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An elephant destined for fame, and a legacy that will echo in time.
29 Dec 2024,·28 mins
Explore, wonder and celebrate Wales's wildlife with Lizzie Daly.
10 Sep 2024,·30 mins
Episode 2
Jon Stewart explores how robots are used as carers and motivators.
03 Oct 2011,·30 mins
2021 Reith lecturer Stuart Russell on recent developments in artificial intelligence.
23 May 2023,·28 mins
What does it take to make something which has never existed on Earth before?
10 Sep 2025,·28 mins
'ECT saved my life' - Sally Marlow on who benefits from electroconvulsive therapy
21 Feb 2023,·28 mins
Jolyon Jenkins explores how work and life are increasingly being turned into games.
11 Apr 2023,·28 mins
Access for All, HIV Drugs
The high price of medicine
17 Aug 2004,·22 mins
Don McCullin, photographer and 'sky stalker', on the landscape around his house.
05 Sep 2017,·28 mins
Poet Dr Sam Illingworth looks at our shifting relationship with scientific language.
29 Nov 2022,·28 mins
Why are scientists and designers are deliberately planning for failure?
14 May 2009,·30 mins
Podcasters Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann trace the origins of on-demand radio.
11 Apr 2014,·28 mins
Can Technology Help the Environment?
First broadcast in 2001. Can technology and engineering clear up our environmental mess?
27 Mar 2001,·28 mins
Ricky Ross discovers how one Scottish company is giving back the freedom of speech.
09 Aug 2011,·28 mins
How extreme weather affects people in marginal areas
20 Jan 2000,·28 mins
An Education Revolution?
Sarah Montague and guests debate whether the UK should follow America's lead.
10 Mar 2014,·58 mins
Nitrogen
First broadcast in 1998. Nitrogen forms approximately 78% of Earth's atmosphere
01 Oct 1998,·14 mins
The Water Wars?
Last in the series; how a worldwide water shortage could bring about conflict
19 Jun 2001,·13 mins
Dr Mark Lythgoe investigates the technology of brain scanning.
17 Oct 2007,·30 mins
Richard Coles on the inspiration to artists of darkness and the Northern lights in Norway.
19 Dec 2011,·30 mins
Ian Peacock discovers why certain smells can transport us back to our childhood.
16 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Speak for Yourself
3/4. Carmen Pryce investigates the inner world of the young child.
20 Sep 1995,·30 mins
Eddie Nestor looks at the health crises caused by air pollution.
09 Aug 2022,·28 mins
Adam Fowler visits Northern Canada to discover some potential benefits of global warming.
01 Jan 2008,·30 mins
Mark Stephen charts a unique swap involving two gamekeepers.
08 Oct 2010,·28 mins
How surfing is shaping Ireland's coastal communities, north and south of the border.
07 Jul 2014,·30 mins
Sarah Moore meets bird rescuer Jean Hains, who helps young Manx Shearwaters.
31 Jul 2007,·30 mins
During the 1970s, CERN overtook rival institutions in Russia and the US.
09 Sep 2008,·30 mins
Series 6
Seals
Mary meets grey seal expert Sue Sayer in Cornwall to observe the animals.
30 Mar 2012,·15 mins
