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Episode 2
Can the heroic age of Antarctic exploration show the way back to the Moon and onto Mars?
20 Mar 2012,·28 mins
Materials scientist Mark Miodownik asks whether we could live without cash.
01 Mar 2011,·30 mins
Vivienne Parry finds out if we can keep the lights, and everything else, on in the future.
29 May 2019,·43 mins
South Africa
Agony aunt Irma Kurtz talks to her South African counterpart, Criselda Kananda.
11 Aug 2014,·15 mins
Who were the women who worked at Bletchley? What did they do? What became of them?
22 Jul 2015,·28 mins
Roger Law gets immersed in the world of Chinese ceramics
22 Aug 2017,·30 mins
Series 1
Naked
Noma Dumezweni narrates the third episode of her series about risk and creativity.
01 Nov 2017,·42 mins
Why many across Europe are now unwilling to pay the costs associated with the Green Deal.
05 Dec 2023,·28 mins
Why are orchids so popular? Jim Endersby offers a new scientific history of their allure.
26 Jan 2016,·28 mins
Nick Fraser considers the role of intellectuals in relation to world events.
01 Jun 2009,·30 mins
The life of Johnny Morris, told by his friend and former co-presenter Terry Nutkins.
18 Feb 2011,·28 mins
Shaimaa Khalil travels across Egypt, hearing the voices of her fellow countrymen.
07 Jul 2013,·24 mins
Bobby Friction goes back to Delhi 30 years after the assassination of Indira Gandhi.
31 Oct 2014,·28 mins
Musician Anoushka Shankar
Anoushka Shankar explores the effect of the pandemic and lockdown on musical creativity.
29 Mar 2021,·28 mins
How science and technology can come to the aid of our cultural heritage
20 Jun 1979,·29 mins
What Next for the Big Banks?
Michael Robinson assesses what the future holds in the wake of the rate-fixing scandal.
25 Aug 2012,·30 mins
What is the appeal of ponies and pony books to girls - and some post-menopausal women?
29 Sep 2016,·28 mins
Evolution of Modern China
Can the old leadership survive in the Chinese century?
30 Aug 2002,·13 mins
Art
How artists at the Great Exhibition of the North are embracing its theme of innovation.
02 Aug 2018,·28 mins
Comedian Isy Suttie tackles a selection of platitudes for everyday living.
30 Aug 2017,·28 mins
Chris Mullin investigates what really happens to our rubbish.
08 Apr 2014,·38 mins
How are people with disabilities getting involved in EEC policy making?
27 May 1983,·30 mins
Matthew Hollis follows Edward Thomas's 1913 journey into the south west and towards poetry
06 Apr 2017,·30 mins
Emma Barnett asks what rights we have to our online life and if deleting is desirable.
07 Jan 2013,·28 mins
Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane unearths Britain's hidden army of volunteers.
15 Dec 2015,·38 mins
Dr Ben Goldacre explores what happens when science takes the long view.
02 Aug 2011,·30 mins
David Lomax reports on the story of the Kamchatka crabs brought to the Arctic by Stalin.
02 Jan 2007,·30 mins
Sophie Thompson and Phyllida Law's anniversary celebration for The Magic Roundabout.
12 Oct 2015,·30 mins
Haisai Ojisan – Hey Old Man!
The story behind the 1970s Okinawan pop hit Haisai Ojisan or ‘Hey Old Man’
23 Mar 2019,·9 mins
Life's getting better. So why don't we believe it? Fraser Nelson finds out.
30 Dec 2019,·28 mins
