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Following the death of Pope Francis, Edward Stourton explores his life and legacy.
21 Apr 2025,·41 mins
How a recent near-death experience has influenced poet John Burnside's life and work.
30 Oct 2022,·28 mins
Rising taxes, changes to flags and anthems. It’s more complicated than it seems.
22 May 2023,·28 mins
A special extended edition presented by Gemma Bradley.
10 Oct 2026,·60 mins
Series 1
Experts
Experts - are they to be trusted?
23 Aug 2018,·28 mins
An investigation into Jim Dowson, the front man for Knights Templar International.
01 May 2018,·38 mins
Navigating the Anthropocene
Emily Knight tells stories of our changing planet, though the animals which call it home.
28 Mar 2024,·28 mins
Now an endangered craft, discover the lost legacy of Sunderland’s glass ships in bottles.
23 Jun 2024,·28 mins
Duncan Weldon explores the past, present and uncertain future of supply-side economics.
01 Nov 2022,·28 mins
Meet the creatures with a career path - in niche jobs where only an animal will do.
14 May 2025,·28 mins
What would a documentary made by ChatGPT sound like? Lara Lewington explores AI territory.
06 Mar 2023,·28 mins
Writer Chris Yates looks to the skies in search of the wintering hen harrier.
23 Oct 2022,·28 mins
Award-winning songwriter Amy Wadge investigates the history and potential of the harmonica
29 Mar 2016,·30 mins
Facing his own mortality, an artist collaborates with a farmer to transform toxic dyes.
13 Dec 2023,·28 mins
How Glasgow quietly transformed itself into Europe's leading producer of small satellites.
02 Sep 2026,·27 mins
Julie Fowlis and Karine Polwart journey to the most remote pub in mainland Britain.
24 Dec 2023,·28 mins
A jazz musician becomes a cosmic dust hunter.
30 Apr 2023,·28 mins
Lenny Henry unveils the mysterious contents of Andy Warhol's Time Capsules.
11 Sep 2014,·28 mins
Rachel Hurdley discovers a part of the home full of memory, mystery and possession.
23 Apr 2023,·28 mins
How a natural disaster helped shape the modern world
11 May 2000,·24 mins
Rufus Wainwright on how he approaches the song A Foggy Day and why he's drawn to it.
04 Aug 2022,·28 mins
Jumping on freight trains in America, adventure or desperation? Peter Bowes explores.
19 Dec 2012,·30 mins
Poems and prose from NHS staff on their experiences of the Covid pandemic.
04 Jul 2023,·28 mins
How a group of organisations in one Westminster building affected a decade of UK politics.
19 Sep 2022,·28 mins
One of the most northern communities on earth – Qaanaaq, Greenland
01 Jan 2003,·22 mins
Early-bird poet Ian McMillan investigates why people are early or late.
02 Aug 2017,·30 mins
Cerys Matthews celebrates one of her musical heroines, gospel singer Mahalia Jackson.
01 May 2012,·30 mins
Battle of Okinawa
The bloody battle in 1945 that has defined Okinawa and its people to this day
12 May 2004,·22 mins
Ian McMillan fights the cause of the sodcasters, perpetrators of tinny mobile phone music
14 Jun 2011,·30 mins
Graham Hughes
Dr Graham Hughes talks about the condition that bears his name
09 Sep 1999,·13 mins
