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Sasha Tsaliuk fights for his Moscow A Capella Jewish choir in a rapidly changing Russia.
06 Jan 2015,·30 mins
More Tribes of Science
Volcanologists
Peter Curran meets the scientists who are drawn to study volcanoes.
30 Aug 2011,·15 mins
Writer and comedian Stewart Lee explores the television series Children of the Stones.
04 Oct 2012,·30 mins
How the fight against climate change can move beyond the political left/right agenda.
29 Dec 2020,·37 mins
Ismene Brown uncovers the story of Mona Inglesby and International Ballet.
10 Dec 2012,·30 mins
The Day I Met Diana
People from around the UK and beyond recall their meetings with Diana, Princess of Wales.
29 Aug 2017,·58 mins
Series 1
Politics
Historian Professor Fara Dabhoiwala explores the origins of political freedom of speech.
14 Aug 2017,·28 mins
Robert McCrum looks into his family history to find out the origin of the penalty kick.
30 Jun 2024,·28 mins
Ireland Correspondent Chris Page looks at the growth of Sinn Féin over the last 30 years.
29 Jan 2024,·28 mins
Stevenage - Kadoma
Looking at the friendship link between Kadoma, Zimbabwe and Stevenage, England
07 Jul 1992,·28 mins
A West Coast Monument
Why a landmark building in Oban by John Stewart McCaig never got finished.
27 Jul 2012,·15 mins
What it's like to live near a prison that carries out the death penalty
12 Jul 1995,·27 mins
Why tourism is encouraged in the developing world, but doesn't always see the profits
13 Mar 2001,·28 mins
Episode 3
The impact of the Australian landscape on the country's popular culture.
15 Dec 2016,·30 mins
Communication Technology and Influence
First broadcast in 2006. Looking at why communications technologies emerge
04 Sep 2006,·22 mins
Documentary exploring the increasing popularity of coffee shops as places to work from.
20 Apr 2015,·28 mins
Is a new era in Relationships and Sex Education set to begin in English secondary schools?
03 Sep 2019,·37 mins
How do rich and poor live together side by side? Mesmerising real-life London encounters.
02 Jun 2018,·60 mins
Zareer Masani asks if censorship and religious fanaticism are threatening India's freedom.
30 Mar 2015,·28 mins
Future
Examining some of the trends that will shape civil society as it develops around the world
14 Mar 2002,·13 mins
Martin Wolf argues for a movement devoted to public engagement with economics.
27 Jul 2018,·28 mins
Martin Rosenbaum explores how events in London played a role in the Russian Revolution.
16 Oct 2017,·28 mins
David Willis celebrates the centenary of the Hollywood sign.
25 Jul 2023,·28 mins
Overthrowing centuries of musical tradition - and prejudice: the Japanese Bach revolution.
13 Aug 2011,·30 mins
Anne McElvoy tells the story of Boris Johnson's premiership until 31 October
05 Nov 2019,·37 mins
Artist Luke Jerram is obsessed with the Moon, so he has made one to take around the world.
02 Jan 2018,·30 mins
Episode 5
Dorothy becomes the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1964.
10 Oct 2014,·15 mins
Chris Stokel-Walker asks what impact OpenAI’s recent implosion could have on the world.
11 Dec 2023,·28 mins
Edward Adoo investigates why there are so few non-white judges in the UK judiciary.
22 Jul 2019,·28 mins
Two 'New Philanthropies'
Hugh contrasts the role of philanthropy today with that of the middle of the 20th century.
26 Dec 2011,·30 mins
