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The Return
Do the borders we cross enhance our lives? Frances Stonor Saunders examines their impact.
28 Apr 2016,·30 mins
5. Food for Thought
A series exploring the weight loss drug revolution. Presented by Prof Giles Yeo.
13 Feb 2026,·14 mins
More Tribes of Science
Volcanologists
Peter Curran meets the scientists who are drawn to study volcanoes.
30 Aug 2011,·15 mins
Episode Three - DeFord Bailey, the harmonica and country music in Nashville
Rhiannon Giddens explores the history of African American roots music.
07 Jun 2022,·28 mins
4. Filling the Mind
Education, the chattering classes and the novel in Roman society.
09 Feb 2003,·30 mins
Verona and Thomas
Can Cole and Charlotte find photographs from a Jamaican couple’s 1950s wedding?
06 Dec 2021,·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
Episode 3: Heat Pumps, Your Questions Answered
Evan Davis invites listeners to get in touch with their questions about heat pumps.
26 Mar 2026,·28 mins
Series 1
From the Fabians to Tony Benn
Anne McElvoy traces the influence of Beatrice and Sidney Webb on British socialism.
02 Mar 2018,·58 mins
5. The Anthropocene
Could human engineering stabilise the Earth's climate and chemistry in the long term?
30 Oct 2021,·23 mins
15. Tanks Riding Towards Moscow
The Wagner mutiny shakes Putin’s grip on the narrative.
27 Jun 2023,·28 mins
Episode 5 - Earth
Exploring how interacting with the natural elements can improve mental wellbeing
01 Aug 2023,·14 mins
Omnibus (2/2)
Lucy Worsley reveals Victoria's rule via significant encounters.
17 May 2019,·57 mins
Stealing Power
Meter tampering is dangerous and illegal yet reports of it are rising at an alarming rate.
30 Jul 2024,·28 mins
Rail
Second class service: how the nations and regions lost out to London in rail investment.
09 Jul 2018,·28 mins
Reckoning
How much safer are we from terrorism than 20 years ago?
21 Jul 2025,·42 mins
Introducing... The Collection: Peel Acres
Jarvis Cocker joins Tom Ravenscroft at Peel Acres the home of John Peel's music collection
16 Jan 2023,·9 mins
Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr: 8. Hedy’s Legacy
After her tumultuous life, will Hedy finally be recognised as an inventor?
28 Aug 2025,·27 mins
Reichstag
Neil MacGregor ends his journey through 600 years of German history at the Reichstag.
07 Nov 2014,·15 mins
2. NHS - the early years
Concluding the story of general practice from the 1950s to the present day.
15 Jul 2016,·28 mins
Episode 2
Michael Portillo asks whether free-market capitalism is a broken system.
04 Oct 2011,·45 mins
Vietnam's Youth
Discussing what the youth of Vietnam want for their future and the future of their country
11 Aug 2006,·25 mins
What's the Solution?
Dr Kevin Fong explores ways to improve the health and social care needs of the elderly.
12 Sep 2017,·28 mins
3: Waitin' On Roosevelt
Marybeth Hamilton explores the fate and fortunes of Black Americans under the New Deal.
23 Oct 2020,·28 mins
Featuring despatches from the British diplomats hunting for bison with Hermann Goering.
01 Oct 2012,·28 mins
The Super-Agers
Are you really as young – or old – as you feel?
18 Jul 2022,·14 mins
10. Kashke
If only: poet Massoud Khalili and Lyse Doucet reflect on Afghans' hopes for their country
03 Nov 2021,·27 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
3: Cue The Sinister Music
Where can we find hope as we come to terms with the climate crisis?
16 Jan 2020,·28 mins
Series 2
Episode 5
Roger's last museum holds a jade cabbage he has longed to see since he was a young man.
11 Jul 2014,·14 mins
