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Series 9
Is a university education still worth it?
Is university still delivering social and career progress for young people?
10 Aug 2026,·28 mins
01/04/2022
Gabriella Coleman investigates one of the most misunderstood cultures of the modern world
01 Apr 2022,·57 mins
Series 2
Ripley and Heanor News, 2 July 1948
James Naughtie explores the history of the Amber Valley through front page small ads.
03 Sep 2019,·14 mins
This is... Arctic Monkeys: Believe the Hype
A snapshot of the band in the eye of the storm, poised to change everything.
10 Jan 2023,·2 mins
Episode 2
Alex Last traces the fate of 12 children named in a series of post-war BBC radio appeals.
03 Jul 2015,·28 mins
Zidovudine (AZT)
First broadcast in 2001. Zidovudine (AZT) and other drugs used to treat HIV
18 Jun 2001,·13 mins
Series 5
The Return of the Soldier
Francine Stock concludes her four-year exploration of how artists responded to WWI.
22 Sep 2018,·28 mins
The Inaccessible Pinnacle Before Breakfast
Robert Macfarlane crosses the iconic Cuillin Ridge on the Isle of Skye
26 Sep 2023,·28 mins
3. The Road through Turkey to Istanbul
Bettany Hughes follows the ancient road from Rome to Istanbul.
18 Dec 2015,·30 mins
Series 1
Cynic
Comedian Andy Zaltzman lives by the rules of the ancient Greek philosophy of the Cynics.
01 Dec 2017,·28 mins
Episode 3
Adam Rutherford looks at the extinction of humans in the distant past. Last in series.
29 May 2012,·28 mins
10. The Jungle Book & EPCOT
Mel Giedroyc explores Walt Disney’s final film, The Jungle Book.
29 Jun 2023,·28 mins
Edinburgh
Reaching Edinburgh on this journey travelling the length of the A1 in the UK
31 Jul 1998,·13 mins
5. Friendship
Girls in the UK talk to Catherine Carr about their friendships and friendship groups.
17 Apr 2026,·13 mins
Episode 1
Visits to the areas from the Shipping Forecast: Lundy, Dogger, Forth, Irish Sea, Wight.
01 Jan 2025,·57 mins
Ann Mhoireasdan
Ann Mhoireasdan, tidsear agus ceannard riochdachaidh air MacTV, a' còmhradh ri Cathy.
23 Oct 2026,·27 mins
Greenhead to Kirk Yetholm
Mark Radcliffe travels from Greenhead near Hadrian's Wall to the village of Kirk Yetholm.
21 May 2015,·30 mins
Cuddle Therapists
Nick Baker meets the therapists who offer cuddle sessions by the hour.
19 Jan 2018,·12 mins
Monsignor Quixote
Guy Hedgecoe follows Graham Greene's travels around post-Franco Spain in the late 1970s.
29 Aug 2016,·15 mins
Frances Barber in Wolverhampton
Frances Barber, stage and television star, explores the Wolverhampton of her childhood.
08 Aug 2017,·28 mins
From Tora Bora to Abbottabad
Gordon Corera on the search for the world's most wanted terrorist.
22 Jul 2011,·30 mins
Omnibus
Episode 5
Final omnibus edition of Prof Kathy Willis's history of our relationship with plants.
07 Nov 2014,·58 mins
5. The First Superstars
Cerys Matthews and Tris Penna consider the legacy of the UK's first gramophone records.
27 Nov 2015,·15 mins
The Tower of Babel
Aleks Krotoski explores how today's digital world is a reverse Tower of Babel.
10 Apr 2015,·15 mins
21/06/2022
Tony Simpson and five young people compare their experiences of leaving care.
21 Jun 2022,·28 mins
Running the Show
Helen Mort continues her history of running, rounding the corner into the 20th century.
07 Oct 2024,·42 mins
5. Retromania
Travis looks at the impact of the internet and the rise of "vintage" wares.
10 Aug 2018,·14 mins
France
War and the French Economy from 1920 – 1940.
23 Aug 2019,·14 mins
Leaving Africa
How we overcame oceans and icy landscapes as we migrated
28 Oct 1999,·14 mins
Public Service Architecture
How emotion, protest and media can help us build better, more human cities.
01 Sep 2025,·28 mins
