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Let Yourself Go
Matthew Sweet urges us to rethink old age as an opportunity and worthy destination.
29 Dec 2014,·28 mins
Dubai
What will happen to Dubai if the oil ever runs out?
19 Jul 1996,·13 mins
Fossilized Sunshine
First broadcast in 1999. What are oil and gas and where are they found?
27 Feb 1999,·13 mins
Style crisis?… What style crisis?!
Danielle Fahiya, 30, is now 15. Being home for lockdown is turning her into a teenager!
17 Mar 2021,·22 mins
Rudely Truncated
Humphrey Carpenter on how the Third Programme captured the intellectual high ground.
06 Oct 1996,·45 mins
Part Four
The Chinese toddlers learning about the world through Teletubbies, a British TV series
28 Nov 2002,·28 mins
Dòmhnall Màrtainn
Ann an 2025 bhruidhinn an t-eòlaiche ionmhais Dòmhnall Màrtainn ri Cathy NicDhòmhnaill.
25 Sep 2026,·21 mins
Homelessness Unwrapped with Katie Melua
Singer/songwriter Katie Melua explores issues surrounding homelessness.
06 Dec 2021,·11 mins
30/03/2022
Claudia Hammond asks 'Can bosses be kind?'
30 Mar 2022,·28 mins
Omnibus 4
Greg Jenner dives into the BBC archive to explore changes over the past century.
16 Dec 2022,·57 mins
14/11/2018
In a political state where even the winners stay angry, what will our future be?
14 Nov 2018,·14 mins
Dream for a moment
How did whiteness become one of the most influential yet elusive ideas of the modern age?
18 Oct 2021,·28 mins
A Question of Ownership
Noah Charney explores ownership, cultural heritage and identity in China today.
29 Mar 2022,·28 mins
The Emperor's New Clothes
Heydon Prowse unpacks the green rebranding of the fashion industry.
19 Nov 2021,·28 mins
Afterlives: Ruth and Lisette
Two women, disabled on the brink of adulthood, examine their journeys since.
06 May 2022,·28 mins
The Light of Byzantium
In search of Russia's first thinkers among the monks of Valaam
01 Sep 2001,·26 mins
Series 3
Episode 5
Dominic Arkwright meets the mum who gave birth at home with a 999 operator on the line.
08 Feb 2013,·15 mins
Harvest
The trials and triumphs of young farmers.
22 Oct 2021,·28 mins
Death of Chairman Mao
Reaction to the death of Chairman Mao.
08 Aug 1996,·28 mins
Episode 3
Gene edited babies and gene drives to eradicate pests.
03 Aug 2021,·28 mins
The Martian Overthrow
Francis Spufford and guests explore why Wells's tale still resonates.
10 Mar 2017,·15 mins
Episode 8
Nick Robinson concludes his series on relations between broadcasters and politicians.
06 Mar 2013,·15 mins
How could we change our political system for the better?
28 Jul 2020,·28 mins
Buddhism
Jenny Kleeman explores places at the extremes of UK society.
31 Aug 2018,·14 mins
Change Must Come
You want to hear a few seconds after the Big Bang? You have to make some sacrifices.
22 May 2015,·12 mins
1988: The Cold War Ends
Presidents Reagan and Gorbachev signed the Internmediate Nuclear Forces Treaty
09 Mar 1995,·28 mins
Rock 'n' Roll in Ohio
What's the mood in Ohio, the state on which last year's US election result depended?
01 Feb 2005,·22 mins
Series 1
The Good Consumer
Charlotte Smith concludes her investigation into the complex world of global food chains.
27 Feb 2018,·28 mins
The Dome
'The focal point of so many great buildings around the world'
25 Aug 1999,·28 mins
Episode 2
Day three, the halfway point of the walk, but the worst is yet to come.
21 Nov 2011,·30 mins
