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Story of the film pioneer making natural history films in his back garden.
30 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Yorkshire Farming - Two Years In Review
In the last Yorkshire Farming programme, Gareth Barlow opens up the archives.
09 Apr 2017,·15 mins
Adam Fowler investigates an extraordinary scientific experiment in Siberia.
02 Jul 2007,·30 mins
If trophy hunting is banned in Africa, would lions be more or less at risk?
01 Sep 2015,·38 mins
In the Solar System's outer darkness, Neptune had its first 'official' birthday in 2011.
11 Jul 2011,·30 mins
Bird Song
A look at bird song, 'the most complicated sound in the animal world'.
19 Nov 1998,·13 mins
Why were tens of thousands of people lobotomised in the 1940s and 50s in the UK and US?
07 Nov 2011,·28 mins
The writer Tom Dyckhoff looks at the life and work of Richard Buckminster Fuller.
01 Mar 2013,·28 mins
Stephen Fry takes a look at the history of daylight saving time.
28 Mar 2015,·25 mins
Howard Stableford investigates whether advances in 3D printing can benefit nature.
07 Apr 2015,·28 mins
Sue Broom cracks the code of the cryptic names that are given to genes by scientists.
12 Aug 2009,·30 mins
Episode 2
The transition from fossil fuels to renewables and its geopolitical consequences
12 Jan 2020,·28 mins
Series 8
The Olympics: Why We're Hardwired To Watch
Michael Blastland explores the quirky ways in which we think, behave and make decisions.
02 Aug 2016,·28 mins
Episode 1
The ancient country estate of Scadbury lies on the edge of south London.
14 Aug 2007,·30 mins
Tails
What are the functions of tails?
12 Jul 1998,·13 mins
Radio 4 explores just what is involved in dismantling a nuclear power plant.
07 Jan 2015,·28 mins
Nature detective Tom Heap investigates who, or what, is killing the common sparrow.
18 Mar 2009,·30 mins
Gordon Corera asks if the West is losing the technological race with China.
19 Jun 2020,·28 mins
You can now clone your pet in the UK, but should you?
21 Jan 2026,·29 mins
Hosting your Website
How to actually put your site on the World Wide Web
10 Feb 2004,·24 mins
How does scientific advice lead to government policy at the best of times, and the worst?
11 Aug 2020,·37 mins
Melvyn Bragg tells the story of the Nobel-winning physicists William and Lawrence Bragg.
13 Aug 2013,·28 mins
Adam Hart-Davis follows the construction of the Large Hadron Collider atom smasher at CERN
10 Sep 2008,·45 mins
It's the key metaphor of the internet, ethereal and fluffy - but what is the cloud hiding?
13 Oct 2020,·28 mins
Future
What can governments realistically do to provide decent health services?
19 Dec 2001,·13 mins
The Leatherback Sea Turtle
They are not domesticated, kept or farmed
23 Mar 2001,·13 mins
The Search for Neanderthal Genes
How much of a Neanderthal are you? Svante Paabo reveals the secrets of our genes
12 Mar 2016,·49 mins
Meet the engineers and scientists at MIT who are shaping our future
10 Sep 2005,·22 mins
Landscape architect James Corner on Covid, urban green space and mental health.
27 Sep 2021,·28 mins
How do you stop the spread of a plant killer?
11 Dec 2024,·28 mins
