Patagonia, the southern tip of South America
30 May 1991,·28 mins
Is Britain wasting billions through bad defence procurement? Francis Tusa investigates.
27 Dec 2011,·40 mins
The colourful career of British composer and transgender pioneer Angela Morley.
23 Feb 2016,·30 mins
Episode 2
Aasmah Mir visits what new research suggests is the least affluent place in the UK.
22 Jul 2013,·28 mins
Inside the new, vital global debate about how to curb Russia's 'imperial' ambitions.
26 Feb 2024,·28 mins
'ECT saved my life' - Sally Marlow on who benefits from electroconvulsive therapy
21 Feb 2023,·28 mins
How seriously is professional tennis taking the mental health of its young players?
19 Jun 2023,·28 mins
Out on the Plains
Grahame Dangerfield, veteran naturalist, revisits the place he thought was Eden.
15 Feb 2013,·28 mins
Celebrating 21 years of the World Service, from its beginning in 1938 and its role in WW2.
18 Dec 1959,·28 mins
Series 1
Pussy Riot
Vanora Bennett's final Babushka doll is a member of activist group Pussy Riot.
13 Oct 2017,·15 mins
Michael Symmons Roberts explores the changing faces of atheism in modern Britain.
10 Sep 2019,·28 mins
An examination of the causes of the dramatic fall in crime over the last 20 years.
21 Apr 2014,·28 mins
Life of Gormenghast author Mervyn Peake, on the centenary of his birth, by his children.
07 Jul 2011,·30 mins
Sarfraz Manzoor explores a fascinating period of jazz music history in India.
21 Apr 2014,·30 mins
Ophelia Byrne asks why more Catholics aren’t joining the police in Northern Ireland.
21 Feb 2022,·28 mins
Behind the scenes of the latest Open Call project from Artangel and Radio 4.
26 Nov 2019,·28 mins
Economist George Magnus unpicks the trade wars and deals re-shaping the global economy
04 Dec 2018,·28 mins
John Logie Baird
A wireless with pictures.
18 May 1995,·9 mins
Laurie Anderson profiles one of the most original writers and thinkers of the 20th century
04 Mar 2008,·30 mins
Stephen Evans examines how soldiers are taught to kill and asks what it does to them.
30 Aug 2011,·40 mins
June Brown
A room devoid of light and sound where a guest is left alone to reveal their thoughts.
15 May 2015,·15 mins
Zareer Masani asks if censorship and religious fanaticism are threatening India's freedom.
30 Mar 2015,·28 mins
Why is one of Britain’s first post-war racist killings still unsolved?
21 Aug 2023,·28 mins
School kids in Fife are learning Latin for the first time. Natalie Haynes investigates.
09 Aug 2013,·30 mins
Christine Finn visits the house that was the poet Wilfred Owen's final refuge in France.
10 Nov 2011,·30 mins
John Waite asks why one of the world's most successful publishers has hit hard times.
13 Sep 2011,·30 mins
The former director of MI5 questions why there must always be someone to blame.
03 May 2016,·38 mins
Dr Lucie Green reports on plans for a radio telescope the size of a continent.
31 Mar 2011,·30 mins
How do rich and poor live together side by side? Mesmerising real-life London encounters.
02 Jun 2018,·60 mins
Dr Kate O'Brien explores Ibiza's subtle influence over British youth culture and nightlife
27 Aug 2011,·30 mins
