Fionola Meredith goes in search of medieval scholar, author and poet Helen Waddell.
19 Jul 2012,·30 mins
Garden designer James Wong asks if British gardening is stuck in the past.
16 Sep 2016,·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
What Can be Done to Thwart Attacks?
The first bombing of the Twin Towers was in 1993 – why wasn't the second attack prevented?
05 Dec 2001,·28 mins
Aminatta Forna tells the extraordinary story of hard-living writer Jack London.
20 Nov 2014,·30 mins
Series 1
Experts
Experts - are they to be trusted?
23 Aug 2018,·28 mins
Grimethorpe
Back to work - the miner and the Coal Board manager.
27 Feb 2024,·14 mins
Why is the Church of Scotland funding a luxury boutique hotel in the Holy Land?
31 Oct 2012,·28 mins
Charles McPhedran investigates the truth behind a state-sponsored murder.
18 Feb 2025,·42 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
Gabrielle Drake looks at regional theatre through the story of Manchester's Royal Exchange
01 Nov 2011,·30 mins
Al Letson explores how new high-tech safer guns are being opposed across America.
17 Jul 2017,·28 mins
Author Carlo Gebler shows how rain has saturated Ireland's poetry and shaped his identity.
23 Apr 2023,·28 mins
Matthew Hill asks what is happening to Britain's public services.
02 Apr 2013,·38 mins
Sangita Myska with a witty and insightful exploration of names in contemporary Britain.
09 Nov 2012,·28 mins
Can we predict the next deadly pandemic? Alok Jha investigates.
26 Nov 2013,·38 mins
Can 11-year-old Arthur bring some positive thinking into his dad’s life?
07 May 2019,·28 mins
Anna Foster talks to people who survived the 7 October attacks in Israel by Hamas.
30 Jan 2024,·28 mins
Professor John Sutherland investigates the 'obscure hurt' suffered by Henry James in 1861.
01 Aug 2017,·30 mins
Artist and sceptic Adham Faramawy uncovers virtual reality's dark and fantastical spaces.
23 Apr 2018,·28 mins
Episode 2
Andrew heads to Lille, where he finds a region bursting with a strong sense of itself.
09 Apr 2012,·28 mins
Angus Crawford asks whether the army can do its job whilst respecting the environment.
06 Aug 2012,·28 mins
How has our rapidly changing world altered blind and partially sighted people's lives?
28 Jul 2024,·28 mins
Rising taxes, changes to flags and anthems. It’s more complicated than it seems.
22 May 2023,·28 mins
The story of how two of the greatest albums of all time were released on the same day.
10 May 2016,·30 mins
How the British-born singer Vince Taylor inspired David Bowie's mythical rock star.
19 Aug 2010,·30 mins
How and when should the decision be made to end the life of a critically ill child?
04 Dec 2018,·37 mins
Exploring the culture war between secularism and a new generation of Muslims in France.
10 Nov 2016,·30 mins
