Cooperating
Giles Edwards follows a big social enterprise as it splits from the public sector.
14 Mar 2012,·30 mins
Exploring the 1932 letters between Einstein and Freud on global peace and total war.
29 Dec 2023,·28 mins
Simon Schama with his view of William Blake, the visionary printmaker, poet and painter.
09 Sep 2019,·28 mins
Episode 5
Jane Garvey returns to Liverpool, 25 years on.
02 Sep 2011,·12 mins
Jonathan Glancey finds out about the architects who revolutionised church design.
08 Apr 2013,·30 mins
Geoff Watts asks why older people are often excluded from clinical trials.
28 Mar 2017,·28 mins
The poet Ross Sutherland takes a visceral look at the art of professional wrestling.
17 Sep 2017,·30 mins
In another of his quirky assignments for Radio 4, Steve Carver works as a 'trade-plater'.
07 Jun 2013,·30 mins
Sending Money Home – to Mexico
The impact of money migrant workers in the USA send home to friends and familiy in Mexico
10 Aug 2004,·22 mins
Building a Spectacle
A look at the design and cost of the National Stadium
06 Dec 2005,·22 mins
Martin Rosenbaum explores how events in London played a role in the Russian Revolution.
16 Oct 2017,·28 mins
Beyond the Vermilion Border
By Patricia Reynolds. Dental student Joe embarks on a virtual journey into the mouth.
29 Jun 2012,·14 mins
Jenny Hammerton - a DJ of 78s - explores why the old discs are still alive and kicking.
05 May 2011,·30 mins
Surgeon Stephen Westaby explores the events leading up to the first heart transplant.
06 Dec 2017,·30 mins
Meet the crafts people behind the current revival in making and repairing belongings.
17 Dec 2019,·28 mins
Lucy Kellaway hosts an argumentative dinner party where all the debates are about food.
24 Dec 2014,·43 mins
Martin Wolf argues for a movement devoted to public engagement with economics.
27 Jul 2018,·28 mins
Criminologist David Wilson talks to former criminal-turned-journalist Erwin James.
04 Jul 2017,·28 mins
The growing problem of alcohol abuse among older people, told through personal stories.
10 Aug 2015,·40 mins
Jonathan Izard attempts to come to terms with killing a man in a road traffic accident.
10 Apr 2018,·40 mins
Mumbai
Hardeep tests his talents at the Mumbai Comedy Store.
07 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Is Britain wasting billions through bad defence procurement? Francis Tusa investigates.
27 Dec 2011,·40 mins
Andrew Neil offers a portrait of Margaret Thatcher via the voices of those she governed.
09 Apr 2013,·43 mins
Who owns Shakespeare? Graphic designer Teresa Monachino goes in search of Brand Bard.
21 Feb 2019,·28 mins
Episode 2
Robert Peston explores the alarmingly widening gap between rich and poor since the 1980s.
10 Feb 2015,·28 mins
Sarfraz Manzoor goes in search of America's black cowboys
22 Mar 2013,·28 mins
The colourful career of British composer and transgender pioneer Angela Morley.
23 Feb 2016,·30 mins
Inside the new, vital global debate about how to curb Russia's 'imperial' ambitions.
26 Feb 2024,·28 mins
Camels remain at the heart of Arabic culture. Tessa McGregor joins an Omani caravan.
21 May 2012,·30 mins
'ECT saved my life' - Sally Marlow on who benefits from electroconvulsive therapy
21 Feb 2023,·28 mins
