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How Music Can Hold and Heal Us
We explore how music—especially lullabies—heals like medicine.
13 Mar 2025,·25 mins
6. The Microdoctrine
Final episode of the LSD saga about an attempt to spark a revolution of the mind.
23 Nov 2022,·25 mins
AI: A Future for Humans?
The science sleuths unwrap some of the biggest ideas in this year's BBC Reith Lectures.
22 Dec 2021,·28 mins
Woodcock
Hannah Stitfall and Dom Davies review ‘Woodcock’ from the Living World archive.
22 Mar 2020,·22 mins
Bonus Episodes - Series 2
Bonus Episode 8. From Two to Three - Parents on the Couch: Dr. Orna Guralnik
India chats to Dr. Orna Guralnik about how the arrival of a child impacts a couple.
21 Jan 2026,·15 mins
Pride of Place
Proud Drum Horses, award-winning business, and gin with protected geographical status.
19 Aug 2026,·29 mins
Anaesthesia
What happens to our brains and our consciousness when we’re put to sleep?
24 Jan 2026,·49 mins
5. The Pursuit of Parrots
Australia's Night Parrot has driven birders mad for decades.
25 Aug 2023,·14 mins
Nicolas Bourbaki
Professor Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics drives science.
25 Jun 2010,·15 mins
Insects and mobile phone
Smart phones could become even smarter – thanks to ants, beetles, moths and spiders!
17 Jan 2022,·20 mins
Daniel Jenkins Jones yn cyflwyno
Daniel Jenkins Jones sydd yn sedd Gerallt Pennant yn trafod natur a bywyd gwyllt.
15 Aug 2026,·58 mins
Carl Rogers and the Person-Centred Approach
While Freud relied on expert and patient, Rogers pioneered a therapeutic model of equals.
03 Aug 2015,·28 mins
Day Twenty-Eight: New Power
India discusses how we can improve healthcare for women
21 Mar 2022,·14 mins
Microwaves
Amit Katwala and Charlotte Stavrou power up the microwave and find out what's cooking.
21 Sep 2023,·24 mins
Series 1: Planet Chicken
Hay Festival Special
Chris van Tulleken in conversation with Leyla Kazim, at Hay Festival 2024.
29 Oct 2024,·28 mins
Space Flight
Reusable rockets, a space station beyond the moon - what is the future of space flight?
13 Jul 2019,·49 mins
Farm to Fork (30/07/2026)
Harriet Cowan and Joe Seels shine a spotlight on our farming communities.
30 Jul 2026,·180 mins
6. The Last Cry of the Whale
Scientists and ground workers attempt to unearth the delicate Fin whale skull.
18 Nov 2025,·25 mins
Copper
Why copper wires? And do solar power and batteries herald the death of the old AC grid?
26 Mar 2016,·26 mins
Hooke's Law
Explaining Hooke's Law, which was devised by Robert Hooke in 1660
20 Sep 1995,·8 mins
Is tech ruining the World Cup?
World Cup tech, AI’s infinite workweek, and a look back at our favourite Season 1 stories.
25 Jun 2026,·37 mins
The Tower of Babel
Aleks Krotoski explores how today's digital world is a reverse Tower of Babel.
10 Apr 2015,·15 mins
Episode 4
Prof Robert Winston on what happens when we perform music - does it change our brains?
06 Jun 2013,·30 mins
2. The Mentors and the Legacy
We explore the role of the adults who dedicate time to youth environmental initiatives.
10 Aug 2026,·29 mins
Morocco to Guinea
Emily Knight follows Scotland's ospreys on their epic Autumn flight to West Africa.
24 Feb 2023,·57 mins
A Wonderful Catastrophe
How can we cope with the challenges of digital communication?
12 Jul 2024,·14 mins
Omnibus Edition
A celebration of the first moon landing and the Welsh people who played vital roles.
22 Dec 2019,·60 mins
Atgofion John Werndriw - dyn llaeth o Lanbed
Sara Elan Jones sy'n clywed atgofion ei thad-cu John Jones, am ei rownd laeth yn Llanbed.
16 Aug 2026,·27 mins
Tenerife
Pigeons, lizards and tourists in volcanic Tenerife.
30 Mar 2003,·15 mins
Episode 5: The Flickering
Five original essays on how the mysterious is woven into the ordinary and the everyday.
18 Jul 2025,·14 mins
