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Don't Panic! It's The Douglas Adams Papers
John Lloyd uncovers the private papers of the late Douglas Adams.
03 Mar 2018,57 mins
The Bald Truth
Ian Marchant investigates hair loss and why so many men (and some women) care so much.
24 Feb 2018,57 mins
In the Wake of Wakefield
Adam Rutherford explores the 20-year legacy of a paper linking the MMR vaccine and autism.
17 Feb 2018,58 mins
A Brief History of Cunning
American satirist Joe Queenan explores cunning.
10 Feb 2018,57 mins
The Death of Illegitimacy
Has the stigma of illegitimacy died out? Former MP Caroline Flint finds out.
03 Feb 2018,60 mins
Back to Vietnam
Julian Pettifer reflects on the Tet Offensive of 1968 as a turning point in world history.
27 Jan 2018,57 mins
The Medium Is the Message
Douglas Coupland explores the ideas, sound and vision of 1960s media seer Marshall McLuhan
20 Jan 2018,57 mins
Frankenstein Lives!
Christopher Frayling explores the rich and unsettling history of the Frankenstein myth.
13 Jan 2018,60 mins
Good Luck Professor Spiegelhalter
The certainty of chance. Professor David Spiegelhalter investigates Luck.
06 Jan 2018,57 mins
Lenny Henry on Richard Pryor: The Making of a Satirist
Lenny Henry explores a transformative moment in the career of late comedian Richard Pryor.
23 Dec 2017,58 mins,
Return of the Anglosphere
Post-Brexit, could the 'English-speaking world' work together? Jonathan Powell presents.
16 Dec 2017,58 mins
British Jews, Right and Left
Jo Coburn explores the changing political affiliations of British Jews and their salience.
09 Dec 2017,58 mins
The Scandal Machine
The story of scandal, from backstage to front page, printing press to digital age.
02 Dec 2017,58 mins
The Pound in Your Pocket
Frances Cairncross tells the inside story of the devaluation crisis of 1967.
11 Nov 2017,60 mins
Missing Isaiah Berlin
Sir Isaiah Berlin died 20 years ago. Where are the Berlins of today? Jonathan Wolff asks.
04 Nov 2017,57 mins
Close to the Edit
Film-maker Mike Figgis explores the age of the edit.
28 Oct 2017,57 mins
Driven
A look back at the culture of cars as the driverless era approaches.
21 Oct 2017,57 mins
Travels in North Korea
As tempers flare and threats fly, we take a virtual audio tour inside the Hermit Kingdom.
14 Oct 2017,58 mins
Who's Looking At You?
Novelist Nick Harkaway says we need to talk about surveillance before it is too late.
07 Oct 2017,58 mins
The Mysteries of Punt PI
Steve Punt explores the eternal appeal of a good mystery.
23 Sep 2017,57 mins
As the Statues Fall
Lawrence Pollard traces the history of tearing down public statues.
16 Sep 2017,57 mins
Uses of Literacy Now
The Uses of Literacy - what can a book on class written 60 years ago tell us about today?
09 Sep 2017,57 mins
Inquiries - Facing Our Failures
Chris Bowlby reveals a rich history of public inquiries from rail crashes to treachery.
19 Aug 2017,58 mins
A Life Less Ordinary
Lisa Potts
How Lisa Potts became a media hero following an attack by a stranger with a machete.
20 Oct 2012,60 mins
A Life Less Ordinary
Alex Currie
The minister who became the reluctant spokesman for a fishing community suffering tragedy.
13 Oct 2012,60 mins
A Life Less Ordinary
Sandra Gregory
Sandra Gregory revisits her years spent in a Thai jail for attempted drug smuggling.
06 Oct 2012,60 mins
Grayson Perry: En Garde
Grayson Perry goes in search of the moment the avant-garde died.
12 Aug 2017,57 mins
The Myth of Homosexual Decriminalisation
Peter Tatchell on how the 1967 Sexual Offences Act failed to provide equality for gay men.
05 Aug 2017,58 mins,
Roy Jenkins - Father of the Permissive Society?
Richard Weight explores the key role of Roy Jenkins in the liberal reforms of the 1960s.
29 Jul 2017,58 mins
A Brief History of the Truth
The truth is like a vegetable your mother makes you eat, nourishing but it tastes terrible
22 Jul 2017,57 mins