Stuart Maconie gets to grips with the nature of male friendships in the north of England.
10 Aug 2015,·28 mins
An exploration of the strange (and strangely familiar) sound world of 'Library Music'.
12 Apr 2011,·30 mins
Anne McElvoy tells the story of Boris Johnson's premiership until 31 October
05 Nov 2019,·37 mins
02/12/2015
Lucy Kellaway asks whether we should be more open about what we are paid.
02 Dec 2015,·28 mins
Manchester's skyline is transforming - but what lies behind a radical change?
23 Nov 2018,·28 mins
Gyles Brandreth probes the mystery of the missing teddy bears - the first ever made.
27 Jul 2011,·30 mins
Step inside the home of artist Stephen Wright, a work of art reverberating with past lives
09 Sep 2019,·28 mins
If only one in ten cells in the body is human, then what are we? Paul Evans investigates.
16 Apr 2013,·28 mins
Overthrowing centuries of musical tradition - and prejudice: the Japanese Bach revolution.
13 Aug 2011,·30 mins
Neil Maggs delves into the world of gatekeeping and finds out where power really lies.
08 Jan 2024,·28 mins
How African-American self-taught artists are gaining recognition in American institutions.
03 May 2018,·28 mins
The mystery of why human feet began washing ashore on the west coast of Canada and the US.
18 Dec 2024,·28 mins
Martin Wolf of the Financial Times examines the economic impact of President Donald Trump.
07 Nov 2017,·42 mins
The Future of Slavs
Slavic peoples are rediscovering their identies and languages
29 Jul 1993,·28 mins
Oona King reveals how West Indian Asquith Xavier fought a colour bar at Euston station.
26 Oct 2016,·28 mins
Professor Monica Grady searches for signs of life on Mars.
06 Mar 2017,·28 mins
The story of the birth of a new fatwa on organ donation in the UK
04 Feb 2019,·28 mins
How extreme weather affects people in marginal areas
20 Jan 2000,·28 mins
Philip Hensher explores the art of the gloriously eccentric Molesworth books.
28 Mar 2016,·30 mins
Henning Wehn investigates 'Ostrock' - the East German rock and pop music scene.
28 Apr 2011,·30 mins
Does a financial system with roots deep in the past have answers to modern economic woes?
21 Jul 2020,·37 mins
Declan Harvey investigates if today's under-30s are a new right-wing political generation.
16 Jun 2014,·28 mins
David Willis celebrates the centenary of the Hollywood sign.
25 Jul 2023,·28 mins
Fatima Al Qadiri explores how the sounds of war run through modern music.
14 Mar 2017,·30 mins
What is wrong with being black and curvy? Bridgitte Tetteh investigates.
30 Sep 2016,·28 mins
Can Machines Think?
First broadcast in 1994. A look at artificial intelligence and 'thinking machines'
31 Aug 1994,·28 mins
Joanna Smith Rakoff explores JD Salinger's relationship with fans who wrote him letters
29 Jan 2011,·30 mins
Zaiba Malik on the Asian youth movements in the 1970s who fought for justice and equality.
26 Mar 2012,·28 mins
Exploring the 1932 letters between Einstein and Freud on global peace and total war.
29 Dec 2023,·28 mins
The poet Ross Sutherland takes a visceral look at the art of professional wrestling.
17 Sep 2017,·30 mins
