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Schizophrenia
The voices are loud and nasty, is how Janie describes having schizophrenia
26 Dec 2000,·13 mins
Did Douglas Adams predict the future in the year 2000?
14 Mar 2015,·30 mins
Clyde Tombaugh's discovery of Pluto in 1930 sparked discussions that continue today
19 Feb 1996,·9 mins
The Church
The Church's role in the development of the calendar
29 Nov 1999,·13 mins
Genetic Engineering
Adding enzymes to washing powder and using micro-organisms in pollution control
07 Feb 1996,·9 mins
Episode 3
Professor Devi Sridhar investigates the impact of Covid on the practice of science.
22 Jul 2022,·28 mins
Trevor Cox finds out how recording and copying music compromises the original quality.
07 Jan 2016,·28 mins
Northern Right Whales
Northern Right Whales in danger of extinction
11 Jan 1999,·13 mins
10 - Making It Right
How cruel do you have to be - in order to be kind?
28 Jun 2019,·36 mins
Andrea Sella returns to the Italian landscape of his childhood to explore how it's changed
19 Sep 2014,·30 mins
The National Nuclear Laboratory
Professor Iain Stewart visits the UK's home of nuclear science in Cumbria.
04 Jun 2010,·15 mins
Episode 5
With Chris Watson, Brett Westwood and Stephen Moss identify birds in farmyards.
19 Aug 2011,·15 mins
Swing Bridge for Suez Canal
First broadcast in 1997. The world’s largest swing bridge
12 Mar 1997,·18 mins
Beautiful bogs and precious peatlands
Pennie Latin explores the role of Scotland's bogs in the battle against climate change.
18 Mar 2020,·27 mins
Globalisation
What lies behind globalisation?
25 Sep 2000,·23 mins
5. Ash dieback fungus
How do we protect our native wildlife from invisible invaders like the ash-dieback fungus.
02 Sep 2016,·15 mins
Omnibus
Henry Ajder examines our synthetic future, starting with deepfake origins in pornography.
10 Jun 2022,·57 mins
Genetically Modified Farm Animals
Advances in animal husbandry including genetic engineering in farming
01 Sep 2003,·12 mins
Game On - Back to The Borderlands
Randy Pitchford from Gearbox Studios joins Game On to talk about Borderlands 4
10 Oct 2025,·32 mins
29/03/2026
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29 Mar 2026,·27 mins
Where Half The Population Has A Mobile Phone
First broadcast in 2006. In Botswana, every other person has a mobile phone
18 Oct 2006,·26 mins
The story of a scientific surprise and what happened next.
14 Jan 2026,·28 mins
How a microbe pulled from an Arctic dump could help our fight against climate change.
12 Aug 2026,·28 mins
Who Do You Think I Am?
Inspiring talks and interviews with the speakers to explore theIr central idea.
30 Mar 2021,·28 mins
Can you apply Darwin's theory of natural selection to music and create the perfect song?
08 Aug 2012,·28 mins
'ECT saved my life' - Sally Marlow on who benefits from electroconvulsive therapy
21 Feb 2023,·28 mins
James Aldred encounters one of the world's most powerful birds of prey, the Harpy Eagle.
22 Apr 2011,·30 mins
Meet the outsiders detecting fraud, malpractice and incompetence in science.
08 May 2023,·28 mins
6. How plants can tell us who we are
Plants as gateways to distant homelands
17 Aug 2022,·49 mins
Helen Czerski's illuminating book on how the ocean works. Read by Lyndsey Marshal.
08 Aug 2026,·75 mins
