Profile of a Gambian community nurse working with drug users and psychiatric patients
24 Aug 1997,·13 mins
Cleo Watson and Helen MacNamara go behind the scenes of the civil service during purdah.
02 Jul 2024,·28 mins
The Great PFI Debt: An Investigation
12 Feb 2024,·28 mins
Series 1
5. Black
Wayne Hemingway tells the story of Vantablack, the blackest black.
14 Apr 2017,·15 mins
The Law Comes Late to Russia
The law has never excercised much influence on the country's political life
14 Dec 1994,·28 mins
Dane Hurst takes a dance floor to South Africa for use by underprivileged children.
09 May 2016,·26 mins
None of the Above
Why are some radical right groups in Europe attracting younger voters?
19 Jan 2024,·14 mins
South Africa
Writer Nadia Davids explores what Shakespeare means in South Africa.
26 Apr 2016,·30 mins
The steel crisis in Wales, China’s role, and why it should matter to everyone in Britain
15 Sep 2024,·28 mins
Frank Cottrell Boyce celebrates one of the great TV families - The Waltons.
26 Dec 2011,·30 mins
The scientific mission that ensured the success of the D-Day landings.
02 Jun 2024,·28 mins
Rachel Hurdley discovers what front doors reveal about security, sociability and status.
07 Jun 2022,·28 mins
How the Israel-Gaza war is affecting one student community in Leeds.
12 May 2024,·28 mins
Coming Unstuck
Modern glues are incredibly strong - but are they too good?
19 Apr 2024,·14 mins
Raising Baby in China
A visit to the fifth floor home of little Sunya and her parents in China
01 Sep 1998,·14 mins
Long favoured by the super-rich, can we trust the offshore trust?
06 Oct 2024,·28 mins
The devastating effects of investigations related to child abuse images.
01 Oct 2024,·42 mins
Cry Freedom
Reactions to 'Cry Freedom', Richard Attenborough defends his film about Steve Biko
01 Jan 1998,·30 mins
Hungary Inhales Freedom
After communism fell, tobacco companies moved into Eastern Europe to carve out new markets
05 Sep 2000,·28 mins
Business
Living hand to mouth is a common occurrence for someone starting a business
16 Mar 2001,·14 mins
Trafficking for Labour
Millions of people worldwide are traded for their labour and shackled to employers by debt
31 Dec 2002,·28 mins
The inside story of a football club on the brink of extinction.
26 May 2024,·28 mins
A rare window into what happens to the bodies donated for medical education.
07 May 2025,·28 mins
Lucinda Lambton reports on the struggles to save unfashionable 1960s and 1970s buildings.
15 Aug 2022,·30 mins
Costa Rica
Costa Rica managed to remain fairly neutral during the turmoil of the 1980s
25 Jul 2004,·22 mins
Paul Farley speaks up for the humble megaphone that has been raising voices for centuries.
13 Feb 2024,·28 mins
Benjamin Ramm explores one of the strangest chapters in China’s history - mango mania.
12 Feb 2016,·30 mins
Mozart's Last Symphony
Can we really recreate authentic period music?
08 Jan 1992,·13 mins
Ben Wright looks back at the dramatic 1971 Commons vote that led to the UK joining the EEC
19 Nov 2018,·28 mins
New AI Frontiers
Rachel Botsman on the intriguing history of trust.
29 Mar 2024,·14 mins