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Series 6
Dust
How can our imagination help us hold the moment we live in?
20 Nov 2023,·28 mins
Our Interconnected Planet
Tim Hayward examines the earth’s past, present and future through microbial goggles.
01 Oct 2023,·28 mins
The Rich Multilingual World
How learning and speaking another language enriches our lives
25 Mar 1995,·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
Death Can Make You Happy
Oliver Burkeman explores how thinking more about death can help make us happier.
25 Nov 2016,·14 mins
Activism or Aid in Rajasthan?
Activities of Hindu nationalist organisations who see India's future as Hindu.
27 Jan 2004,·22 mins
Omnibus, Part 2
Farrah Jarral continues to tell the intriguing and unexpected story of anthropology.
18 Mar 2017,·58 mins
Richard, Alasdair, and Jen
A man whose predecessor paid for the Colston statue and a man who dumped it in the harbour
09 Jul 2021,·28 mins
Series 1
7. No Tears Left
Poonam comes home to break the news to Ash.
04 Dec 2023,·33 mins
Let Yourself Go
Matthew Sweet urges us to rethink old age as an opportunity and worthy destination.
29 Dec 2014,·28 mins
The Pyramids
Exploring the construction of the Pyramids at Giza in Egypt
17 May 1998,·13 mins
Leaving Africa
How we overcame oceans and icy landscapes as we migrated
28 Oct 1999,·14 mins
Optimised Living
Oliver Burkeman explores the insidious way in which convenience has warped our existence.
02 Jun 2023,·14 mins
Returning to Pripyat
Alla Alban returns to her former home near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
30 Sep 2015,·28 mins
Narcs and narcissists
Jolyon Jenkins investigates whether we're really in the grip of a narcissism epidemic.
15 Jan 2019,·28 mins
Frederick Kelly
The story of Frederick 'Clegg' Kelly, Olympic rowing champion and First World War hero.
10 Aug 2014,·60 mins
Episode 2
Chi-chi Nwanoku turns musical detective in search of black composers and musicians.
02 Jun 2015,·30 mins
Church Building
The story of what happened after the death of Jesus
08 Apr 1994,·28 mins
More Power to Your Elbow
Mike McGoldrick and Jim Horan talk uilleann pipes with Manchester maker David Lim.
22 May 2018,·30 mins
The Power of Night
Lucy Cooke examines why it pays to stir when the sun goes down.
18 Jan 2021,·28 mins
Cardiac
Paul Farley follows the path of a heart valve from its Milan manufacturers to a UK patient
14 Aug 2013,·28 mins
Ingenious Omnibus II
Delve into the weird and wonderful world of your genes - with Dr Kat Arney.
31 Dec 2021,·1 min
Fossilized Sunshine
First broadcast in 1999. What are oil and gas and where are they found?
27 Feb 1999,·13 mins
Cape Town: Place and Contested Space
The layered history of Cape Town as seen by its new generation of writers and poets.
05 Mar 2015,·30 mins
The Fire That Scorched Brazil’s History
Inside the ruin of Brazil’s National Museum – and the struggle to revive it
01 Sep 2019,·57 mins
Sound Sources
Paul McCartney, Jean-Michel Jarre and Lee Renaldo on their debt to classical music.
13 Jul 2025,·42 mins
Coffee Growing and Production
The social and economic importance of coffee production
02 Mar 1999,·13 mins
The Drive to Empire - Part Five
Perestroika has unleashed a wave of nationalism among Soviet republics.
30 May 1990,·27 mins
The World's Climate
Our planet is warming up, the ice caps are melting and sea levels are rising
05 Jul 1999,·13 mins
Start-up Planet
Kevin Fong explores differing visions of a human presence and purpose on Mars.
08 Mar 2017,·43 mins
