Episode 4
Horatio Clare joins the Paris river police as they search the Seine for a drowned man.
06 Nov 2011,·15 mins
AL Kennedy goes in search of epiphanies - a revelation, the 'aha' instant, a eureka moment
09 Apr 2018,·28 mins
Why do many of us hold grudges, what sustains them in our lives and can we overcome them?
07 May 2018,·28 mins
Michael Goldfarb asks what the Democratic Party in America stands for today.
29 Oct 2018,·28 mins
The Power of Nudge
David Halpern tells Bronwen Maddox about the power of nudge.
28 Oct 2016,·15 mins
Tomorrow's Stories
What is required to create a society based on a shared sense of belonging?
17 Dec 2018,·28 mins
Japan: Roland Buerk explores why the kimono industry in Japan is in steep decline.
23 Nov 2011,·30 mins
The healing powers of water and its importance in religious rituals around the world
12 May 1996,·28 mins
Austria and Italy
Meeting the populists governing European nations on the route of the former Iron Curtain
23 Apr 2019,·37 mins
Martin Reeve follows the fortunes of street theatre in Britain over 40 years.
26 May 2011,·30 mins
Pallab Ghosh investigates the potential effects of anti-sleep drugs on society.
16 Apr 2007,·30 mins
Lilo and her husband Erich Gloeden hid Jews from the Nazis in wartime Berlin
26 Jan 2020,·28 mins
Tom Dyckhoff discovers that few things show our social status as clearly as windows.
27 May 2014,·28 mins
Adam Smith on the Civil War law that is now the battleground for America's hottest issues.
26 Jul 2016,·38 mins
As a reluctantly gap-toothed woman, Patricia Cumper explores their cultural significance.
01 Oct 2015,·30 mins
The Play
The origins, development and purpose of stage drama
30 Apr 1996,·13 mins
Jolyon Jenkins investigates the psychology of climate change - why aren't we more worried?
10 Feb 2011,·30 mins
One mother’s story of how she is supporting her son’s footballing dreams.
01 Mar 2022,·28 mins
No longer just for the rich, tutoring is booming in Britain. But is it worth the money?
02 Aug 2013,·28 mins
Julia Langdon on changes to Parliament over 40 years, with Betty Boothroyd and Ken Clarke.
28 Feb 2015,·30 mins
Hinkley power station gets the green light, and then the workers' accommodation goes up.
15 Feb 2019,·28 mins
2. Doom Metal And Beyond
Maddy Prior, lead singer of Steeleye Span, and her daughter Rose Kemp on musical futures
10 Nov 2015,·30 mins
Tom Mangold investigates a tale of dirty tricks and industrial espionage.
28 Apr 2008,·30 mins
Former gang member Simeon Moore examines links between urban art forms and knife violence.
06 Jul 2018,·28 mins
Can a robot host a radio show? Conversation designer Georgia Lewis-Anderson is finding out
14 Oct 2019,·28 mins
Alvin Hall on Motown's eight Black Forum spoken word records with the people behind them.
09 Jan 2014,·30 mins
Investigating mass rapes committed by Soviet troops in Germany at the end of World War II.
28 Apr 2015,·38 mins
What Goes Around...
Visiting Voltaire's chateau and an abandoned Cern experiment puts Will in a pensive mood.
09 Jan 2015,·15 mins
Meet the modern musicians adapting traditional West African music.
05 Jun 2012,·30 mins
Cuba is one of the world's least connected countries, but that is about to change.
23 Oct 2014,·30 mins
