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Emerging Markets
What happened in Russia and South Africa when legalised casinos opened their doors?
06 Sep 2005,·22 mins
British composer Benajmin Britten examined through his love of Suffolk in England
01 Jan 1981,·30 mins
How evolutionary biology shapes policy on welfare reform, immigration and bankers' pay.
29 Jul 2014,·38 mins
Security Correspondent Gordon Corera reveals the story behind Israel's secret service.
03 Aug 2010,·40 mins
Aminatta Forna tells the extraordinary story of hard-living writer Jack London.
20 Nov 2014,·30 mins
Radio 4 becomes art in a unique blending of creativity and technology.
24 Sep 2018,·28 mins
Elinor Goodman asks if Prince Charles's campaigning will bring a new style of monarchy.
29 Jun 2014,·30 mins
Episode 4
Horatio Clare joins the Paris river police as they search the Seine for a drowned man.
06 Nov 2011,·15 mins
AL Kennedy goes in search of epiphanies - a revelation, the 'aha' instant, a eureka moment
09 Apr 2018,·28 mins
Why do many of us hold grudges, what sustains them in our lives and can we overcome them?
07 May 2018,·28 mins
Michael Goldfarb asks what the Democratic Party in America stands for today.
29 Oct 2018,·28 mins
The Power of Nudge
David Halpern tells Bronwen Maddox about the power of nudge.
28 Oct 2016,·15 mins
Tomorrow's Stories
What is required to create a society based on a shared sense of belonging?
17 Dec 2018,·28 mins
Japan: Roland Buerk explores why the kimono industry in Japan is in steep decline.
23 Nov 2011,·30 mins
The healing powers of water and its importance in religious rituals around the world
12 May 1996,·28 mins
Austria and Italy
Meeting the populists governing European nations on the route of the former Iron Curtain
23 Apr 2019,·37 mins
Martin Reeve follows the fortunes of street theatre in Britain over 40 years.
26 May 2011,·30 mins
Pallab Ghosh investigates the potential effects of anti-sleep drugs on society.
16 Apr 2007,·30 mins
Lilo and her husband Erich Gloeden hid Jews from the Nazis in wartime Berlin
26 Jan 2020,·28 mins
Tom Dyckhoff discovers that few things show our social status as clearly as windows.
27 May 2014,·28 mins
Adam Smith on the Civil War law that is now the battleground for America's hottest issues.
26 Jul 2016,·38 mins
As a reluctantly gap-toothed woman, Patricia Cumper explores their cultural significance.
01 Oct 2015,·30 mins
The Play
The origins, development and purpose of stage drama
30 Apr 1996,·13 mins
Jolyon Jenkins investigates the psychology of climate change - why aren't we more worried?
10 Feb 2011,·30 mins
One mother’s story of how she is supporting her son’s footballing dreams.
01 Mar 2022,·28 mins
No longer just for the rich, tutoring is booming in Britain. But is it worth the money?
02 Aug 2013,·28 mins
Julia Langdon on changes to Parliament over 40 years, with Betty Boothroyd and Ken Clarke.
28 Feb 2015,·30 mins
Hinkley power station gets the green light, and then the workers' accommodation goes up.
15 Feb 2019,·28 mins
2. Doom Metal And Beyond
Maddy Prior, lead singer of Steeleye Span, and her daughter Rose Kemp on musical futures
10 Nov 2015,·30 mins
Tom Mangold investigates a tale of dirty tricks and industrial espionage.
28 Apr 2008,·30 mins
