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01/12/2015
The care organisations pioneering new ways of looking after people in their own homes.
01 Dec 2015,·28 mins
10. Tea or Coffee?
Why did tea take off when coffee didn’t?
15 Dec 2023,·14 mins
Omnibus
Omnibus: Historian Ben Macintyre on guile in war, from the Old Testament to modern times.
07 Feb 2020,·57 mins
13. Legacy
India considers how witches today are a powerful way of resisting and addressing the past.
30 May 2023,·28 mins
Series 3: Exercise
S3. Ep 8 - Activity Revolution
The Van Tulleken twins explore the science of exercise and the dangers of inactivity.
06 Feb 2024,·28 mins
Brain Science and Behaviour Change
Matthew Taylor looks at the new political choices created by sophisticated brain science.
29 Nov 2011,·30 mins
10. Justice
Abraham’s family and friends keep searching for justice.
16 Dec 2022,·26 mins
Capgras: the 'Illusion of Doubles'
Clincial psychologist Daniel Freeman explores cases of delusion.
23 Aug 2019,·57 mins
Part 13: Tiger Bay’s last fight
Back to Butetown and the Cardiff Five, 30 years on.
02 May 2019,·40 mins
Omnibus (2)
Defence barrister Joanna Hardy-Susskind lifts the curtain on the criminal justice system.
17 May 2025,·57 mins
10. An End in Sight
A desperate mother has tried so hard to find her daughter and waited so long to reunite.
27 Mar 2020,·38 mins
The Future
Did Nicola Sturgeon bring Scotland closer to independence - and what might she do next?
05 May 2023,·36 mins
Episode 3: Hope
Finding hope in the fight against county lines.
09 Dec 2024,·42 mins
Series 1
Sleep Deprivation and Insomnia
If we don't snooze, we lose. How badly does lack of sleep affect our mind and our body?
19 Dec 2017,·28 mins
4. The End of the Beginning
What happens when one side of the nature nurture equation is a mystery?
10 Feb 2026,·23 mins
Part Five - The Industrial Age and Beyond
First broadcast in 2002. How the changes of the 18th century affected Islam
29 Mar 2002,·26 mins
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
Frances Barber in Wolverhampton
Frances Barber, stage and television star, explores the Wolverhampton of her childhood.
08 Aug 2017,·28 mins
10. The Jungle Book & EPCOT
Mel Giedroyc explores Walt Disney’s final film, The Jungle Book.
29 Jun 2023,·28 mins
3. Modern boarding
Nicky Campbell explores the modern boarding school experience.
17 Feb 2025,·42 mins
Janelle Monae
Singer and rapper Janelle Monae discusses her life and career with Matt Everitt.
15 Jul 2019,·33 mins
AI: A Future for Humans?
The science sleuths unwrap some of the biggest ideas in this year's BBC Reith Lectures.
22 Dec 2021,·28 mins
Episode 5
Napoleon ended his life on a distant island. Andrew Roberts asks what history made of him.
19 Jun 2015,·15 mins
2000-2005
A look back at radio comedy in the early 2000s, with Justin Edwards and Jan Ravens.
06 Dec 2014,·30 mins
5. The Spectrum
Has the idea of autism expanded so far that it’s breaking?
09 May 2025,·14 mins
North Oxford
In north Oxford a unique community salon does much more than cut hair.
06 Jul 2026,·42 mins
10. Case Closed?
Jon Kay updates his investigation into the disappearance of Cheryl Grimmer.
30 Sep 2025,·32 mins
AL Kennedy goes in search of epiphanies - a revelation, the 'aha' instant, a eureka moment
09 Apr 2018,·28 mins
Episode 2
Roger Bolton reassesses one of the world's great archaeological discoveries.
24 Jul 2007,·60 mins
18. Now What?
Nick Wallis continues his investigation of the Post Office scandal.
11 Feb 2025,·42 mins
