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Angela Carter's friends, colleagues and admirers remember her innovative plays for radio.
16 Feb 2012,·30 mins
Episode 3
Matthew Flinders argues against the drive to reduce the scope of politics.
10 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Germaine Greer presents a profile of eccentric 1970s rock icon Frank Zappa.
07 Oct 2006,·30 mins
John Kampfner examines the potential consequences of Britain not intervening in Syria.
09 Sep 2013,·28 mins
Episode 2
From the boardroom to the dugout: Robert Peston on the business of football management.
11 Jan 2012,·28 mins
Adam Rutherford with astronomical insights on literature and art.
18 Jan 2012,·28 mins
An apple, a car, even a super yacht... Why are so many things called Jazz?
30 Aug 2016,·30 mins
Prof Deborah Bowman reveals how a cancer diagnosis has changed her view of medical ethics.
16 Apr 2019,·28 mins
Lucky socks, pre-match rituals, Nadal’s water bottles. Sport is teeming with superstition.
07 Jul 2020,·28 mins
Simon Armitage travels to the edge of the page to explore marginalia.
16 Jun 2014,·30 mins
Meanwhile in Space
Rebecca Morelle asks whether we're about to witness a new golden era of human spaceflight.
29 Jun 2020,·28 mins
The imprisonment of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the 'wild east' of Russia's market economy
14 Jun 2005,·22 mins
Can you apply Darwin's theory of natural selection to music and create the perfect song?
08 Aug 2012,·28 mins
Keith Joseph's impact as the trailblazer for Thatcherism is assessed by James Landale.
07 Apr 2014,·28 mins
Poet Casi Wyn travels to Cwrt-Y-Cadno, a Welsh village in the midst of uncertainty.
16 Apr 2023,·28 mins
Coffee Growing and Production
The social and economic importance of coffee production
02 Mar 1999,·13 mins
Hazel Shearing investigates delays in the DfE school rebuilding programme.
13 Oct 2024,·28 mins
Egypt
Examining why Egypt is faring less well than the more modern Gulf societies
26 Jul 2006,·22 mins
Tracey McLeod recalls the girl groups of the 1960s.
28 Feb 2008,·30 mins
Recalling her father’s DNR notice, Yasmeen Khan investigates clinical resuscitation.
18 May 2021,·28 mins
How a dynasty on Ynys Môn gave the gift of orthopaedic medicine to the world.
24 Apr 2026,·29 mins
Michael Rosen visits the biggest public lending library in Britain.
11 Sep 2013,·28 mins
Lesley Curwen investigates the ways councils negotiate affordable housing with developers.
26 May 2015,·38 mins
How does losing a mother as a little girl affect the women they become?
18 Apr 2022,·28 mins
Naomi Beckwith celebrates more Black cultural figures who should be central to history.
16 Dec 2019,·28 mins
There is far more to this simple children's game than meets the eye, says Jolyon Jenkins.
04 Aug 2015,·28 mins
Writer Patrick McGuinness asks what really is the inevitable. And must we accept it?
26 Jul 2016,·28 mins
Aditya Chakrabortty chairs a debate between four economists who predicted the 2008 crisis
19 Sep 2018,·57 mins
As Obama's campaign to win a 2nd term ramps up Gary Younge assesses his performance so far
23 Oct 2011,·30 mins
David Davis MP gives a personal exploration of Tony Benn's life and ideas.
15 Mar 2014,·60 mins
