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5. The Urban/Rural Divide
Journalist Anna Jones explores her own experience of crossing the urban/rural divide.
10 Nov 2023,·14 mins
14/11/2018
In a political state where even the winners stay angry, what will our future be?
14 Nov 2018,·14 mins
Series 2
Clog
Hardeep meets Phil Howard, one of the few remaining clog-makers in Great Britain.
07 Aug 2013,·15 mins
Insect Technology
Erica McAlister explores how insect technology can solve human design problems.
19 Mar 2013,·28 mins
3. The Future
Emily Knight explores the tangled history, and the uncertain future, of zoos.
07 Nov 2022,·28 mins
The Future
Did Nicola Sturgeon bring Scotland closer to independence - and what might she do next?
05 May 2023,·36 mins
Eva Joly
The judge talks about her seven-year-long investigation into a multi-billion euro fraud.
19 Aug 2014,·28 mins
Episode 3
Adam Rutherford looks at the extinction of humans in the distant past. Last in series.
29 May 2012,·28 mins
Military Eyes in the Sky
How satellites are being used in warfare for target recognition
07 Oct 2002,·13 mins
22/09/2016
Alvin Hall explores an LP of African-American soldiers discussing fighting in Vietnam.
22 Sep 2016,·30 mins
Fossilized Sunshine
First broadcast in 1999. What are oil and gas and where are they found?
27 Feb 1999,·13 mins
Beyond the Vermilion Border
By Patricia Reynolds. Dental student Joe embarks on a virtual journey into the mouth.
29 Jun 2012,·14 mins
New AI Frontiers
Rachel Botsman on the intriguing history of trust.
29 Mar 2024,·14 mins
Faris
Faris, who lives with PTSD, reflects on how he manages his mind.
30 Jul 2023,·28 mins
Series 8
The buy button
How advertisers are trying to use neuroscientific techniques to hack our brains.
05 Apr 2021,·28 mins
Part Four - Ever Larger Union
What is the future for the European Union?
09 Oct 2006,·22 mins
The Festival of the Snows
Explorers Hugh Thomson and Benedict Allen make the arduous journey to Qoyllurit'i.
16 Oct 2015,·28 mins
Part 11 - Setting Goals and Fulfilling Dreams
How setting a personal goal can help us focus and achieve success
11 Sep 2000,·13 mins
John Donne
Pádraig Ó Tuama considers poet John Donne's relationship with belief and religion.
13 Mar 2022,·28 mins
Series 1
2. Nationhood
Anindita Ghosh explores how the printing press promoted the rise of nationalism in India.
20 Apr 2017,·30 mins
Lithium
Why using more Lithium might be the key to solving the climate crisis.
01 Feb 2019,·15 mins
Business
Living hand to mouth is a common occurrence for someone starting a business
16 Mar 2001,·14 mins
Depression in Later Life
Exploring the grey area between dementia and depression
26 Apr 2002,·27 mins
5. Flow
Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson follows the course of the North Tyne.
19 Aug 2016,·14 mins
Olga Muller
Oti Mabuse is joined by her sister Motsi Mabuse to hear about her dancing legend.
25 Jan 2023,·28 mins
Us and them
Tim Hayward looks at the potential of fungi to help the human body and mind.
21 Jan 2022,·28 mins
5. DNA Transfer
The police find a stranger’s DNA on a victim’s fingernails. Can a DNA match be wrong?
05 Apr 2024,·14 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
Episode 3: Cars and Girls
The music writer presents a series of meditations on different aspects of music.
27 Dec 2022,·28 mins
Great Widows
Helen Lewis uncovers the story of a woman who gave away one of America’s great fortunes.
08 Sep 2023,·14 mins
