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Melanie Chisholm celebrates the lasting musical legacy of British band leader Ivy Benson.
18 Oct 2014,·30 mins
Seventy years ago, an article about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima rocked the world.
22 Aug 2016,·28 mins
Tim Key gives his surreal and startling take on the Soviet absurdist writer Daniil Kharms.
28 Jun 2016,·30 mins
Reverend Richard Coles explores the science of sacred sounds.
17 Jul 2011,·30 mins
Kat Arney investigates why little girls are addicted to the colour pink, and if it matters
09 May 2011,·30 mins
Episode 3
Rosie Millard hears the hopes of two people moving hundreds of miles across the UK.
12 Nov 2014,·28 mins
The World as an Orchestra
Virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie reveals a hidden world of rhythm around us.
28 Aug 2018,·30 mins
Navid Akhtar explores the British Muslim experience in the ten years since the 9/11 attack
06 Sep 2011,·40 mins
What do AI and digital technology mean for actors and their relationship with audiences?
30 Mar 2024,·28 mins
As Dr Mark Porter's waistline increases, he puts his body mass index, or BMI, to the test.
11 Aug 2015,·28 mins
Mary Beard tells the intriguing story of the history of exams.
06 Jul 2016,·30 mins
Fantasy Architecture
An examination of fantasy buildings and the possibility of them ever being built
16 Aug 2004,·21 mins
BBC disability correspondent Nikki Fox on the portrayal of disability in films and on TV.
29 Dec 2016,·28 mins
Phil Alexander puts together the story of a composer through a newly found piece of music.
06 Aug 2023,·28 mins
An investigation into why the MOD still uses a drug that can cause serious side effects.
31 Mar 2015,·28 mins
Lauren Laverne celebrates Kenneth Grahame's classic tale, 'The Wind in the Willows'.
03 Mar 2016,·30 mins
Following the death of Pope Francis, Edward Stourton explores his life and legacy.
21 Apr 2025,·41 mins
The story of an adoption which became an international scandal in the 1950s
27 Mar 2015,·30 mins
What music did Neolithic peoples make? Jude Rogers and guests have fun speculating.
19 Nov 2024,·28 mins
Mike Thomson reports on an extraordinary series of diaries on life inside 'Islamic State'.
14 Mar 2016,·28 mins
Katharine Whitehorn, 84, tackles the twentysomethings facing tough life choices.
20 Jan 2013,·30 mins
A fascinating insight into one of Nature's greatest cheats.
05 Apr 2011,·30 mins
What Can be Done to Thwart Attacks?
The first bombing of the Twin Towers was in 1993 – why wasn't the second attack prevented?
05 Dec 2001,·28 mins
Radio 4 documentary.
27 Dec 2014,·28 mins
Israel
The hopes and ambitions of people living in Israel
04 Jan 2002,·28 mins
Series 2
Belfast Docks
Composer laureate Brian Irvine and Rachael Boyd, on fiddle, play the skyline of Belfast.
Sweden
In Sweden a high percentage of women work
23 May 1992,·13 mins
An aspiring pop star meets Jacques Attali, who predicted today's music crisis in 1976.
17 Sep 2015,·30 mins
5. Particle Accelerator
Paul Farley’s circular journey brings him to the Large Hadron Collider.
03 Aug 2023,·14 mins
Sangita Myska investigates the secret story of Britons held as slaves.
02 Sep 2019,·28 mins
