The Future of Elections
Discussing the future for elections - what would it take to have the perfect election?
18 Mar 2004,·24 mins
A doctor's perspective on dementia - from the inside.
24 Jun 2015,·28 mins
A hypnotic half-hour of aural bliss taking you inside the world of 'wellness sound'.
09 Apr 2023,·28 mins
James Gallagher tells the story of new lifesaving drugs that interfere with genes.
29 Oct 2019,·28 mins
As spring arrives in Syria, Mudar Salimeh searches for butterflies.
14 Jul 2024,·28 mins
The story of how Twitter accidentally became the 21st century forum for political debate.
18 Dec 2018,·37 mins
How traumatic experiences in childhood contribute to poor health and shorter lives.
16 Feb 2016,·28 mins
Episode 3
Mark explores the relationship between the police and other agencies.
13 Feb 2012,·30 mins
Rainer Hersch champions the most popular waltz Strauss ever wrote.
04 Oct 2016,·30 mins
Bill Bailey tells the story of the remarkable electronic instrument.
21 Oct 2004,·28 mins
William Crawley tells the story of Northern Ireland's so-called 'Gay Cake' row.
09 Mar 2015,·28 mins
Desalination
A look at desalination and other technologies that can generate clean water
17 Apr 2003,·24 mins
How Politics affect Migrant Workers
Why people risk travelling illegally and how opportunities vary in different countries
23 Jul 2003,·24 mins
Graham Hughes
Dr Graham Hughes talks about the condition that bears his name
09 Sep 1999,·13 mins
Jeremy Cliffe examines how economic decline is shaping the German election.
02 Feb 2025,·28 mins
Why many thousands of former British army soldiers have settled in Germany.
16 Nov 2011,·30 mins
2. York Mystery Plays
Eavesdropping on actors and director as they prepare to stage the York Mystery Plays.
21 Jul 2016,·30 mins
Mark Hodkinson investigates why golf is declining while cycling thrives.
03 Jul 2017,·28 mins
Is the world ready for Scottee's personal brand of fat activism? You be the judge.
17 Jun 2015,·28 mins
Sarah Moore meets bird rescuer Jean Hains, who helps young Manx Shearwaters.
31 Jul 2007,·30 mins
Ken Hollings examines the artistic device to create new meaning from existing recordings.
25 Jun 2015,·30 mins
Britain's army of cleaners and some of the people they service meet for the first time.
13 Sep 2017,·30 mins
Simon Cox investigates the secretive world of one of Malawi's biggest charities - DAPP.
02 Aug 2016,·38 mins
Omnibus: Part 2
Lenny Henry on 100 years of black British theatre and screen.
20 Nov 2015,·58 mins
The stories of some of Britain’s most iconic bells – and how they were cast and tuned.
08 Dec 2022,·28 mins
Sex-Switching Fish and Non-Binary Brains
Lucy Cooke meets females from the animal world that smash the ‘dominant male’ stereotype
04 Mar 2022,·28 mins
Richard Coles on the inspiration to artists of darkness and the Northern lights in Norway.
19 Dec 2011,·30 mins
Historian Dan Cruickshank asks if new garden cities are the answer to our housing crisis.
17 Oct 2016,·28 mins
Episode 2 - the aftermath of Peterloo
Katharine Viner looks at the aftermath of the Peterloo Massacre in 1819.
09 Aug 2019,·28 mins
Series 1
2. Nationhood
Anindita Ghosh explores how the printing press promoted the rise of nationalism in India.
20 Apr 2017,·30 mins
