The Super-Agers
Are you really as young – or old – as you feel?
18 Jul 2022,·14 mins
5. Friendship
Girls in the UK talk to Catherine Carr about their friendships and friendship groups.
17 Apr 2026,·13 mins
Episode 2
Roger Bolton reassesses one of the world's great archaeological discoveries.
24 Jul 2007,·60 mins
The Road to Nineteen Eighty-Four
What led avowed socialist George Orwell to write a novel that is beloved of the Right?
09 Feb 2013,·58 mins
Omnibus
Presenters Andrew and Richard look back over their four-year odyssey to find the yeti.
14 Dec 2023,·57 mins
Episode 3
Ali Ansari concludes his grand tour of Iranian history travelling from the 1700s to today.
09 Jul 2012,·28 mins
Episode 3: Hope
Finding hope in the fight against county lines.
09 Dec 2024,·42 mins
Part Nine: Epilogue - 'Aberfan is different...'
55 years on, survivors of the disaster are looking to the future - as well as the past.
08 Dec 2021,·29 mins
Sierra Leone: the diamond that saved a thousand lives
The diamond that brought light, a school and healthcare to one African village.
26 May 2026,·31 mins
Reichstag
Neil MacGregor ends his journey through 600 years of German history at the Reichstag.
07 Nov 2014,·15 mins
5. The £10 Billion Fridge
Dan Neidle unpacks the bizarre, brilliant and unexpected ways tax shapes our world.
04 Apr 2025,·14 mins
The Return
Do the borders we cross enhance our lives? Frances Stonor Saunders examines their impact.
28 Apr 2016,·30 mins
Edward is in the Nile Delta, one of the most intensively farmed areas on the planet.
17 Feb 2012,·28 mins
The Black Box of History
Stories from France's troubled history with Algeria and why they still matter today.
25 Feb 2022,·14 mins
Omnibus 4
Portraits of remarkable individuals who have made China what it is today.
25 May 2018,·60 mins
Life after Life
First broadcast in 1999. Do you believe in life after death?
15 Jun 1999,·12 mins
New Enemies
Exploring the role of MI6 in the 21st century.
10 Aug 2009,·30 mins
Series 1
7. No Tears Left
Poonam comes home to break the news to Ash.
04 Dec 2023,·33 mins
Amygdala
Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken take a journey around the human body.
31 Mar 2022,·35 mins
18. Now What?
Nick Wallis continues his investigation of the Post Office scandal.
11 Feb 2025,·42 mins
10. The Jungle Book & EPCOT
Mel Giedroyc explores Walt Disney’s final film, The Jungle Book.
29 Jun 2023,·28 mins
8. An Answer
Speculation that newly declassified US intelligence will contain smoking-gun evidence.
18 Jul 2023,·29 mins
Dòmhnall MacCoinnich
Dòmhnall MacCoinnich à Nis ag innse mu òige agus mu bheatha obrach ann am bancaireachd.
03 Jul 2026,·22 mins
Series 10
Taking the Pissoir?
Why would anyone submit a urinal as a work of art to a gallery, and then lie about it?
23 Sep 2017,·30 mins
Kidnapped - Part Two
Gordon Correra examines some of the most extraordinary claims
19 Mar 2006,·22 mins
The Contested Territory of Psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud's new discipline of psychoanalysis is still a contested one
25 Oct 2000,·23 mins
Episode 3: Heat Pumps, Your Questions Answered
Evan Davis invites listeners to get in touch with their questions about heat pumps.
26 Mar 2026,·28 mins
Frederick Kelly
The story of Frederick 'Clegg' Kelly, Olympic rowing champion and First World War hero.
10 Aug 2014,·60 mins
The need to know checklist
Isabel Hardman asks if our politicians need to upgrade their skill set.
27 Mar 2026,·13 mins
No Place Like Home
Vicky Spratt explores how the UK's housing crisis unfolded and asks if we can fix it.
22 Dec 2025,·42 mins
