Joan Bakewell asks what she might expect, and how she should prepare, if she had dementia.
10 May 2016,·28 mins
The artist asks why collections from Oceania, the Americas and Africa are hidden from view
08 Sep 2016,·30 mins
The small town Philippines mayor with the million dollar secret.
31 Mar 2025,·28 mins
The sound of modern protest. Young people fight the power in France.
24 Apr 2023,·28 mins
How honeybees and their keepers travel vast distances pollinating America's crops.
26 Mar 2013,·28 mins
Can long-term relationships survive the move to Uni and is it worth trying to keep them?
01 Oct 2019,·28 mins
Simon Heffer re-evaluates the reign of George V.
14 Apr 2010,·30 mins
Miami
A look at the diversity and history of Miami's cuisine
09 Mar 2004,·22 mins
Richard Coles asks if gay marriage is the last crusade of the campaign for gay rights.
18 Mar 2014,·30 mins
Sangita Myska investigates the secret story of Britons held as slaves.
02 Sep 2019,·28 mins
What music did Neolithic peoples make? Jude Rogers and guests have fun speculating.
19 Nov 2024,·28 mins
Phil Alexander puts together the story of a composer through a newly found piece of music.
06 Aug 2023,·28 mins
Fantasy Architecture
An examination of fantasy buildings and the possibility of them ever being built
16 Aug 2004,·21 mins
Mary Beard tells the intriguing story of the history of exams.
06 Jul 2016,·30 mins
As Dr Mark Porter's waistline increases, he puts his body mass index, or BMI, to the test.
11 Aug 2015,·28 mins
Kat Arney investigates why little girls are addicted to the colour pink, and if it matters
09 May 2011,·30 mins
Seventy years ago, an article about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima rocked the world.
22 Aug 2016,·28 mins
Navid Akhtar examines the legacy of the influential Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
21 Aug 2007,·30 mins
Aditya Chakrabortty reports on the student fight to reform their economics education.
02 Dec 2014,·38 mins
Mukti Jain Campion discovers how Indians are embracing the online shopping revolution.
16 Dec 2015,·28 mins
Ian Peacock sets out to achieve the seemingly impossible, to be original.
06 Apr 2012,·30 mins
The football league for big players aiming to transform their lives.
19 Dec 2023,·28 mins
Exploring the culture war between secularism and a new generation of Muslims in France.
10 Nov 2016,·30 mins
How and when should the decision be made to end the life of a critically ill child?
04 Dec 2018,·37 mins
The story of how two of the greatest albums of all time were released on the same day.
10 May 2016,·30 mins
Professor John Sutherland investigates the 'obscure hurt' suffered by Henry James in 1861.
01 Aug 2017,·30 mins
Ed Butler returns to Srebrenica - what has happening in the intervening years?
21 Nov 2003,·25 mins
Discussion of the legacy of 19th-century African leaders who re-drew the political map.
18 Apr 1972,·14 mins
Sangita Myska with a witty and insightful exploration of names in contemporary Britain.
09 Nov 2012,·28 mins
Charles McPhedran investigates the truth behind a state-sponsored murder.
18 Feb 2025,·42 mins
