8. Changing Planet
The Planet Earth team discuss what the future holds for our changing planet.
10 Dec 2023,·14 mins
Episode 3: The Politics
What are the politics behind tax policy?
03 Nov 2025,·42 mins
Series 8
The Junkers of Woodbridge Airfield
Michael Portillo remembers a crucial 1944 incident that impacted on the war.
18 Jun 2012,·28 mins
Faris
Faris, who lives with PTSD, reflects on how he manages his mind.
30 Jul 2023,·28 mins
The Future
In most cases the needs of the military shape development in aviation
08 Aug 1999,·13 mins
Part Nine: Epilogue - 'Aberfan is different...'
55 years on, survivors of the disaster are looking to the future - as well as the past.
08 Dec 2021,·29 mins
Omnibus
Episode 5
Final omnibus edition of Prof Kathy Willis's history of our relationship with plants.
07 Nov 2014,·58 mins
5. Peterhead
Paddy meets a trawlerman who has fishing in his blood.
30 Dec 2016,·15 mins
Omnibus 4
Portraits of remarkable individuals who have made China what it is today.
25 May 2018,·60 mins
Omnibus: episodes 6-10
Sathnam Sanghera tells the story of our national drink and its imperial past.
15 Dec 2023,·57 mins
Omnibus Edition: Part 2
Carrie Gracie presents a series exploring ten great lives from Chinese history.
19 Oct 2012,·58 mins
Did Nicola Sturgeon bring Scotland closer to independence - and what might she do next?
05 May 2023,·36 mins
Stanley Kubrick
How did chess influence the plots of the films of Stanley Kubrick?
14 Sep 2000,·13 mins
6. Aftermath
What happens when The X Factor lights go off?
26 Jan 2024,·33 mins
Series 1
7. No Tears Left
Poonam comes home to break the news to Ash.
04 Dec 2023,·33 mins
Monsters
Michael goes to Cambridge, where Keynes conjured the spectre of 'animal spirits'.
30 Mar 2011,·30 mins
Best of The Big Walk
Radio Ulster presenters strap on their walking boots to explore Northern Ireland.
29 Aug 2022,·60 mins
The Great Change
Michael Portillo talks to a number of historians about the turmoil of the pre-war years.
21 Jun 2013,·15 mins
Series 2
9. Room 5 LIVE
Room 5 LIVE at Hay Festival with screenwriter Abi Morgan.
28 Dec 2022,·33 mins
Making Ends Meet
Sean Farrington talks to people who need a second job so they can afford to live.
15 Apr 2025,·28 mins
How Can I Know Anything at All?
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how we can know anything at all.
07 Aug 2015,·58 mins
No Place Like Home
Vicky Spratt explores how the UK's housing crisis unfolded and asks if we can fix it.
22 Dec 2025,·42 mins
Episode 3
Having a foot in both Europe and Asia forces the inhabitants to question their identity.
22 Feb 2011,·28 mins
The Trabant
5. The End of the Road
Will Self finally reaches the birthplace of the Trabant. His arrival causes a stir.
02 Dec 2016,·15 mins
Rudely Truncated
Humphrey Carpenter on how the Third Programme captured the intellectual high ground.
06 Oct 1996,·45 mins
Longframlington, Northumberland
The thousands of falcons being bred in the UK destined for falcon races in the Middle East
02 Jun 2025,·42 mins
Stealing Power
Meter tampering is dangerous and illegal yet reports of it are rising at an alarming rate.
30 Jul 2024,·28 mins
5. Healing Horses
Clare Balding discovers how horses are helping with mental, physical and social problems.
16 Mar 2018,·14 mins
Washington DC to New York
Alvin travels to Washington DC to reflect on a letter about the war in Vietnam.
27 Nov 2012,·15 mins
Bartok's Concerto For Orchestra
A celebration through handwritten manuscript of Bela Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra.
20 Aug 2020,·28 mins
