What happened to the musicians who poured their hopes and savings into a DIY 7" single?
15 Jan 2015,·28 mins
Courtney Pine explores John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, fifty years after its release.
10 Feb 2015,·30 mins
Geoff Watts finds out how deep brain stimulation is treating Parkinson's and depression.
27 Aug 2013,·28 mins
Sushma Puri asks if the supply teacher system is failing teachers, schools and children.
02 Dec 2016,·28 mins
Fi Glover takes a personal journey into the controversial trend of egg freezing.
20 Mar 2017,·28 mins
Yes. No. Don't Know: Three choices that sparked a 24-hour landmark in Scottish theatre.
04 Nov 2014,·30 mins
Lewis Goodall wonders what it means to be a Conservative in Britain today.
13 Dec 2022,·28 mins
Lesotho
A look at the groundbreaking corruption trial underway in Lesotho, Africa
01 Sep 2003,·22 mins
Sarfraz Manzoor tells the story of Pakistani writer Sa'adat Manto and assesses his legacy.
16 Jun 2016,·28 mins
Martin Wolf examines how the search to revive growth is testing the norms of economics.
21 Jul 2016,·42 mins
Operation Moses
Why the return of Ethiopian and Russian Jews to Israel caused controversy
17 Apr 1998,·27 mins
The story of the great Victorian organ builder 'Father' Henry Willis.
05 Apr 2011,·30 mins
Writer and broadcaster John Kampfner looks at the global consequences of war in Iraq.
05 Mar 2013,·38 mins
What can animals tell us about the origins of our numerical abilities?
23 Nov 2015,·28 mins
Ian Sansom goes into intensive training for the 2024 World Paper and Comb Championships
25 Dec 2024,·28 mins
Two 'New Philanthropies'
Hugh contrasts the role of philanthropy today with that of the middle of the 20th century.
26 Dec 2011,·30 mins
Carolyn Quinn explores the practical process for exiting the EU if UK voters opt to leave.
08 Dec 2015,·38 mins
Tom Armitage decodes digital literacy for the so-called 'second machine age'.
14 Apr 2015,·28 mins
Can your immune system make you psychotic or depressed?
24 Aug 2016,·28 mins
Edward Adoo investigates why there are so few non-white judges in the UK judiciary.
22 Jul 2019,·28 mins
Artist Roger Hiorns is on a mission to bury aircraft around the world.
19 Apr 2018,·28 mins
In the port of Astoria, Oregon, Katrina Porteous reports on the Fisher Poets Gathering.
04 May 2014,·30 mins
Ken Clarke MP explores the life and music of Benny Goodman.
24 Mar 2009,·30 mins
Emmanuel Sonubi examines the lack of organ donors from ethnic minority backgrounds.
17 Jul 2024,·28 mins
As spring arrives in Syria, Mudar Salimeh searches for butterflies.
14 Jul 2024,·28 mins
An investigation into the 'white collar' boxing trend after a number of recent deaths.
12 Dec 2023,·28 mins
Series 1
The Terroirs of Burgundy
Barry Smith heads to Burgundy to profile a 1994 Meo-Camuzet Vosne Romanee, Aux Brulee.
03 Nov 2017,·12 mins
Rainer Hersch champions the most popular waltz Strauss ever wrote.
04 Oct 2016,·30 mins
Can Harry Potter fans change the world? Jolyon Jenkins looks at the growth of fan activism
11 Nov 2013,·26 mins
William Crawley tells the story of Northern Ireland's so-called 'Gay Cake' row.
09 Mar 2015,·28 mins