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Pausing the Menopause
Lara Lewington explores the science of pushing back, pausing, or stopping the menopause.
18 Nov 2024,·28 mins
Series 1
Legacy
Partition's legacy on those who lived through it and subsequent generations in Britain.
14 Aug 2017,·42 mins
Series 1: Planet Chicken
Hay Festival Special
Chris van Tulleken in conversation with Leyla Kazim, at Hay Festival 2024.
29 Oct 2024,·28 mins
The War Without End
Christopher Clark explores the dark legacy of the First World War.
15 Jan 2016,·15 mins
It wasn’t easy to build the Bullring
Can Birmingham rise from the challenges of the pandemic?
19 Apr 2021,·10 mins
Episode 2
British musician and poet Akala examines the culture of his Rastafarian heritage.
29 Jul 2014,·30 mins
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives - Omnibus
Omnibus Series 1 Episode 5
Audio portraits of William Jones, Rani of Jhansi, Jyotirao Phule and Birsa Munda.
25 Nov 2016,·58 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
Bartok's Concerto For Orchestra
A celebration through handwritten manuscript of Bela Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra.
20 Aug 2020,·28 mins
Transplant
In 1967, Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplant operation.
16 Mar 2007,·15 mins
2. From System to Method
Michael Sheen explores the strange art of acting.
21 May 2024,·30 mins
The second episode in a two-part tale from Anglesey comedian Tudur Owen
01 Feb 2022,·28 mins
The Gesar of Ling
The story of King Gesar of Ling, the central epic poem of Tibet and much of Central Asia
26 Feb 2004,·25 mins
Episode 3
Steve Richards looks back at David Cameron's years in power and explores his legacy.
22 Jan 2018,·28 mins
The Tower of Babel
Aleks Krotoski explores how today's digital world is a reverse Tower of Babel.
10 Apr 2015,·15 mins
Series 2
12. Why do we play?
Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi asks why do humans play?
07 Mar 2025,·14 mins
Public Service Architecture
How emotion, protest and media can help us build better, more human cities.
01 Sep 2025,·28 mins
Paul Mason explores dark matters of nationalism and desire in the opera Die Meistersinger
07 May 2013,·30 mins
Getting the Balance Right
How should we manage people with mental health issues who are convicted of terrorism?
11 Feb 2022,·28 mins
The Future Is Fibre
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall looks to the future of food to ask how we can eat more fibre.
30 Jan 2026,·14 mins
5. Mudflats and Salt Marshes
Wading birds and shelducks find their favourite snacks along the Northumberland coastline.
01 Apr 2016,·15 mins
Sir David Attenborough examines new evidence on a controversial theory of human origins.
15 Sep 2016,·42 mins
Spain
Cerys Matthews visits Barcelona to rummage through Spain's varied songbook.
11 Aug 2015,·30 mins
The Inaccessible Pinnacle Before Breakfast
Robert Macfarlane crosses the iconic Cuillin Ridge on the Isle of Skye
26 Sep 2023,·28 mins
From Tora Bora to Abbottabad
Gordon Corera on the search for the world's most wanted terrorist.
22 Jul 2011,·30 mins
The Human
Katherine Rundell explores wonderful stories of twenty astonishing but endangered animals.
31 Oct 2025,·4 mins
Now What?
Phil Tinline explores the role of conspiracy, and conspiracy theory, in British politics.
28 May 2023,·28 mins
Schumann and Beethoven
Mark Lowther explores a piano concerto by Robert Schumann and Beethoven's 7th Symphony
08 Aug 2005,·26 mins
The Trabant
5. The End of the Road
Will Self finally reaches the birthplace of the Trabant. His arrival causes a stir.
02 Dec 2016,·15 mins
Did a doomed West End musical shape Australia's immigration policy?
Jim Waterson asks if a doomed West End musical left migrants living on a Pacific island.
08 Feb 2022,·14 mins
