The poet TS Eliot was a famous poetry editor, too. Hannah Sullivan explores this role
02 Dec 2019,·28 mins
Republican insider Ron Christie on how Donald Trump's presidency has changed his party.
08 Jan 2019,·37 mins
Episode 2
Following the barristers, clerks and staff of one of London's leading law chambers.
28 Jul 2009,·30 mins
Reggie Chamberlain-King tells the strange tale of the search for the source of surrealism.
12 Aug 2019,·28 mins
Malaria in Malawi
As existing malaria medicines lose efficacy, what - if anything - is in development?
26 Jan 2000,·28 mins
Why has a militant, violent strain of Buddhism emerged in Sri Lanka?
31 May 2015,·28 mins
Inua Ellams on how one town became a centre of writing and resistance in Nigeria.
01 Sep 2020,·28 mins
Where is Home?
Where is home for families who are dispersed around the globe?
01 Nov 2003,·12 mins
Is small the next big? Leo Johnson explores the radical vision of EF Schumacher.
09 May 2016,·28 mins
Series 1
Cynic
Comedian Andy Zaltzman lives by the rules of the ancient Greek philosophy of the Cynics.
01 Dec 2017,·28 mins
Poet Paul Farley takes a walk across the dangerous sands of Morecambe Bay.
25 Feb 2013,·28 mins
Magazines and Newspapers
What part do magazines and newspapers play in the output of the paparazzi?
22 Mar 1996,·13 mins
Evelyn Glennie explores the extraordinary story of a new percussion instrument - The Hang.
14 Jul 2015,·30 mins
The battle to save museum collections from insect pests.
31 Aug 2011,·28 mins
Jim Naughtie examines Joe Biden's election chances as he takes on Donald Trump in November
04 Aug 2020,·37 mins
Tom Chivers asks what football's search for truth tells us about uncertainty in our lives.
12 Jun 2020,·28 mins
Dr Kat Arney examines the potential health benefits of jiggling and doodling.
31 Dec 2019,·28 mins
Sally Marlow investigates the hidden problem of addiction to over-the-counter painkillers.
02 Sep 2014,·38 mins
Lina Sinjab presents a personal account of how the Syrian war has changed her home city.
24 Jun 2013,·28 mins
Bridget Kendall asks why the Russians are one step ahead in the world of ballroom dancing.
12 Dec 2015,·30 mins
Ehsan Masood explores whether science is becoming politicised on controversial issues.
06 Aug 2013,·38 mins
Michael Rosen commemorates Holocaust Memorial Day and looks at how we choose to remember.
27 Jan 2015,·28 mins
Adrian Chiles explores views on Brexit with voters he first met for the BBC two years ago
01 Jan 2019,·37 mins
As Iraq falls deeper into chaos, John McCarthy asks a key question - who are the Kurds?
22 Jul 2014,·38 mins
Could we, and should we, eradicate mosquitoes? Professor Adam Hart investigates.
29 Mar 2016,·28 mins
A journey through the UK defence economy telling the story of a bullet from factory to war
28 Aug 2012,·38 mins
Woolf Institute director Ed Kessler explores the rise of religious fervour in the UK.
30 Apr 2019,·37 mins
A journalist revisits the audio diary that documents her husband's sudden departure.
25 Nov 2016,·28 mins
Platform
Dr Cadence Kinsey explores what happens when art breaks free from the gallery.
22 Feb 2018,·30 mins
Professor Lucas performs a 'consented' post mortem, defending its contribution to medicine
14 Dec 2011,·30 mins
