Modernisation is making many of Asia's working elephants redundant
25 Aug 2006,·22 mins
Why did the steely Russian revolutionary reputedly visit the first English garden city?
20 Mar 2013,·28 mins
Junior Doctors: A Matter of Life and Death
Dr Kevin Fong explores how doctors cope when things go wrong.
30 Aug 2016,·28 mins
Series 1
Experts
Experts - are they to be trusted?
23 Aug 2018,·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
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
Mark Lawson examines how four cultural hits from 1999 have stood up to the test of time
26 Dec 2019,·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
Could the 'Rhine Divide' between France and Germany threaten the EU more than Brexit?
30 Jul 2019,·37 mins
Dani Garavelli tells the story of a deep schism at the heart of Scottish politics.
18 Aug 2020,·37 mins
How is DNA science transforming the study of ancient history, and where might it take us?
10 Aug 2021,·28 mins
Julia Langdon explores the issues around the regulation of elderly drivers.
04 Mar 2019,·28 mins
Author Carlo Gebler shows how rain has saturated Ireland's poetry and shaped his identity.
23 Apr 2023,·28 mins
Einstein's theory of relativity revolutionised science. But how did it transform the arts?
29 Aug 2023,·28 mins
Sangita Myska with a witty and insightful exploration of names in contemporary Britain.
09 Nov 2012,·28 mins
Mark Urban investigates whether the west is losing its military edge.
14 Apr 2015,·38 mins
Why were tens of thousands of people lobotomised in the 1940s and 50s in the UK and US?
07 Nov 2011,·28 mins
Mark Radcliffe recalls the influential life of cult DJ and club promoter Roger Eagle.
31 Dec 2012,·28 mins
Paul Kenyon reports from Liverpool, where protesters clashed with police.
11 Aug 2024,·28 mins
Can 11-year-old Arthur bring some positive thinking into his dad’s life?
07 May 2019,·28 mins
Is the Future one World, one Language?
More than half the world's 6,000 languages are dying out. Are we losing our differences?
15 May 2000,·13 mins
Natalie Haynes finds out why adultery remains such a regular subject in popular culture.
25 Feb 2016,·30 mins
Geoff Dyer explores DH Lawrence's life-changing experiences in New Mexico in the 1920s.
03 Nov 2011,·30 mins
Professor John Sutherland investigates the 'obscure hurt' suffered by Henry James in 1861.
01 Aug 2017,·30 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
