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A look at the science of the dissection of human bodies
08 Feb 1995,·42 mins
Art
Martha Lane Fox explores how artists collaborate creatively online.
20 Apr 2015,·28 mins
How can we make sport more inclusive?
How can sport protect equal competition whilst enabling all abilities to take part?
11 Jan 2024,·18 mins
Emily Knight explores the phenomenon of Terminal Lucidity, the 'final rally' before death.
26 Feb 2025,·28 mins
The Rich Multilingual World
How learning and speaking another language enriches our lives
25 Mar 1995,·28 mins
World Wise Web: Part two
Teenagers meet pioneering inventors, including the creator of the first mobile phone
19 Sep 2020,·49 mins
Musician Bishi examines how tech and AI shape the future of music creation.
26 Dec 2019,·28 mins
Zidovudine (AZT)
First broadcast in 2001. Zidovudine (AZT) and other drugs used to treat HIV
18 Jun 2001,·13 mins
Why tourism is encouraged in the developing world, but doesn't always see the profits
13 Mar 2001,·28 mins
Communication Technology and Influence
First broadcast in 2006. Looking at why communications technologies emerge
04 Sep 2006,·22 mins
Timing Systems in Sport
Sporting events are timed to hundredths of a second
11 Sep 2000,·13 mins
Rattling Bones
Forensic archaeology with Lisa Marburg Goodman
25 Mar 2000,·14 mins
Science writer Stuart Clark explores the relationship between scientists and computers.
01 Sep 2015,·28 mins
Co-operation or Competition?
The growth and interest in biotechnology in the US, China and India
03 Apr 2005,·22 mins
Midge Ure explains how technical innovation has always stimulated musical creativity.
15 Feb 2014,·30 mins
Taming The Wild
The history of animal domestication, starting with the wild bull
22 Mar 1994,·13 mins
How DNA analysis reveals that chimpanzees are even closer to humans than we thought
24 May 2000,·24 mins
Richard Hollingham examines British plans for a moon mission.
20 Jul 2009,·30 mins
Reverend Richard Coles explores the science of sacred sounds.
17 Jul 2011,·30 mins
Psychology
The way we behave, our thoughts and our feeling are all part of our psychological make up
Atmospheric Pressure
Using everyday household objects to show the effects of atmospheric pressure
14 Mar 2000,·13 mins
Discussion on the emergence of tetrapods, our early ancestors, and their move onto land
14 Dec 2000,·24 mins
Farming
Computers at work in farming
03 Sep 1997,·13 mins
Deforestation and Prevention
First broadcast in 1991. George Monbiot on the consequences of the loss of the Amazon
15 Nov 1991,·28 mins
Food Technology
First broadcast in 1998. The technology at the cutting edge of the food industry
17 Jul 1998,·13 mins
Privacy on the Internet
You leave behind a trail of information companies can collect and exploit
19 May 1999,·13 mins
Power and Prejudice
From middle to old age - from power and prejudice to the age of reminiscence
21 May 1998,·26 mins
Conductor Charles Hazlewood and Dr Brian May of Queen celebrate the Doppler effect.
15 Aug 2017,·30 mins
The innovation in trauma science that's saving the lives of bleeding trauma patients.
04 Feb 2020,·28 mins
David Shukman travels to Jordan to find out if science can bring peace in the Middle East.
26 Nov 2012,·28 mins
