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Episode 3
The final part of the series looks at WH Auden the love poet.
26 Sep 2023,·28 mins
The SS Great Britain
The world's first big iron-hulled propeller driven steam ship built by IK Brunel in 1843
09 Jul 1986,·13 mins
Did Furbys Spy on Us?
Did Furbys Spy on Us? 5. Welcome to the Dark Side
Joanne tests whether her phone is secretly listening to her, with surprising results.
02 Oct 2024,·31 mins
Computers Get Clever
'Augmented technology' may stop the daily barrage of technological influx
25 Oct 2006,·26 mins
The Nest, The Truth, The Bass Rock, Cranach at Compton Verney and Home Entertainment Recommendations
Review of the new BBC One surrogacy drama, The Nest.
21 Mar 2020,·46 mins
Vesalius
The physician and author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy
16 Jul 1992,·27 mins
Episode 5
Joel Budd looks at age, class and attitudes to race and immigration across Britain.
28 Mar 2025,·14 mins
Forbidden Love: Cilmi Boodheri
The story of Cilmi Boodheri, the Somalian poet who died for love
21 Feb 2006,·22 mins
Ellis Peters
Interview with Ellis Peters whose extraordinary career included The Cadfael Chronicles
01 Jul 1991,·13 mins
The Looking Glass
Five original essays on the power and politics of children’s fiction.
18 Oct 2024,·14 mins
Episode 2
Michael Grade celebrates 1963 with special guests at London's Riverside Studios.
26 Nov 2013,·60 mins
Wiltshire at Night
Chris Yates meets "pebbles of moonlight" on a night walk through the Wiltshire countryside
19 Mar 1998,·13 mins
Series 1
The Lonely Heart
Following heart bypass surgery, Giles Fraser explores the workings of the human heart.
08 Dec 2017,·15 mins
New Thinking: 2024’s New Generation Thinkers
Introducing ten academics who’ll be sharing their research as part of a BBC/AHRC scheme
16 May 2024,·44 mins
Paolo Uccello - The Hunt in the Forest
Dr Janina Ramirez visits the Ashmolean to decode Paolo Uccello's 15th-century masterpiece.
20 Aug 2015,·28 mins
Kingsley Amis
Sir Kingsley Amis talks to Nigel Forde about his 40 years as a writer.
10 Mar 1991,·28 mins
6. In Reality
‘I Wanna Marry Harry’ makes its prime time debut. Things do not go as planned.
29 Jul 2024,·30 mins
Cicada
The comic diary - laced with scientific fact - of a cicada
22 Mar 1996,·8 mins
Caffi Beca, Rhocesi a'r Wiberod
Mari Grug sy'n ymweld â rhai o leoliadau arbennig ardal Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2026.
02 Aug 2026,·27 mins
Now What?
Phil Tinline explores the role of conspiracy, and conspiracy theory, in British politics.
28 May 2023,·28 mins
Vets for the NHS
Jo speaks to vets Scott Miller & Jo Hillard about lock down and vets working for the NHS
30 Jul 2020,·26 mins
Jack Docherty as The Chief, Scottish Opera and National Theatre of Scotland's June Carter Cash
Jack Docherty as The Chief and Charlene Boyd as June Carter Cash.
16 Aug 2024,·36 mins
Radio 1’s Screen Time finale with Michael Fassbender
Michael Fassbender is our final guest, talking about his new film 'Black Bag'.
14 Mar 2025,·27 mins
An Interview with Neil Tennant
Singer Neil Tennant, who grew up in North Shields, talks to Philip Dodd about his career.
25 Oct 2013,·20 mins
From the stands to the stage
Relive the journey of the Bantam of the Opera choir.
05 Jan 2026,·57 mins
The Creation of Bangladesh
In 1971 Bangladesh emerges from East Pakistan after a bloody civil war
01 Jan 1995,·28 mins
8. Fly Girls
The girlband rises again.
06 Nov 2023,·15 mins
Omnibus 2
Gus Casely-Hayford, director of V&A East, tells a human-centred history of fashion.
02 Sep 2022,·57 mins
Death of Chairman Mao
Reaction to the death of Chairman Mao.
08 Aug 1996,·28 mins
Omnibus, Part 2
Peter Conrad dissects the popular culture of his era.
27 Dec 2014,·60 mins
