Can you make creativity a life skill? Where might such a skill take a child in later life?
09 Apr 2020,·28 mins
Can we find a way to be sustainable at Christmas?
25 Dec 2022,·37 mins
Peter White meets some of the youngsters who played a key role in the 2012 Olympics.
04 Oct 2014,·28 mins
Episode 2
Can the heroic age of Antarctic exploration show the way back to the Moon and onto Mars?
20 Mar 2012,·28 mins
Paul Gambaccini recalls The Stax Volt Tour of 1967, which brought soul greats to Europe.
14 Apr 2007,·30 mins
Felicity Hannah explores how climate change is leaving communities 'uninsurable'.
19 Dec 2023,·37 mins
2. Turntablists and Turntable Survival
Colleen Murphy continues her celebration and history of the enduring record Turntable.
15 Mar 2016,·30 mins
Can computer games help to solve the problems of the world? Alex Butterworth investigates.
14 May 2013,·28 mins
Raffaello Pantucci explores the Great Replacement theory fueling far-right recruitment.
27 Jun 2023,·37 mins
Why many across Europe are now unwilling to pay the costs associated with the Green Deal.
05 Dec 2023,·28 mins
Just what is happening to local news and why does it matter? Valley Fontaine investigates.
22 Nov 2017,·28 mins
Prof Ngaire Woods examines how international cooperation is evolving.
26 Aug 2014,·38 mins
Cinema's great love story - UK director Michael Powell and US editor Thelma Schoonmaker.
20 Oct 2016,·30 mins
Angus Roxburgh explores the years when the Soviet Union ruled space.
04 Apr 2011,·30 mins
The Dome
'The focal point of so many great buildings around the world'
25 Aug 1999,·28 mins
Hugh Schofield delves into the little-known story of jazz pioneer Arthur Briggs.
30 Mar 2023,·28 mins
How dangerous are plane collisions with birds?
17 Feb 2025,·27 mins
Paul Merton explores Galton and Simpson’s unexpected Scandinavian success.
20 Oct 2022,·28 mins
James Naughtie examines the possible outcomes of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
12 Feb 2023,·28 mins
Comedian and writer Jenny Eclair throws away her To Do list.
28 Aug 2017,·30 mins
The story of the Royal Geographical Society of London told on its 150th anniversary
01 Jan 1980,·30 mins
Clare Jenkins explores the emotional challenges faced when clearing out her parents' home.
03 Oct 2016,·28 mins
The blog of the Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai voiced by British girls her age.
15 Nov 2012,·30 mins
Examining the emotionally charged court process of financial settlement following divorce.
03 Feb 2016,·60 mins
The railways are soon to be reorganised, but what are they for?
29 May 2023,·28 mins
Shay Kaur Grewal on the cultural tensions faced by those wanting the perfect Sikh wedding.
15 Mar 2024,·28 mins
Soprano, broadcaster and inveterate whistler Catherine Bott on the art of whistling
23 Feb 2015,·28 mins
Shappi Khorsandi is disorganised. Can the professionals help get her life in order?
07 Oct 2019,·28 mins
Francine Stock explores our use of mind-altering substances and Aldous Huxley's influence.
19 Aug 2014,·38 mins
Poet Dr Sam Illingworth looks at our shifting relationship with scientific language.
29 Nov 2022,·28 mins
