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The Nest
Matthew Sweet explores the relationships we have with our childhood homes.
14 Oct 2016,·12 mins
Iconic TV: China
A look at the popular Chinese TV programme 'Dream of the Red Chamber'
27 Dec 2007,·26 mins
Activism or Aid in Rajasthan?
Activities of Hindu nationalist organisations who see India's future as Hindu.
27 Jan 2004,·22 mins
Series 8
The buy button
How advertisers are trying to use neuroscientific techniques to hack our brains.
05 Apr 2021,·28 mins
1. The Fan Dance
Horatio Clare discovers how infantry soldiers are shaped by the Brecon Beacons' landscape
09 Jul 2014,·30 mins
Now What?
Phil Tinline explores the role of conspiracy, and conspiracy theory, in British politics.
28 May 2023,·28 mins
Omnibus Edition: Part 2
Carrie Gracie presents a series exploring ten great lives from Chinese history.
19 Oct 2012,·58 mins
Building a Chinese World
Isabel Hilton considers how Beijing is seeking to recast the international order.
10 Nov 2019,·28 mins
How do refugee crises end?
Katy Long concludes her history of 100 years of refugee politics.
19 Oct 2021,·28 mins
Returning to Pripyat
Alla Alban returns to her former home near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
30 Sep 2015,·28 mins
Frederick Kelly
The story of Frederick 'Clegg' Kelly, Olympic rowing champion and First World War hero.
10 Aug 2014,·60 mins
Frontlines of Conspiracyland
What are the obstacles that stand between journalists and the truth?
04 Jul 2023,·39 mins
Struck by Lightning
Struck by lightning: survivors tell their stories
30 Jan 1994,·28 mins
Troubles Shared - EpisodeTwo
Fergal Keane and Peter Taylor look back on reporting the Northern Ireland Troubles
07 Nov 2020,·26 mins
Cardiac
Paul Farley follows the path of a heart valve from its Milan manufacturers to a UK patient
14 Aug 2013,·28 mins
Episode 2
Alex Last traces the fate of 12 children named in a series of post-war BBC radio appeals.
03 Jul 2015,·28 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
The Power of Night
Lucy Cooke examines why it pays to stir when the sun goes down.
18 Jan 2021,·28 mins
Responsibility for the Great War has been a fierce battle for meaning ever since 1914.
04 Feb 2014,·43 mins
Psychology
The way we behave, our thoughts and our feeling are all part of our psychological make up
18 Jun 2001,·13 mins
Start-up Planet
Kevin Fong explores differing visions of a human presence and purpose on Mars.
08 Mar 2017,·43 mins
Fundamentalism - Social Injustice
Experts and commentators ask what effect religious fundamentalism might have on our future
25 Mar 2002,·28 mins
Church Building
The story of what happened after the death of Jesus
08 Apr 1994,·28 mins
Episode 3
James Naughtie asks if Britain made the most of its North Sea oil rush.
21 Sep 2015,·28 mins
Going Slowly
Peter White explores his bete noire of going slowly with keen fisherman Nick Hancock.
01 Aug 2011,·15 mins
Series 2
Clog
Hardeep meets Phil Howard, one of the few remaining clog-makers in Great Britain.
07 Aug 2013,·15 mins
Chesowanja
John Gowlett describes artefacts such as burnt clay excavated from a site in Kenya
19 Mar 1999,·13 mins
Sound Sources
Paul McCartney, Jean-Michel Jarre and Lee Renaldo on their debt to classical music.
13 Jul 2025,·42 mins
Lennox Castle Hospital
Anita Anand uncovers hidden stories from recent British history.
14 Aug 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
