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Episode 3
Sir John Tusa explores the state of leadership in large UK organisations today.
25 Jul 2014,·28 mins
Episode 5
The story of what happens when the death of a child miraculously allows others to live.
10 Jun 2016,·15 mins
HIV
Chris van Tulleken on the human behaviours that make viruses jump from animals to people.
24 Mar 2021,·28 mins
Inside Israel 1948
The family roots of friends Eden Raviv and Ibrahim Abu Ahmad cross the divides of history.
04 Dec 2023,·28 mins
Hands Up, Misogynists!
What does the popularity of Fifty Shades of Grey say about how women see themselves?
07 Aug 2015,·15 mins
Indo-Guyanese and Proud
Journalist Lainy Malkani shakes off the invisibility of being Indo-Guyanese in Britain.
25 Sep 2015,·28 mins
Prog 4 - The Problems of Success
Edward Stourton continues his series about the coalition set up after 11 September 2001.
17 Sep 2002,·40 mins
The Rule of the General
Franco's attempt at social order was based on his conservative values
13 Apr 2000,·27 mins
Why Life In The Arctic Is Warming Up
First broadcast in 2003. How global warming is affecting the inhabitants of the Arctic
01 Oct 2003,·23 mins
Healing in Ghana
What options do people in Ghana have when a person suffers mental illness?
20 Jun 2016,·28 mins
Home and Away
Ellie Cawthorne explores the changing experiences of those studying abroad.
29 Apr 2016,·15 mins
Dorothy becomes the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1964.
10 Oct 2014,·15 mins
Mumbai
Hardeep tests his talents at the Mumbai Comedy Store.
07 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Kailash Chand
Kailash Chand grew up speaking Punjabi but worked as a GP for his whole career in the UK.
24 May 2013,·15 mins
Series 1
Cuddle Therapists
Nick Baker meets the therapists who offer cuddle sessions by the hour.
19 Jan 2018,·12 mins
One Night in Gibraltar
General Władysław Sikorski and the controversy surrounding his death in an air crash
13 Jun 2002,·27 mins
Episode 3: Hospice
Documenting the round-the-clock care of Nora, a non-verbal seven-year-old.
16 Sep 2024,·42 mins
Could AI Eat YouTube?
YouTube changed the world with human stories. But is AI now threatening that impact?
25 Apr 2025,·14 mins
Episode 2
Mark Stephen charts a unique swap involving two gamekeepers.
08 Oct 2010,·28 mins
Helena Kennedy QC explores idea of consent in our politics, law, media and digital lives.
20 Mar 2017,·28 mins
Christianity and Catholicism
Chinese Christianity is exploding and the authorities are nervous. Tim Gardam investigates
12 Sep 2011,·30 mins
Returning to Pripyat
Alla Alban returns to her former home near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
30 Sep 2015,·28 mins
Series 2
3. Dealing With Critics
Little lessons in creative writing from a ghostly array of great novelists and poets.
05 Jun 2017,·30 mins
Coffee Growing and Production
The social and economic importance of coffee production
02 Mar 1999,·13 mins
Zimbabwe
The effects of climate change and the increase of malaria parasite in Zimbabwe
25 Mar 1999,·28 mins
The Law
Law should be the instrument that protects human rights
02 Dec 1998,·13 mins
Mark explores the relationship between the police and other agencies.
13 Feb 2012,·30 mins
Our House: 2009
How might a young couple, unable to buy their first home today, have fared in 2009?
30 Aug 2019,·14 mins
Museum of the Future
V&A Director Tristram Hunt asks how museums are changing
31 Jan 2020,·28 mins
5. Away from Elections - Public Pressure and Changing Cultures
Former Downing Street adviser Cleo Watson examines the dark arts of political campaigning.
24 Oct 2023,·14 mins
