The NHS is paying people to be healthy. But does it really work? Claudia Hammond reports.
26 Oct 2010,·30 mins
Raymond Tallis describes how the act of waiting pervades so much of our daily lives.
20 Aug 2014,·30 mins
How vet Adam Tjolle's life has changed since his brain tumour surgery.
17 Sep 2019,·28 mins
Andrew Brown investigates the frontier of our knowledge about new brain cells.
18 Jul 2007,·30 mins
Vivienne Parry explores how patients are taking control of their own treatment.
16 Sep 2014,·28 mins
Ken Arnold explores how three European countries variously tell the history of madness.
04 Mar 2013,·28 mins
How a Buddhist meditation technique became a cure-all for the ills of modern life.
11 Jan 2015,·28 mins
Phil Hammond explores the consequences of human error in the medical profession.
11 Aug 2008,·30 mins
A doctor and their patient come together to tell the story of a single diagnosis.
07 Jan 2020,·28 mins
Mukti Jain Campion explores the surprising origins of modern yoga practice.
17 Jun 2016,·30 mins
Claudia Hammond investigates the science of face recognition.
25 Jan 2010,·30 mins
Mukti Jain Campion asks why India's people have virtually no access to medical morphine.
03 Mar 2008,·30 mins
Sally Marlow turns to science to find out why so many people in Britain are addicted.
24 Sep 2019,·28 mins
The Future for the Environment
Could Covid-19 change individual behaviour and our collective attitude to climate change?
22 Apr 2020,·43 mins
Penny Marshall asks if new super-sized polyclinics will mean the end of the family GP.
17 Mar 2009,·30 mins
Documentary looking at an unusual aspect of medical training.
24 Mar 2008,·30 mins
Timandra Harkness scrutinises sat nav. How does it affect our brains and well-being?
17 Dec 2019,·28 mins
Derrick Evans, aka Mr Motivator, tells the global story of fitness on the radio.
25 Jun 2020,·28 mins
Which Way Now?
Claudia meets leading experts to discuss their views of the future.
04 Feb 2009,·30 mins
Anita Anand meets the people putting a price on life. How do they justify their decisions?
04 May 2020,·28 mins
What impact does the language we use around cancer have on those living with the disease?
30 Mar 2020,·28 mins
New universal credit claimants tell us about their lives on hold.
29 Jun 2020,·28 mins
Today we expect dad to be at the birth. Fi Glover asks, ‘Is this always the best idea?’
24 Dec 2019,·28 mins
An exploration of young people's mental health and their attraction to TV artist Bob Ross.
11 May 2020,·28 mins
1,000 miles on a specially designed bicycle
A family from Newbury are going to cycle from Lands End to John O'Groats.
4 mins
Real stories about Wales' new mother-and-baby unit treating postpartum psychosis.
15 Mar 2022,·27 mins
Lesley Curwen investigates the hope, hype and potential harm of stem cell treatments
07 Jan 2020,·37 mins
Life's getting better. So why don't we believe it? Fraser Nelson finds out.
30 Dec 2019,·28 mins
Matthew Hill investigates the drug Champix and its possible links to psychiatric illness.
27 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Prof Deborah Bowman reveals how a cancer diagnosis has changed her view of medical ethics.
16 Apr 2019,·28 mins
