The Forum

The programme that explains the present by exploring the past.

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Thomas More's Utopia
Celebrating More's radical book and its political influence in the past and present
17 Dec 2016,40 mins
Winner or Cheat? Doping in Sport
The inside story; swapped samples, state-sponsored doping and the battle for world sport
10 Dec 2016,40 mins
The Iliad: Beauty, brutes and battles
Why is Homer’s ancient Greek epic poem still so important?
03 Dec 2016,40 mins
Korea: Two Countries, One Past
Why and how the Korean Peninsula came to be divided into North and South Korea
26 Nov 2016,40 mins
Unpicking the UN
The history and current challenges facing the UN
19 Nov 2016,40 mins
Drones and their Impact on the World
The history, present and future of drones.
12 Nov 2016,40 mins
DNA: The code for making life
A close look at the remarkable set of building blocks which all cellular life shares
05 Nov 2016,40 mins
The new curators: Who decides what’s culturally important?
How the idea of curation has radically changed
29 Oct 2016,40 mins
Do we Need Artificial Intelligence?
How the relentless advance of computer logic is changing our world and the way we think
22 Oct 2016,40 mins
Concrete: Foundation of the modern world
How concrete underpins the modern world
15 Oct 2016,40 mins
Why Are We Generous?
Are we generous out of kindness or self-interest?
08 Oct 2016,40 mins
Reducing Urban Poverty
How to ensure people in deprived areas get secondary education and adequate nutrition
01 Oct 2016,40 mins
Using Other People’s Water
Are we sucking our worldwide supply dry?
24 Sep 2016,40 mins
How Shyness and Introversion can be a Strength
Are shyness and introversion cultural or innate; do they help us negotiate today’s world?
17 Sep 2016,40 mins
Turmoil Around the World and in Ourselves
Exploring turmoil in politics and society
10 Sep 2016,40 mins
Underground: How Deep Can Life Survive?
Exploring the mysteries of the biosphere below the earth’s surface.
03 Sep 2016,40 mins
Fire: How Climate Change is Altering our Attitudes to Wildfires
How do we deal with fire to protect health without compromising the environment?
27 Aug 2016,40 mins
What is the Best Way to Deal with Anxiety?
How anxiety is created in the brain and how we can best help the anxious
20 Aug 2016,40 mins
Image overload: Coping with the modern world's visual clutter
How do our brains cope with the visual clutter of the modern world?
13 Aug 2016,40 mins
Balloons and How they Changed the World
The extraordinary impact of balloons on the human race.
06 Aug 2016,40 mins
Sharing and Why it is Essential for the Human Race
Why do we share and how important is it for our survival?
30 Jul 2016,40 mins
The Unpredictable Planet: Understanding Volcanoes and Earthquakes
New ideas about volcanoes, earthquakes and other geological processes
23 Jul 2016,40 mins
Do You Know What You’re Eating?
How to ensure better food transparency: to track what we eat from farm to fork.
16 Jul 2016,40 mins
Radioactivity: Friend or Foe?
Separating the benefits of radioactivity from its dangers
09 Jul 2016,40 mins
Defiance: Why Are Some People More Defiant than Others?
When is defiance a resistance to authority, and when is it a sign of disregard to others?
02 Jul 2016,40 mins
Microbes and Humans: The Science of Living Together
New insights into the human microbiome, the tiny organisms living in and on our bodies
25 Jun 2016,40 mins
Unfinished: The Art of the Incomplete
How do we respond to things that are unfinished or incomplete?
18 Jun 2016,40 mins
Talking Rubbish: Clever Ways with Waste
Advice from a garbologist, a waste expert and a taxidermist about re-using waste
11 Jun 2016,40 mins
Resilience: A Survivor's Guide to Adversity
Why some people and animals adapt to hardship
04 Jun 2016,40 mins
When Does Healthy Competition Become Destructive?
What is the place of rivalry in human behaviour?
28 May 2016,40 mins