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Can animals be gay? Hermione Cockburn investigates the biologists who say they can.
26 Jun 2012,·28 mins
Series 3
Reykjavik
Musician John Grant on Reykjavik, a city he fell in love with on tour.
03 Dec 2016,·30 mins
Can 11-year-old Arthur bring some positive thinking into his dad’s life?
07 May 2019,·28 mins
Al Letson explores how new high-tech safer guns are being opposed across America.
17 Jul 2017,·28 mins
Gabrielle Drake looks at regional theatre through the story of Manchester's Royal Exchange
01 Nov 2011,·30 mins
Garden designer James Wong asks if British gardening is stuck in the past.
16 Sep 2016,·30 mins
Derry Boys
The story of two Derry boys and a 50-year-old friendship which defied the odds.
03 Apr 2023,·28 mins
Marnie Chesterton travels to the birthplace of quantum theory armed with just one question
01 Jan 2026,·28 mins
Allan Little looks at the changing dynamic of the European Union, as power heads east.
18 Dec 2012,·38 mins
Alice Roberts goes in search of the man who taught us how to control our own dreams.
18 Sep 2016,·30 mins
What does it take to investigate war crimes in Ukraine?
19 Feb 2024,·28 mins
The surprising and touching story of how Richard Strauss' marriage inspired his music.
21 Apr 2011,·30 mins
The City - has it changed its spots since the financial crash of 2008?
06 Aug 2017,·30 mins
How Jayne Mansfield shook up the northern club scene before she died.
30 Apr 2011,·30 mins
Radical Italy - Part Three
Looking at the difficulties immigrant communities face
21 Mar 2006,·22 mins
Why is there such a demand for British etiquette around the world?
08 Jan 2016,·30 mins
6Music DJ Shaun Keaveny meets the scientists investigating why songs get stuck in our head
22 Oct 2012,·30 mins
Christine Finn tells the story of Nazi atrocities on Alderney during World War Two.
22 Jan 2024,·28 mins
Ian Sansom is trapped inside your radio
29 Dec 2017,·28 mins
Anuta, a South Pacific Island where life has remained unchanged for hundreds of years.
26 Jun 2017,·30 mins
Martha Kearney follows the experiences and explores the hopes of new MPs at Westminster.
08 Jul 2015,·28 mins
Einstein said the most joy in his life came from his violin. Brian Foster investigates.
09 Dec 2007,·15 mins
What can art mean for people and communities as they face life's great challenges?
07 Sep 2017,·30 mins
Poet Jackie Kay tells the story of Zora Neale Hurston's literary rebirth.
17 Apr 2017,·30 mins
The life and changing times of Woman's Weekly as it celebrates its centenary
09 Feb 2012,·30 mins
Tech journalist Lara Lewington looks into information battles played out on Wikipedia.
04 Jul 2023,·28 mins
Is the Scotch whisky industry on the rocks? Kirsty Wark investigates.
29 Dec 2024,·28 mins
Series 1
Frances Barber in Wolverhampton
Frances Barber, stage and television star, explores the Wolverhampton of her childhood.
08 Aug 2017,·28 mins
Sounding the Future
What does the crisis in music education today mean for musical life in the UK?
21 Mar 2023,·28 mins
Scientists analyse a small jawbone found in Kent's Cavern in Torquay over 80 years ago.
21 Nov 2007,·30 mins
