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Episode 3
Adam Rutherford looks at the extinction of humans in the distant past. Last in series.
29 May 2012,·28 mins
Facing The Music
Joseph Haydn: Letting Go of Loneliness
David Suchet plunges into Haydn’s isolation and how it was shattered in war-torn Vienna.
17 Feb 2025,·29 mins
9. Hannah Ingram-Moore in conversation
Captain Tom’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore answers our questions.
07 Mar 2025,·25 mins
Omnibus (Part 2)
Alan Johnson on 140 years of education through the prism of one school in Camberwell.
08 Mar 2019,·57 mins
4. The end of an epidemic?
How activists and medical staff fought the government to U-turn on Aids treatment in SA
30 Oct 2021,·49 mins
France
War and the French Economy from 1920 – 1940.
23 Aug 2019,·14 mins
Terry Riley: In C
Ivan Hewett examines the chord of C major as found in Terry Riley's In C.
13 Jan 2017,·15 mins
Episode 6 - The Return of the King
The brutal and bloody business of taking, and retaining, the Scottish Throne
29 Feb 2024,·37 mins
'Changed Utterly'
Heather Jones examines the history of commemorating the Easter Rising across Ireland.
25 Mar 2016,·28 mins
10. Zombie Deer
A new animal madness emerges in North America as history repeats.
23 Oct 2023,·15 mins
10. Einstein's Brain
Dr Geoff Bunn discusses the impact of neurology on how we understand ourselves today.
18 Nov 2011,·15 mins
Tutankhamun and Egyptomania; Nosferatu; Pirandello's Henry IV; Einstein, Time and Aboriginal Modernism
An omnibus edition of four things from 1922 with an impact a century later.
04 Feb 2022,·57 mins
Ballad of Harry Stokes
The story of Harry Stokes – a trans man born in 1799.
16 mins
Omnibus Episode 2
Anthropologist David Graeber explores the ways debt has shaped society over 5,000 years.
05 Aug 2016,·58 mins
Series 2
Voting
Andrew Dilnot charts the history of the British state through its numbers.
27 Feb 2015,·15 mins
Frontlines of Conspiracyland
What are the obstacles that stand between journalists and the truth?
04 Jul 2023,·39 mins
Omnibus 4
Portraits of remarkable individuals who have made China what it is today.
25 May 2018,·60 mins
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives - Omnibus
Omnibus Series 1 Episode 5
Audio portraits of William Jones, Rani of Jhansi, Jyotirao Phule and Birsa Munda.
25 Nov 2016,·58 mins
How to Laugh It Off
Jack Boswell explores craic, the Irish way of blending humour, stories and shared joy.
17 Jan 2025,·15 mins
4. The Richard III effect
Richard III's lasting legacy in the city in which he was discovered.
18 Mar 2025,·26 mins
Episode 8: From the Ashes
Events in Brixton spark a summer of discontent, as rioting breaks out across the country.
21 May 2021,·39 mins
Claudia Jones
Meet Claudia Jones, a fearless fighter for civil rights on both sides of the Atlantic
14 Sep 2022,·33 mins
Episode 3 - The long-term impact
Virologist Professor John Oxford charts the spread and impact of the 1918-19 flu pandemic.
29 May 2020,·28 mins
5. Healing the Wounds
How has the community been working to prevent a repeat of the 2005 riots?
21 Apr 2023,·15 mins
What We Feared
Was the service ready for the events of 7/7 and what is it doing to prevent other attacks?
11 Dec 2007,·40 mins
5. Nadar - The Psychological Side of Photography
Nadar, the photographer adept at capturing his subjects' inner worlds in the 19th century.
01 Aug 2025,·14 mins
Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again
Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again. Anna talks to PHILIP MICHAEL, LYDIA LOUISA and CHRIS NEWMAN.
17 Jul 2018,·24 mins
Requiem for an Illusion
Michael meets his fate at the hands of the Trinidadian court and Britain’s Privy Council.
14 Oct 2022,·49 mins
Episode 5: Reverberations
An examination of the fallout from Britain's atomic testing programme, which began in 1952
11 Nov 2022,·28 mins
Omnibus 2/2. 1945 - 2020
Stanley Tucci tells the story of modern California from Hollywood to Silicon Valley.
08 Mar 2020,·57 mins
