Tchaikovsky in Italy
Tchaikovsky travelled to escape his disastrous marriage to his pupil Antonina Miliukova
21 Oct 1994,·13 mins
The Inaccessible Pinnacle Before Breakfast
Robert Macfarlane crosses the iconic Cuillin Ridge on the Isle of Skye
26 Sep 2023,·28 mins
Zidovudine (AZT)
First broadcast in 2001. Zidovudine (AZT) and other drugs used to treat HIV
18 Jun 2001,·13 mins
Mozart's Last Symphony
Can we really recreate authentic period music?
08 Jan 1992,·13 mins
Omnibus
Exploring the fortunes of a secretive and controversial man called Vladislav Surkov.
24 May 2019,·57 mins
Omnibus Episode 2
Anthropologist David Graeber explores the ways debt has shaped society over 5,000 years.
05 Aug 2016,·58 mins
Death of Chairman Mao
Reaction to the death of Chairman Mao.
08 Aug 1996,·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
'Changed Utterly'
Heather Jones examines the history of commemorating the Easter Rising across Ireland.
25 Mar 2016,·28 mins
Finding rest in the modern world: the Rest Test Results
Claudia Hammond and guests reveal the rest test results and analyse how the UK relaxes.
27 Sep 2016,·42 mins
5. Halos
Iconographer Aidan Hart puts the finishing touches to his icon.
21 Dec 2018,·14 mins
Sixties and Beyond
Louise Cooper examines the financial dilemmas faced by retirees today.
24 Aug 2016,·28 mins
Men talk frankly about the reality of erectile dysfunction.
30 Oct 2017,·28 mins
Series 3
Cloak of Mist
Writer Laura Barton listens closely to music on the Isle of Man.
31 Jul 2018,·30 mins
Episode 3
Matthew Oates follows in the footsteps of writer Edward Thomas.
31 Mar 2013,·15 mins
Napoleon's Way
Anne is in Brussels and Paris to explore the empire of Napoleon Bonaparte.
29 Apr 2013,·28 mins
Chesowanja
John Gowlett describes artefacts such as burnt clay excavated from a site in Kenya
19 Mar 1999,·13 mins
X-Rays
The oldest surviving X-ray equipment was made in 1896 by Dr John Reynolds
13 Aug 1998,·13 mins
Rail
Second class service: how the nations and regions lost out to London in rail investment.
09 Jul 2018,·28 mins
Economic Justification
Can we justify the huge amount of money spent on space exploration?
07 Jan 1999,·13 mins
Misha Glenny explores the long-standing myth that the British invented alpine sports.
23 Mar 2010,·29 mins
Descending the Five Deeps
Explorer Victor Vescovo describes his journey to the deepest points in our oceans.
05 Jan 2024,·14 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
Food and Community
Max Cotton finds out if we could feed ourselves entirely from food grown in the UK.
03 Oct 2025,·14 mins
Series 1
The Lonely Heart
Following heart bypass surgery, Giles Fraser explores the workings of the human heart.
08 Dec 2017,·15 mins
Series 8
The football split in Northern Ireland – who is kicking with the wrong foot?
Tim McGarry and Dr David Hume kick around the political football of, well, football.
10 Feb 2024,·30 mins
Year's End
It's the end of Max Cotton's year of food self-sufficiency in Somerset.
26 Apr 2024,·14 mins
Series 2
Public Service Architecture
How emotion, protest and media can help us build better, more human cities.
01 Sep 2025,·28 mins
Church Building
The story of what happened after the death of Jesus
08 Apr 1994,·28 mins
Episode 2
Mongolia's remarkable rise to being an opera superpower.
18 Jan 2018,·28 mins
