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Dead Rabbit
10. Catch Me
A verdict. Dan and Lucy ask: is violence winning? Turns out, dead animals are everywhere.
20 Jul 2026,·18 mins
The Precipice
Lucy Easthope explores the history of risk.
07 Feb 2025,·14 mins
The First Year
A deeply personal story of guilt – how to live with it, and its power to transform us.
01 Aug 2025,·14 mins
10. Zombie Deer
A new animal madness emerges in North America as history repeats.
23 Oct 2023,·15 mins
Series 9
Is a university education still worth it?
Is university still delivering social and career progress for young people?
10 Aug 2026,·28 mins
Everything Is Fake and Nobody Cares
6. F For Fake
Jamie and Jimmy explore where fakery goes next – but can you tell which is which?
15 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Women Not Included: Drugs and clinical trials
In a world not designed for women, medicine built for male bodies puts people at risk
10 Aug 2026,·26 mins
3. Modern boarding
Nicky Campbell explores the modern boarding school experience.
17 Feb 2025,·42 mins
Victoria Falls: Wilderness on the edge
How to preserve one of the natural wonders of the world.
11 Aug 2026,·28 mins
Experiences of drought
Failing crops and angry alligators – how a lack of rain is affecting people worldwide
15 Aug 2026,·24 mins
The Séance Experiments
8. A Final Question
Reggie decides to meet a medium – but what will happen when the reading begins?
23 May 2026,·12 mins
Series 8
The Junkers of Woodbridge Airfield
Michael Portillo remembers a crucial 1944 incident that impacted on the war.
18 Jun 2012,·28 mins
5. Finding Balance
Tony Hawks tries to find a more balanced approach to the thorny issue of inheritance.
11 Jul 2025,·14 mins
3. The flight
“He won’t wake up...I think he’s dead.” What Farouk did in the hours after Martine died
24 Apr 2023,·27 mins
Why do Brits love tea? (from Here For The History)
Historians Alice Loxton and Ben Henderson explore the origins of the British love of tea.
21 Jul 2026,·32 mins
Mastertapes
Ray Davies (the B-Side)
Ray Davies takes questions about two classic Kinks' albums, Lola and Muswell Hillbillies
28 Dec 2023,·30 mins
Libra - Episode One
John Yorke explores Don DeLillo’s 1988 novel Libra.
09 Aug 2026,·14 mins
Putin and the Apartment Bombs
7. Hindsight
Who bombed the four apartment buildings?
12 Jan 2026,·33 mins
The Balkans
The Birth and Death of Yugoslavia
Misha Glenny returns to the Balkans to report on the birth and death of Yugoslavia.
13 Apr 2026,·42 mins
Episode 9: Doubt and Wonder
Danny takes one last deep dive into the case and puts your questions to Shirley
19 Apr 2021,·57 mins
10. Something Else Was Pursued
The families of Patricia, Jemima and Helen react to Jim and Brian’s revelations.
07 Dec 2022,·49 mins
Being remembered
Matthew Bannister on changing attitudes to dying, death and how we memorialise our dead.
24 Apr 2026,·14 mins
The Miles Davis Story
5. Lost and Found
After his five 'lost years' in retirement, Miles finds a way back and fulfils his legacy.
20 Jun 2026,·29 mins
5. From Tree to Sea
Dan Richards looks to the past to gather knowledge and skills for an uncertain future.
07 Aug 2026,·13 mins
Ten Fights That Made the Green Movement
10. Rival Visions
Where next for the future of the green movement?
10 Jul 2026,·14 mins
Episode 3: Stoke-on-Trent; Britain's betting city
How Stoke-on-Trent has such deep bonds with gambling's big success story: Bet365
31 Mar 2025,·42 mins
Episode 2
Roger Bolton reassesses one of the world's great archaeological discoveries.
24 Jul 2007,·60 mins
Alewya
Singer, songwriter, producer, and multidisciplinary artist Alewya shares her First Times.
30 Jul 2026,·60 mins
Heroism
5. New Heroes
Rory Stewart explores ideas of the hero through time.
01 Sep 2025,·28 mins
The Golf Club
David Mitchell ends his look at modern manners in a golf club bar. Has it all gone wrong?
07 Jan 2016,·28 mins
