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Folk singer Eliza Carthy discovers Manchester's 19th-century broadside ballads.
05 Oct 2015,·30 mins
Entertainer Bernie Clifton explores the impact of Austrian Tenor Richard Tauber.
31 Oct 2013,·30 mins
Defence
Martha Kearney and Andrew Dilnot explore government spending.
16 Nov 2018,·14 mins
Stella Rimington uncovers startling new evidence about the executed British heroine.
16 Sep 2015,·28 mins
Acoustics expert Trevor Cox goes in search of the best venues for different types of music
22 Sep 2014,·30 mins
Professor David Cannadine argues historians and politicians have overplayed the class card
21 Sep 2020,·28 mins
Joe Jacobs is a failing rapper trying to make a career as a stand-up comedian.
2021 Reith lecturer Stuart Russell on recent developments in artificial intelligence.
23 May 2023,·28 mins
Dr Frank Close examines the mythology and psychology behind eclipses.
16 Aug 2017,·30 mins
Change Must Come
You want to hear a few seconds after the Big Bang? You have to make some sacrifices.
22 May 2015,·12 mins
Female Education in Kenya
What secondary education means to girls in Kenya.
25 Nov 2001,·13 mins
On the Edge in Iran
Hassan Solhjoo on the trail of academic and filmmaker Ziba Mir-Hosseini
09 Feb 2004,·22 mins
Emmy the Great seeks musical inspiration from the ghosts of the school toilets.
15 Sep 2020,·28 mins
How a dynasty on Ynys Môn gave the gift of orthopaedic medicine to the world.
24 Apr 2026,·29 mins
Enforcement
A panel discussion on the best way to enforce children's rights
08 Oct 1999,·28 mins
Part Three: the Way Ahead
Relations between Britain and Ireland after the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement
17 Jun 1995,·27 mins
Timandra Harkness explores technologies that help humans perceive the world in novel ways.
14 Mar 2017,·28 mins
Water in Space
First broadcast in 2003. A look at the search for liquid water on Mars
22 Apr 2003,·12 mins
The Environment
Environmental disasters and ecological policies for protection of the environment
23 Mar 2000,·13 mins
Was graffiti the great art of the 70s? Some of New York's pioneers share their stories.
07 Aug 2014,·30 mins
Arabia and the Byzantine Empire
Extended influence of Islam across Arabia and tensions with the Byzantine Empire.
08 Feb 1996,·13 mins
The benefits of music therapy for children living in impoverished areas and conflict zones
28 Sep 2001,·13 mins
Women bishops? Will the Church of England approve them and can it cope with the fallout?
01 Jul 2012,·28 mins
Fixing Globalisation
Jim O'Neill asks if new challenges mean an end to the era of globalisation.
06 Jan 2017,·45 mins
Episode 8
Nick Robinson concludes his series on relations between broadcasters and politicians.
06 Mar 2013,·15 mins
The story of the portrait of a private soldier's sweetheart, painted for him in Auschwitz.
18 May 2011,·30 mins
In Lozells Church, Birmingham, new and old refugees meet and compare experiences.
16 Aug 2019,·28 mins
Beekeeper Martha Kearney explores the importance of honey in antiquity.
27 Jan 2017,·30 mins
From exotic animals to computer parts, a look at the cargo traffic at Heathrow airport
24 May 1988,·29 mins
Baroness Helena Kennedy designs a Magna Carta for the 21st century.
02 Feb 2015,·28 mins
