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Why are black and Asian people in Britain reluctant to act as blood and organ donors?
25 Feb 2010,·30 mins
Connie St Louis investigates ethnic marketing in the pharmaceutical industry.
10 Oct 2007,·30 mins
Krupa Padhy asks how safe are our maternity services.
31 Oct 2023,·37 mins
Dr Margaret McCartney examines a GP consultation.
11 Jun 2019,·28 mins
Peter Day visits Washington DC to see whether the regulators will licence an HIV-Aids drug
03 Oct 2007,·30 mins
Lauren Mahon returns to host this legacy episode discussing cancer and homelessness.
04 Feb 2024,·49 mins
What lessons have been learned from a 2006 clinical trial at Northwick Park Hospital?
03 Sep 2025,·28 mins
The Evidence: Vaccination
How do attitudes to vaccines differ globally?
19 Jun 2019,·53 mins
Can we eradicate leprosy?
Senegal has embarked on a campaign to stop the disease in its tracks
03 Apr 2021,·26 mins
Why were tens of thousands of people lobotomised in the 1940s and 50s in the UK and US?
07 Nov 2011,·28 mins
Philippa Perry explores whether we're in a new age of emotion.
18 Aug 2017,·30 mins
When are mentally ill patients really free to make decisions about their treatment?
22 Dec 2011,·30 mins
As Dr Mark Porter's waistline increases, he puts his body mass index, or BMI, to the test.
11 Aug 2015,·28 mins
Support in schools
Join experts, young people and Clare Cowan as they talk about teenage mental health.
09 Feb 2024,·60 mins
Getting children reading at Carterton Library
Oxfordshire is in the bottom 25% of English counties for key stage 1 & 2 literacy rates.
04 Jun 2026,·5 mins
'Food, people & community are all important to me'
Volunteer Etheline Deer has transformed a piece of waste land into a "green oasis".
04 Jun 2026,·2 mins
Why lessons learned from aviation psychology are starting to save lives in hospitals.
19 Jun 2015,·28 mins
Edi Stark finds out about a little-know eye condition affecting thousands of UK people.
13 Oct 2008,·30 mins
The volunteers helping animals
Volunteer Beth Platts and Ady Dayman clean kennels at the Dogs Trust in Loughborough.
05 Jun 2026,·4 mins
‘I use my voice for good’
Adam reflects on 12 very unusual months.
26 Mar 2021,·23 mins
'All I had was flames on every tractor window'
A North Yorkshire farmer risked his own life to protect others from a devastating fire.
18 Aug 2026,·4 mins
Daniel Pick traces how aerial bombardment has made the unconscious mind a field of battle.
11 Dec 2017,·30 mins
Following one woman’s journey, making swimming in Britain more diverse.
06 Sep 2022,·28 mins
How one community dentist is navigating the biggest crisis in dentistry in a generation.
28 Mar 2024,·28 mins
The grandad putting the walking boot into cancer
A cancer diagnosis inspired a 78-year-old to walk from one side of England to the other.
25 Aug 2026,·4 mins
Can a Shaman cure writer's block? Playwright, David Greig, tries to find out.
03 Nov 2016,·30 mins
Dr Mark Lythgoe investigates the science of erasing memories.
20 Jul 2011,·30 mins
Working Title
Unlocked hears from a young black man on life in Scotland. And how's lockdown hit jobs?
05 Jun 2020,·31 mins
Anita Anand investigates a new system designed to work out who is and isn't fit for work.
20 Dec 2011,·40 mins
3. On the same team
What happens after treatment and how can more people be encouraged to talk openly?
25 Mar 2024,·20 mins
