Start-up Planet
Kevin Fong explores differing visions of a human presence and purpose on Mars.
08 Mar 2017,·43 mins
Laura McInerney looks at education in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
29 Nov 2022,·37 mins
Richard Coles asks if gay marriage is the last crusade of the campaign for gay rights.
18 Mar 2014,·30 mins
Simon Heffer re-evaluates the reign of George V.
14 Apr 2010,·30 mins
Can long-term relationships survive the move to Uni and is it worth trying to keep them?
01 Oct 2019,·28 mins
BBC disability correspondent Nikki Fox on the portrayal of disability in films and on TV.
29 Dec 2016,·28 mins
The rise of Islamist Puritanism
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown charts the recent shift towards Puritanism in Islamist culture.
06 Mar 2019,·28 mins
Towards Healthier Societies
How do we measure the health of a society? And how can we improve it?
06 Jul 2000,·24 mins
Daljit Nagra explores the world of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous poem, Kubla Khan.
16 Oct 2022,·28 mins
5. Modern Manners
Ann Widdecombe zooms forward to the making of manners in cyberspace.
08 Jan 2016,·14 mins
Following the death of Pope Francis, Edward Stourton explores his life and legacy.
21 Apr 2025,·41 mins
The story of an adoption which became an international scandal in the 1950s
27 Mar 2015,·30 mins
Songwriter Emmy the Great rediscovers the craft of the playground clapping game.
20 Nov 2018,·28 mins
Mike Thomson reports on an extraordinary series of diaries on life inside 'Islamic State'.
14 Mar 2016,·28 mins
How honeybees and their keepers travel vast distances pollinating America's crops.
26 Mar 2013,·28 mins
A fascinating insight into one of Nature's greatest cheats.
05 Apr 2011,·30 mins
The sound of modern protest. Young people fight the power in France.
24 Apr 2023,·28 mins
Part Five
Refugees from Kosovo. The major exodus was in 1999 during NATO raids on Yugoslavia when the Serbs expelled around 900,000 people in a brutal spell of ethnic cleansing.
20 Jul 2001,·28 mins
Dr Mark Lythgoe investigates the science of erasing memories.
20 Jul 2011,·30 mins
Good or bad, the internet is growing too fast to be controlled
03 Dec 1999,·27 mins
The small town Philippines mayor with the million dollar secret.
31 Mar 2025,·28 mins
An aspiring pop star meets Jacques Attali, who predicted today's music crisis in 1976.
17 Sep 2015,·30 mins
Jonathan Glancey asks for how long a building carries the charge of an evil past.
26 Apr 2018,·28 mins
Paper
An examination of the process of making paper
10 Jun 1999,·13 mins
The artist asks why collections from Oceania, the Americas and Africa are hidden from view
08 Sep 2016,·30 mins
The story of how easy credit changed British society forever.
19 Jun 2016,·28 mins
Improvisations in music and story from the street pianists at London’s St Pancras Station.
13 Oct 2017,·30 mins
Abroad - Part Two
Did Putin successfully manage his relationships in the Commonwealth of Independent States?
01 Jun 2005,·22 mins
Joan Bakewell asks what she might expect, and how she should prepare, if she had dementia.
10 May 2016,·28 mins
3. The Fall
Singer Songwriter Kitty Perrin talks to Brix Smith about her time in The Fall.
30 Apr 2024,·28 mins
