War in the Nuclear Age
As the Second World War ended, the Cold War began
19 Dec 2001,·13 mins
Islands
The role of islands in the understanding of the patterns of evolution
01 Aug 1996,·28 mins
Episode 2
The team launch the Herschel telescope, the biggest telescope ever sent to space.
25 Nov 2009,·30 mins
Declan Curry is in Fermanagh to visit the Belleek Pottery to hear a story of survival.
21 Sep 2011,·28 mins
West
Author Jerry Brotton explores the story of the four cardinal directions.
17 May 2022,·14 mins
What Goes Around...
Visiting Voltaire's chateau and an abandoned Cern experiment puts Will in a pensive mood.
09 Jan 2015,·15 mins
Malaria in Malawi
As existing malaria medicines lose efficacy, what - if anything - is in development?
26 Jan 2000,·28 mins
14/11/2018
In a political state where even the winners stay angry, what will our future be?
14 Nov 2018,·14 mins
Omnibus: Part 2
Marina Warner explores the world of contemporary storytelling.
21 Aug 2015,·58 mins
Assisted dying
Sonia Sodha explores thorny ethical questions around the beginning and the end of life.
27 Jan 2025,·42 mins
Kidnapped - Part Two
Gordon Correra examines some of the most extraordinary claims
19 Mar 2006,·22 mins
Paul Maynard MP
Peter White meets Paul Maynard, one of the few disabled MPs in the new parliament.
10 Jan 2020,·28 mins
Intelligence
What does it mean to be intelligent?
31 Oct 1999,·13 mins
From the boardroom to the dugout: Robert Peston on the business of football management.
11 Jan 2012,·28 mins
Series 3
Reykjavik
Musician John Grant on Reykjavik, a city he fell in love with on tour.
03 Dec 2016,·30 mins
Vietnam's Youth
Discussing what the youth of Vietnam want for their future and the future of their country
11 Aug 2006,·25 mins
The Heart of Wales
Episode 4
Jamie Owen heads to Llandrindod Wells where he visits the Cycle Museum and Powis Castle.
27 Aug 2016,·28 mins
Daniel
Following 41-year-old academic editor Daniel, who has never had a serious relationship.
12 Feb 2016,·15 mins
Learning
Alex Beard imagines a world without the school as we know it. Episode 3: Learning
01 May 2020,·28 mins
5. DNA Transfer
The police find a stranger’s DNA on a victim’s fingernails. Can a DNA match be wrong?
05 Apr 2024,·14 mins
Series 1
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Musician Ayanna-Witter Johnson talks about her creative life, as she writes a new song.
05 Mar 2018,·30 mins
Shaking off Insularity
How did she shake off the insularity that was thrust upon her?
16 Jul 1985,·28 mins
Charlotte Smith continues her exploration of what farming life is like today.
05 Jan 2015,·28 mins
Episode 5 - Winters of the Future
A guide to thriving in winter, offering advice on how to get through the darker months.
17 Oct 2025,·14 mins
Germline Gene Therapy
Would you like to remove disease in your descendants?
05 Dec 2001,·13 mins
Part Four: The Future
Does South East Asia hold the key to Islam and modernity?
27 Feb 2005,·22 mins
Robert McCrum goes through a two-week rehabilitation course to rejuvenate his left side.
09 Mar 2015,·28 mins
Part II, Mark Lawson on how the story of Rudolf Kastner, the Jew who negotiated with Eichmann, continues to be retold
Mark Lawson explores how the story of Rudolf Kastner has been retold within Israel.
24 Mar 2016,·30 mins
Grey-haired Professor Mary Beard investigates why fewer people are now "Glad to be Grey".
04 Mar 2016,·30 mins
Iran
Iran's Islamic Revolution of 1979
06 Oct 1997,·13 mins
