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Adrian Crellin on pioneering smarter radiotherapy for treating cancer
Prof Adrian Crellin discusses his pioneering career at the cutting edge of radiotherapy.
27 Oct 2026,·28 mins
Series 25
Tessellation Proliferation
Hannah and Dara find that tessellation gets everywhere, from nature to space materials.
24 Oct 2026,·28 mins
Is there time on Mars?
A Japanese spacecraft could become the first ever to bring Martian samples back to Earth.
22 Oct 2026,·28 mins
The man who ‘saved the internet’
We hear from Ondřej Surý, the programmer whose PHP patches helped avert a cyber crisis.
27 Oct 2026,·27 mins
Will AI really kill us all?
Headlines are full of apocalyptic predictions about AI, Aleks & Kevin ask if they're true.
21 Oct 2026,·28 mins
How do insects hear?
Do insects have ears and if so, how do they work?
23 Oct 2026,·28 mins
Trouble with Hubble
4. Once in human history
Nasa risks everything on a daring rescue mission to restore Hubble’s vision
19 Oct 2026,·40 mins
Series 2
Episode 3
The women US astronauts of Mercury 13, who never got into space.
30 May 2012,·15 mins
The Life Scientific: Gillian Forrester
Professor Gillian Forrester on how we became the walking, talking great apes we are today
26 Oct 2026,·26 mins
Building bridges
A new bridge between China and North Korea has us seeking science-based connections.
23 Oct 2026,·49 mins
How could climate change affect my health?
Two doctors discuss the challenges for the medical sector from a warming world
25 Oct 2026,·26 mins
Welsh Pioneers
Adam Walton delves into the stories of trailblazing Welsh scientists.
27 Oct 2026,·29 mins
Solving the mystery of allergies
Why do people with one allergy often go on to develop more?
21 Oct 2026,·26 mins
Provocateurs
These five thinkers were all propelled by provocation in their thinking.
24 Oct 2026,·57 mins
Rutger Bregman - Moral Revolution
4. Fighting for Humanity in the Age of the Machine
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman gives his fourth and final Reith Lecture.
16 Dec 2025,·57 mins
Everything Is Fake and Nobody Cares
6. F For Fake
Jamie and Jimmy explore where fakery goes next – but can you tell which is which?
15 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Series 1
Sleep Deprivation and Insomnia
If we don't snooze, we lose. How badly does lack of sleep affect our mind and our body?
19 Dec 2017,·28 mins
Are microplastics affecting our health?
Claudia Hammond puts your questions on microplastics to a panel of experts
29 Aug 2026,·49 mins
The ghosts haunting AI storytelling
This Halloween, Thomas Germain and Jessica Maddox go ghost hunting inside everyday tech.
28 Oct 2026,·36 mins
AI: A Future for Humans?
The science sleuths unwrap some of the biggest ideas in this year's BBC Reith Lectures.
22 Dec 2021,·28 mins
Life after Life
First broadcast in 1999. Do you believe in life after death?
15 Jun 1999,·12 mins
Depression in Later Life
Exploring the grey area between dementia and depression
26 Apr 2002,·27 mins
Doing the Maths
First broadcast in 2006. The mathematics of infinity are discussed
27 Sep 2006,·22 mins
How science got here, and where next
As anti-science leaves research reeling, does evidence-based policy have a future?
30 Oct 2025,·31 mins
The Future
In most cases the needs of the military shape development in aviation
08 Aug 1999,·13 mins
How Music Can Hold and Heal Us
We explore how music—especially lullabies—heals like medicine.
13 Mar 2025,·25 mins
Newgenics
Could powerful genetic technologies usher in a new eugenic era?
27 Dec 2022,·28 mins
8. The Terminator
Musk fears a 'Terminator future', where robots destroy humans. So why is he creating AI?
08 Apr 2025,·28 mins
Nicolas Bourbaki
Professor Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics drives science.
25 Jun 2010,·15 mins
Memory
Examination into the condition of Alzheimer's disease
15 May 2000,·24 mins
