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The Environment
Environmental disasters and ecological policies for protection of the environment
23 Mar 2000,·13 mins
Episode 5
The story of what happens when the death of a child miraculously allows others to live.
10 Jun 2016,·15 mins
Forbidden Love: Cilmi Boodheri
The story of Cilmi Boodheri, the Somalian poet who died for love
21 Feb 2006,·22 mins
The Rule of the General
Franco's attempt at social order was based on his conservative values
13 Apr 2000,·27 mins
Pausing the Menopause
Lara Lewington explores the science of pushing back, pausing, or stopping the menopause.
18 Nov 2024,·28 mins
Letter eight
The strangest US presidential campaign, drained of colour and crowds
22 Aug 2020,·8 mins
Settled
A story of five men, who experienced double diaspora, from India to East Africa to the UK.
28 May 2021,·14 mins
‘Is back pain a transmissible disease?' - Dan’s story
Dan lives with agonising back ache, until a pilot study into pain transforms his life.
27 Dec 2022,·28 mins
Cleethorpes to Coventry
Is England's North/South divide shifting?
21 Mar 2012,·30 mins
Martin Palmer on Spiritual Responses
Martin Palmer reflects on the spiritual responses evoked by cliffs.
12 Feb 2015,·14 mins
Judaism
A look at Kosher rituals in the Jewish faith
21 Aug 1999,·13 mins
Episode 4
Poet laureate Simon Armitage's last days in the Arctic in search of facts and new poems.
31 Oct 2023,·28 mins
Lord Snowdon
The royal photographer talks about his career
09 Sep 1991,·13 mins
Series 6
Dust
How can our imagination help us hold the moment we live in?
20 Nov 2023,·28 mins
Birds and their ancestors
The Poet Laureate Simon Armitage meets birds and their relatives to inspire his new poem.
03 Jan 2025,·14 mins
Life After War in Sarajevo - Part Three
A theatre company based in Bosnia put the feelings of a nation into a play
28 Oct 2005,·22 mins
Fungi
Scientist are unable to classify fungi as either plant or animal
31 Dec 1999,·13 mins
Episode 3
Jazz pianist Jamie Cullum meets piano enthusiasts up and down the country.
18 Jan 2014,·30 mins
Episode 2
Michael Portillo asks whether free-market capitalism is a broken system.
04 Oct 2011,·45 mins
The Stone of Destiny
David Cannadine examines the history of the Stone of Destiny.
28 Nov 2025,·14 mins
Farming
Computers at work in farming
03 Sep 1997,·13 mins
Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore
Michael Morpurgo travels to the heart of some of the greatest songs ever composed.
09 Nov 2020,·28 mins
Give Oasis Back to the Irish
Steven Cockcroft and Jason Carty explore the roots of the Gallagher brothers and Oasis.
10 Dec 2023,·30 mins
Road to Recovery
Why the workforce holds the key to the recovery and future success of the NHS.
31 Jul 2023,·28 mins
Series 1
Fashion historian Amber Butchart discovers what happens to the clothes we give to charity.
11 May 2017,·30 mins
Series 4
1979-2021
Clarke Peters concludes his stories of black music from the late 1970s to the present day.
25 Aug 2021,·28 mins
Hong Kong Artists
How artists in Hong Kong are coping with censorship and political repression.
28 Sep 2021,·28 mins
Last Rights
Audrey Gillan explores the death of rough sleeper Tara McKerr.
08 Dec 2024,·28 mins
Series 5
The Return of the Soldier
Francine Stock concludes her four-year exploration of how artists responded to WWI.
22 Sep 2018,·28 mins
Plant-based diets and health
Giles learns to cook a plant-based Thai green curry.
12 Jul 2022,·28 mins
