Episode 3: Hospice
Documenting the round-the-clock care of Nora, a non-verbal seven-year-old.
16 Sep 2024,·42 mins
The Nation State
Could the new generation of African politicians live up to expectations they had raised?
28 Jul 2001,·28 mins
Life After War in Sarajevo - Part Three
A theatre company based in Bosnia put the feelings of a nation into a play
28 Oct 2005,·22 mins
The Trauma Victims and their Blood
Martha Milete’s life changes one night in 2006 when two masked men break into her house.
15 Sep 2024,·28 mins
Series 3
Reykjavik
Musician John Grant on Reykjavik, a city he fell in love with on tour.
03 Dec 2016,·30 mins
2000-2005
A look back at radio comedy in the early 2000s, with Justin Edwards and Jan Ravens.
06 Dec 2014,·30 mins
Bartok's Concerto For Orchestra
A celebration through handwritten manuscript of Bela Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra.
20 Aug 2020,·28 mins
Washington DC to New York
Alvin travels to Washington DC to reflect on a letter about the war in Vietnam.
27 Nov 2012,·15 mins
Democracy Tomorrow
David Runciman explores democracy: is it still fit for purpose in today's UK?
14 Jun 2019,·28 mins
Solar System
Understanding the solar system
28 Apr 1999,·13 mins
Series 2
Elm, Beech And Holly
Richard Mabey considers the cultural and natural history of the Elm, Beech and Holly.
03 Jul 2013,·30 mins
Letter eight
The strangest US presidential campaign, drained of colour and crowds
22 Aug 2020,·8 mins
How to Laugh It Off
Jack Boswell explores craic, the Irish way of blending humour, stories and shared joy.
17 Jan 2025,·15 mins
Omnibus 2
A 400-year journey into the creation of the United States with the writer Joe Queenan
11 Sep 2020,·57 mins
Nanoseconds and Megabucks
David Grossman with more stories which help explain the world of contemporary capitalism.
28 Jun 2019,·57 mins
5. The Legacy of 2 Tone
Music legends explore the impact of 2 Tone.
01 May 2024,·11 mins
Episode 2
Helena Kennedy QC explores the deeper claims of human rights to be truly universal.
25 Apr 2016,·28 mins
Questioning Jeremy Hunt
Will new NHS funding improve adolescent mental health? We question Jeremy Hunt.
03 Jul 2018,·28 mins
Forth
Visits to the areas from the Shipping Forecast: Dogger, Irish Sea, Wight, Lundy and Forth.
01 Jan 2025,·14 mins
New AI Frontiers
Rachel Botsman on the intriguing history of trust.
29 Mar 2024,·14 mins
Retreat
How the effects of French and British mandates in the Middle East still reverberate today.
17 Oct 2023,·28 mins
Give Oasis Back to the Irish
Steven Cockcroft and Jason Carty explore the roots of the Gallagher brothers and Oasis.
10 Dec 2023,·30 mins
Black, African and British in Culture
How black African British creatives are shaping on our nation's culture.
29 Jan 2024,·28 mins
8. Fly Girls
The girlband rises again.
06 Nov 2023,·15 mins
The World
What makes techno the perfect accompaniment to radical ideas?
02 Aug 2022,·28 mins
Series 1
Episode 3
Laura Barton concludes her three-part series on the place of confidence in modern life.
13 Nov 2017,·28 mins
Anne Askew
Tudor housewife Anne Askew's conversion to Protestantism tore her family apart.
13 Aug 2008,·30 mins
The Party's Over
Historian Camilla Schofield explores a century-long thread of communism in Britain.
02 Dec 2022,·28 mins
The Day I Met Diana
People from around the UK and beyond recall their meetings with Diana, Princess of Wales.
29 Aug 2017,·58 mins
Born Different
Adam Rutherford asks what the genetics of intelligence could mean for education.
13 May 2014,·28 mins
