The Balkans
The Birth and Death of Yugoslavia
Misha Glenny returns to the Balkans to report on the birth and death of Yugoslavia.
13 Apr 2026,·42 mins
Cartoonist Naji al-Ali
Mona Chalabi chooses Naji al-Ali, Palestinian cartoonist shot in London in 1987.
01 Jun 2026,·28 mins
6. Moral Courage
Diane Foley must decide whether to face a man linked to her son’s murder - or not.
10 Feb 2026,·31 mins
7. Eindhoven and out
The Boro face Sevilla in the UEFA Cup Final.
15 Jun 2026,·29 mins
Live at Hay Festival
Presenter Gabriel Gatehouse and producer Lucy Proctor discuss the second series.
23 Jun 2025,·62 mins
William Wallace
William Wallace takes on the English invaders led by King Edward I!
26 Jul 2023,·16 mins
Mary Seacole
Join Greg Jenner for a fun Homeschool History lesson on the life of Mary Seacole.
22 Mar 2021,·13 mins
The family sweeping London's chimneys for 300 years
Scott Pearce's family have seen chimney sweeping change enormously over the years.
15 Jun 2026,·9 mins
3. The flight
“He won’t wake up...I think he’s dead.” What Farouk did in the hours after Martine died
24 Apr 2023,·27 mins
Putin and the Apartment Bombs
7. Hindsight
Who bombed the four apartment buildings?
12 Jan 2026,·33 mins
Lebanon's Abandoned Lives
People describe what life is like in Lebanon, a country repeatedly hit by war.
14 Jun 2026,·28 mins
Episode 2
Roger Bolton reassesses one of the world's great archaeological discoveries.
24 Jul 2007,·60 mins
8. The Pasty Test
Level up your Kernewek one pasty at a time.
19 Jun 2026,·11 mins
Introducing: Undercover, The Spycops
An undercover police officer is unmasked by the friends and lovers he was sent to spy on.
24 Jan 2024,·5 mins
5. An Honourable History
The Bolton 7 take their fight for justice to one of the highest arenas of law.
25 Feb 2025,·41 mins
10. Legacy
Have new generations of Iraqis got the freedom they were promised?
24 Mar 2023,·19 mins
Bonus: The Women on the Scene with Audrey Flack
Audrey Flack shares her firsthand accounts of the New York art scene in the 20th Century.
26 Nov 2024,·16 mins
The Blackout Ripper
The Killers and The Hangman
Marjorie Cummins is certain that her husband is innocent, but will the jury believe her?
27 May 2024,·30 mins
Omnibus
Omnibus: Historian Ben Macintyre on guile in war, from the Old Testament to modern times.
07 Feb 2020,·57 mins
Heroism
5. New Heroes
Rory Stewart explores ideas of the hero through time.
01 Sep 2025,·28 mins
3. The Road through Turkey to Istanbul
Bettany Hughes follows the ancient road from Rome to Istanbul.
18 Dec 2015,·30 mins
Object 101
Neil MacGregor updates his famous radio series with an object chosen to represent 2020.
25 Dec 2020,·37 mins
The Story of the King James Bible
The Legacy
James Naughtie on the enduring place of the King James Bible in British culture.
05 Jan 2011,·45 mins
Bonus: ‘I had to run’- A Mother’s Story
After 50 years, we share the mother and son reunion that seemed impossible.
11 Mar 2026,·36 mins
6. The Reunion
Jake and Debbie travel to Helsinki for Debbie and Natasha's first meeting in 50 years.
30 Sep 2025,·42 mins
Episode Seven: The Wanderer
The story of the assassin who attempted to kill Victoria on her way to Windsor Castle.
01 May 2023,·34 mins
Omnibus: episodes 6-10
Sathnam Sanghera tells the story of our national drink and its imperial past.
15 Dec 2023,·57 mins
Kennedy and Khrushchev
10. Fallout
Can war be averted? The Cuban Missile Crisis reaches its climax
26 Jan 2026,·42 mins
Series 2
Perfectionists: Martha Graham
Martha Graham was to modern dance what Picasso was to painting.
16 Jan 2026,·14 mins
The World of Our Making (AD 1914-2010)
Neil MacGregor completes his history of humanity, told through the objects it has made
03 Dec 2010,·60 mins
