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3: Waitin' On Roosevelt
Marybeth Hamilton explores the fate and fortunes of Black Americans under the New Deal.
23 Oct 2020,·28 mins
Born Different
Adam Rutherford asks what the genetics of intelligence could mean for education.
13 May 2014,·28 mins
Amsterdam
How a place bound to the sea and the globe developed its idea of Europe.
24 May 2016,·28 mins
Quantum Leaps and Future Chips
The story of the microchip's Cold War past, corporate present and quantum future.
07 Mar 2024,·28 mins
Episode 3: Cars and Girls
The music writer presents a series of meditations on different aspects of music.
27 Dec 2022,·28 mins
The Multiverse of Truth
Professor Abigail Williams explores the history of facts versus feelings.
28 Feb 2023,·28 mins
Cohesion
Baroness Casey looks at some of the challenges facing whoever wins the general election.
05 Jan 2024,·28 mins
Inside Israel 1948
The family roots of friends Eden Raviv and Ibrahim Abu Ahmad cross the divides of history.
04 Dec 2023,·28 mins
5. Mudflats and Salt Marshes
Wading birds and shelducks find their favourite snacks along the Northumberland coastline.
01 Apr 2016,·15 mins
5. Retromania
Travis looks at the impact of the internet and the rise of "vintage" wares.
10 Aug 2018,·14 mins
The Life Everlasting
First broadcast in 1997. Exploring life after death
12 Dec 1997,·27 mins
Episode 2
BBC correspondent Hugh Sykes returns to Iraq, ten years after the US-led invasion.
10 Mar 2013,·30 mins
Omnibus, Part 2
Peter Conrad dissects the popular culture of his era.
27 Dec 2014,·60 mins
Fundamentalism - Social Injustice
Experts and commentators ask what effect religious fundamentalism might have on our future
25 Mar 2002,·28 mins
Series 1
Naked
Noma Dumezweni narrates the third episode of her series about risk and creativity.
01 Nov 2017,·42 mins
Series 2
323BC - The Death of Alexander the Great
Michael Scott spins the globe in 323BC, the year in which Alexander the Great died.
25 Nov 2014,·28 mins
Best of The Big Walk
Radio Ulster presenters strap on their walking boots to explore Northern Ireland.
29 Aug 2022,·60 mins
Did a doomed West End musical shape Australia's immigration policy?
Jim Waterson asks if a doomed West End musical left migrants living on a Pacific island.
08 Feb 2022,·14 mins
Series 4
Richard Dawson
An intimate portrait of folk musician Richard Dawson.
29 Jul 2019,·28 mins
The Good Consumer
Charlotte Smith concludes her investigation into the complex world of global food chains.
27 Feb 2018,·28 mins
Cynic
Comedian Andy Zaltzman lives by the rules of the ancient Greek philosophy of the Cynics.
01 Dec 2017,·28 mins
Omnibus: 1980s onwards
From the ZX Spectrum to the dot com bubble, Hannah Fry looks at our computing history.
17 Mar 2017,·58 mins
9. Room 5 LIVE
Room 5 LIVE at Hay Festival with screenwriter Abi Morgan.
28 Dec 2022,·33 mins
Afterlives: Ruth and Lisette
Two women, disabled on the brink of adulthood, examine their journeys since.
06 May 2022,·28 mins
Otto Hahn's Nuclear Power
First broadcast in 2000. Nuclear fission and the foundation for nuclear power
21 Jun 2000,·13 mins
Could AI Eat YouTube?
YouTube changed the world with human stories. But is AI now threatening that impact?
25 Apr 2025,·14 mins
Dr Adam Rutherford investigates the case of medical misconduct that led to the MMR scare.
24 Mar 2011,·30 mins
The Mattressphere
Beds are the places we withdraw to, away from currents of society and community.
28 Oct 2011,·15 mins
Brain Science and Behaviour Change
Matthew Taylor looks at the new political choices created by sophisticated brain science.
29 Nov 2011,·30 mins
Episode 5
Prof Murray Pittock explores the origins of Scottish nationalism.
08 Nov 2013,·15 mins
