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The Road to Nineteen Eighty-Four
What led avowed socialist George Orwell to write a novel that is beloved of the Right?
09 Feb 2013,·58 mins
The Great Change
Michael Portillo talks to a number of historians about the turmoil of the pre-war years.
21 Jun 2013,·15 mins
Being right
Why getting it right might mean admitting you're wrong.
03 Feb 2022,·28 mins
Part Nine: Epilogue - 'Aberfan is different...'
55 years on, survivors of the disaster are looking to the future - as well as the past.
08 Dec 2021,·29 mins
3: Waitin' On Roosevelt
Marybeth Hamilton explores the fate and fortunes of Black Americans under the New Deal.
23 Oct 2020,·28 mins
The Legacy of Magna Carta
Melvyn Bragg examines the 800-year legacy of Magna Carta.
08 Jan 2015,·43 mins
Football and Fishermen
Roderick Williams investigates what our opera history tells us about British identity.
25 Nov 2020,·28 mins
From Tora Bora to Abbottabad
Gordon Corera on the search for the world's most wanted terrorist.
22 Jul 2011,·30 mins
Ingenious Omnibus II
Delve into the weird and wonderful world of your genes - with Dr Kat Arney.
31 Dec 2021,·1 min
5. The Dress Rehearsal
Final preparations for the Royal Opera's new production of Puccini's La Bohème.
22 Sep 2017,·14 mins
Hooke's Law
Explaining Hooke's Law, which was devised by Robert Hooke in 1660
20 Sep 1995,·8 mins
Episode 3: The Politics
What are the politics behind tax policy?
03 Nov 2025,·42 mins
Eeyore
Frank Cottrell-Boyce talks with children’s writers Nadia Shireen and Charlie Higson.
26 Dec 2025,·14 mins
E is for Elections
Is psychographic targeting so bad? Could it be a way to re-engage people in politics?
15 Jun 2018,·14 mins
Retreat
How the effects of French and British mandates in the Middle East still reverberate today.
17 Oct 2023,·28 mins
5. Rembrandt
When parenting journeys are flipped upside down after a diagnosis
16 May 2025,·14 mins
Midnight
Josie Long presents short documentaries as the clock slips closer to midnight.
07 Jan 2025,·28 mins
Episode 2
British musician and poet Akala examines the culture of his Rastafarian heritage.
29 Jul 2014,·30 mins
Memory
Examination into the condition of Alzheimer's disease
15 May 2000,·24 mins
8. The Terminator
Musk fears a 'Terminator future', where robots destroy humans. So why is he creating AI?
08 Apr 2025,·28 mins
5. Lejla
Lejla Damon was born as a result of sexual violence in war. Is forgiveness possible?
07 Nov 2025,·14 mins
It's Good to Talk
The final programme in Diarmaid Ferriter's look back at a turbulent Anglo-Irish century.
13 May 2016,·28 mins
Buddhist Temple
First broadcast in 1996. A Buddhist Temple in Bangkok where people come to make offerings
30 Jun 1996,·28 mins
9. The Wilderness Year: This Ain't Over
Bonus episode - Boris Johnson after Downing Street.
15 Jun 2023,·33 mins
Series 3
Transportation
Amanda Vickery tells the stories of three criminals who were transported.
04 Sep 2014,·43 mins
Episode 4
Tarek Osman examines the build up to the Arab Spring, as two worlds collide.
31 Dec 2013,·43 mins
The War Without End
Christopher Clark explores the dark legacy of the First World War.
15 Jan 2016,·15 mins
Coffee Growing and Production
The social and economic importance of coffee production
02 Mar 1999,·13 mins
Series 1
Legacy
Partition's legacy on those who lived through it and subsequent generations in Britain.
14 Aug 2017,·42 mins
Finding rest in the modern world: the Rest Test Results
Claudia Hammond and guests reveal the rest test results and analyse how the UK relaxes.
27 Sep 2016,·42 mins
