mark Radcliffe recalls the influential life of cult DJ and club promoter Roger Eagle.
31 Dec 2012,·28 mins
Paul Kenyon reports from Liverpool, where protesters clashed with police.
11 Aug 2024,·28 mins
Vicki Butler-Henderson recalls James Hunt's epic on-track battle with Niki Lauda in 1976.
24 Mar 2013,·30 mins
Natalie Haynes finds out why adultery remains such a regular subject in popular culture.
25 Feb 2016,·30 mins
Geoff Dyer explores DH Lawrence's life-changing experiences in New Mexico in the 1920s.
03 Nov 2011,·30 mins
What happens to the medicines we take after they leave our body? Andrea Sella finds out.
09 Sep 2014,·28 mins
Ben Goldacre explores the idea of evidence-based policy.
01 Jan 2013,·38 mins
Aditya Chakrabortty reports on the student fight to reform their economics education.
02 Dec 2014,·38 mins
Writer Charles Sprawson reflects on his life as he copes with advancing dementia.
21 Jan 2019,·28 mins
Navid Akhtar examines the legacy of the influential Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
21 Aug 2007,·30 mins
Sara Parker visits Antony Gormley's installation on Crosby beach on its tenth anniversary.
01 Jun 2015,·28 mins
Hardeep Singh Kohli finds out if Maharaja Duleep Singh's remains should go back to India.
04 Jul 2014,·28 mins
Quentin Cooper looks at the weaknesses in GPS and the future of navigation.
21 Aug 2013,·28 mins
Reflections from a group of teenagers on giving up smartphones for a school week.
16 Jun 2024,·28 mins
Writer Richard King explores the past and present of the second homes debate in Wales.
11 Mar 2024,·28 mins
How DNA analysis reveals that chimpanzees are even closer to humans than we thought
24 May 2000,·24 mins
Seventy years ago, an article about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima rocked the world.
22 Aug 2016,·28 mins
Ian McMillan goes in search of one of Britain's strangest linguistic features...
10 Aug 2012,·1 min
Richard Hollingham examines British plans for a moon mission.
20 Jul 2009,·30 mins
Office workers around the world describe their Monday to Friday lives
12 Nov 1986,·28 mins
Kat Arney investigates why little girls are addicted to the colour pink, and if it matters
09 May 2011,·30 mins
Navid Akhtar explores the British Muslim experience in the ten years since the 9/11 attack
06 Sep 2011,·40 mins
