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
Why is the Church of Scotland funding a luxury boutique hotel in the Holy Land?
31 Oct 2012,·28 mins
Modernisation is making many of Asia's working elephants redundant
25 Aug 2006,·22 mins
Surfer Helen Scales goes in search of the perfect man-made wave.
09 Sep 2015,·28 mins
Can a tattoo capture the highs and lows of a life spent in the military?
06 Nov 2023,·28 mins
Glastonbury Festival Discourages Travellers
A report from Glastonbury Festival as Michael Eavis acts to keep out travellers
01 Jul 1997,·28 mins
When are mentally ill patients really free to make decisions about their treatment?
22 Dec 2011,·30 mins
Episode 2
Steph discovers how silk's global spread has driven industrial and technological change.
30 Oct 2013,·28 mins
Matthew Hill asks what is happening to Britain's public services.
02 Apr 2013,·38 mins
Can we predict the next deadly pandemic? Alok Jha investigates.
26 Nov 2013,·38 mins
Anna Foster talks to people who survived the 7 October attacks in Israel by Hamas.
30 Jan 2024,·28 mins
A doctor wants to perform the first human head transplant. Will US surgeons license him?
29 Jul 2015,·28 mins
Artist and sceptic Adham Faramawy uncovers virtual reality's dark and fantastical spaces.
23 Apr 2018,·28 mins
Cartoonist Gerald Scarfe tells the story of one of the greatest movies never made.
07 Jul 2016,·30 mins
Angus Crawford asks whether the army can do its job whilst respecting the environment.
06 Aug 2012,·28 mins
Michael Goldfarb is in Pennsylvania hearing the reasons Americans are voting Trump.
31 Oct 2016,·28 mins
How the British-born singer Vince Taylor inspired David Bowie's mythical rock star.
19 Aug 2010,·30 mins
Why did the steely Russian revolutionary reputedly visit the first English garden city?
20 Mar 2013,·28 mins
Li Cunxin, Madame Mao's favourite dancer, tells Darcey Bussell about his amazing journey.
17 May 2011,·30 mins
Peter Curran celebrates the powerful role of the humble foghorn.
22 Feb 2011,·30 mins
Greg Proops looks back at the life of Bob Hope, whose career spanned the 20th century.
11 Oct 2014,·30 mins
