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On the Origin of the Species
Geoff Watts looks back on the 150 years since Darwin's Origin of Species was published.
26 Nov 2009,·30 mins
Lithium
Why using more Lithium might be the key to solving the climate crisis.
01 Feb 2019,·15 mins
Harvest
The trials and triumphs of young farmers.
22 Oct 2021,·28 mins
Synaesthesia: when senses merge
Synaesthesia: We meet the man whose sister tastes of blackcurrant yoghurt
13 Jan 2021,·1 min
Episode 2
The transition from fossil fuels to renewables and its geopolitical consequences
12 Jan 2020,·28 mins
Transplant
In 1967, Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplant operation.
16 Mar 2007,·15 mins
How can we make sport more inclusive?
How can sport protect equal competition whilst enabling all abilities to take part?
11 Jan 2024,·18 mins
Episode 1
Michael Portillo hunts down nature's tyrants and meets the animals who make it to the top.
10 Dec 2005,·30 mins
The team launch the Herschel telescope, the biggest telescope ever sent to space.
25 Nov 2009,·30 mins
Ethiopia and Kenya
Villagers and herdsmen with different water problems highlight global concerns
12 May 2003,·22 mins
Stephen Fry takes a look at the history of daylight saving time.
28 Mar 2015,·25 mins
Beef
An examination of the worldwide beef industry
18 Dec 2003,·22 mins
Series 2
The Kestrel and Red Kite
Rod Liddle debates our reactions to the familiar kestrel and the well nurtured red kite.
03 Mar 2011,·30 mins
Chesowanja
John Gowlett describes artefacts such as burnt clay excavated from a site in Kenya
19 Mar 1999,·13 mins
Psychology
The way we behave, our thoughts and our feeling are all part of our psychological make up
18 Jun 2001,·13 mins
The World's Climate
Our planet is warming up, the ice caps are melting and sea levels are rising
05 Jul 1999,·13 mins
Roger Harribin asks how climate policy decisions can be taken amid scientific uncertainty.
06 Sep 2010,·30 mins
Taming The Wild
The history of animal domestication, starting with the wild bull
22 Mar 1994,·13 mins
Nanotechnology
Medicine through miniaturisation at MIT
19 Oct 1995,·28 mins
Episode 3
The Islamic world is witnessing a trend for seeking 'scientific miracles' in the Qur'an.
02 Mar 2009,·30 mins
Dreams in the Earth
Roma Agrawal explores how the built environment shapes us.
14 Oct 2021,·28 mins
Dr Mark Lythgoe investigates the divide between scientists and artists.
25 Apr 2007,·30 mins
Military Eyes in the Sky
How satellites are being used in warfare for target recognition
07 Oct 2002,·13 mins
Can Machines Think?
First broadcast in 1994. A look at artificial intelligence and 'thinking machines'
31 Aug 1994,·28 mins
Series 3
Rarities and Recordings
Brett Westwood looks at a bird on the edge of extinction - the slender-billed curlew.
12 Feb 2013,·28 mins
Ian Peacock discovers why certain smells can transport us back to our childhood.
16 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Meditations on the Metaverse
Olga Koch and Hussein Kesvani get their heads around the future of the internet.
08 Dec 2021,·24 mins
Midge Ure explains how technical innovation has always stimulated musical creativity.
15 Feb 2014,·30 mins
An Education Revolution?
Sarah Montague and guests debate whether the UK should follow America's lead.
10 Mar 2014,·58 mins
The rate at which scientists and inventors discover new things is slowing. How to fix it?
28 Mar 2022,·28 mins
