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Stephen K Amos
Comedian Stephen K Amos revisits his paper round route with actor Bob Kingdom.
23 Sep 2011,·15 mins
John Donne
Pádraig Ó Tuama considers poet John Donne's relationship with belief and religion.
13 Mar 2022,·28 mins
Episode 5: Reverberations
An examination of the fallout from Britain's atomic testing programme, which began in 1952
11 Nov 2022,·28 mins
Episode 2
Ayisha visits the Egyptian settlement of Abu Minqar.
01 Jul 2009,·30 mins
Episode 3: Hospice
Documenting the round-the-clock care of Nora, a non-verbal seven-year-old.
16 Sep 2024,·42 mins
Sugar
Three scientists each present their idea for how to reduce sugar intake.
05 Jan 2016,·28 mins
Born Different
Adam Rutherford asks what the genetics of intelligence could mean for education.
13 May 2014,·28 mins
The Future
In most cases the needs of the military shape development in aviation
08 Aug 1999,·13 mins
Day three, the halfway point of the walk, but the worst is yet to come.
21 Nov 2011,·30 mins
Rail
Second class service: how the nations and regions lost out to London in rail investment.
09 Jul 2018,·28 mins
Episode 3
Nick Wallis investigates a high seas hoax that became connected to a murder.
09 Mar 2022,·28 mins
Debt
Debt and Poverty
The Fix looks at the issue of debt and why it's such an intractable problem for the UK.
29 Jan 2020,·43 mins
HIV
Chris van Tulleken on the human behaviours that make viruses jump from animals to people.
24 Mar 2021,·28 mins
Indo-Guyanese and Proud
Journalist Lainy Malkani shakes off the invisibility of being Indo-Guyanese in Britain.
25 Sep 2015,·28 mins
Struck by Lightning
Struck by lightning: survivors tell their stories
30 Jan 1994,·28 mins
Omnibus Edition: Part 2
Carrie Gracie presents a series exploring ten great lives from Chinese history.
19 Oct 2012,·58 mins
Did Nicola Sturgeon bring Scotland closer to independence - and what might she do next?
05 May 2023,·36 mins
The Spider Orchestra
The art of Tomás Saraceno who makes sculptures and music with spiders and their webs
26 Nov 2018,·28 mins
How to Survive in Space
How to Survive in Space: Into Deep Space
Kevin Fong escapes earth’s gravity to examine the challenges on the body
31 Dec 2015,·26 mins
22/09/2016
Alvin Hall explores an LP of African-American soldiers discussing fighting in Vietnam.
22 Sep 2016,·30 mins
Beyond Happiness
What if happiness isn’t about the self at all?
20 Jul 2018,·14 mins
Juno Dawson on 'Snowflake'
Michael Rosen examines words and phrases in public debate to see how they influence us.
26 Oct 2018,·14 mins
Can Machines Think?
First broadcast in 1994. A look at artificial intelligence and 'thinking machines'
31 Aug 1994,·28 mins
5. Lejla
Lejla Damon was born as a result of sexual violence in war. Is forgiveness possible?
07 Nov 2025,·14 mins
5. Halos
Iconographer Aidan Hart puts the finishing touches to his icon.
21 Dec 2018,·14 mins
Finding rest in the modern world: the Rest Test Results
Claudia Hammond and guests reveal the rest test results and analyse how the UK relaxes.
27 Sep 2016,·42 mins
Omnibus
Will Self goes on a 1,000-mile tour of the UK, travelling only by bus and coach.
09 Feb 2018,·60 mins
Friday
Phil Tinline charts the progression of the working week in 5 days. Today, TGIF.
29 May 2026,·13 mins
The Inca Civilisation
A look at the water supply systems of the Inca and ancient Sri Lankan civilisations
17 May 2003,·13 mins
15/02/2019
Rory Sutherland explores a selection of fresh, intriguing and iconoclastic ideas
15 Feb 2019,·57 mins
