Vanishing Tunes
Why have World Service signature tunes disappeared?
17 Dec 1999,·13 mins
Ehsan Masood explores whether science is becoming politicised on controversial issues.
06 Aug 2013,·38 mins
Episode 3
New Series. 3/3. Chris Bowlby recounts the history of the satellite revolution.
07 Dec 2006,·30 mins
The Earth and the Irascible Ape
Gabrielle Walker discovers how the Earth has warmed before and how that affected the world
01 Jan 2007,·30 mins
The Dome
'The focal point of so many great buildings around the world'
25 Aug 1999,·28 mins
Story of the film pioneer making natural history films in his back garden.
30 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Humpback Whale Migration
First broadcast in 2001. The whales travel from the Atlantic to Caribbean breeding waters
14 Mar 2001,·13 mins
Episode 2
The team launch the Herschel telescope, the biggest telescope ever sent to space.
25 Nov 2009,·30 mins
Adam Fowler investigates an extraordinary scientific experiment in Siberia.
02 Jul 2007,·30 mins
If trophy hunting is banned in Africa, would lions be more or less at risk?
01 Sep 2015,·38 mins
Ethiopia and Kenya
Villagers and herdsmen with different water problems highlight global concerns
12 May 2003,·22 mins
Episode 1
Michael Portillo hunts down nature's tyrants and meets the animals who make it to the top.
10 Dec 2005,·30 mins
The writer Tom Dyckhoff looks at the life and work of Richard Buckminster Fuller.
01 Mar 2013,·28 mins
Stephen Fry takes a look at the history of daylight saving time.
28 Mar 2015,·25 mins
Howard Stableford investigates whether advances in 3D printing can benefit nature.
07 Apr 2015,·28 mins
Sue Broom cracks the code of the cryptic names that are given to genes by scientists.
12 Aug 2009,·30 mins
Water in Space
First broadcast in 2003. A look at the search for liquid water on Mars
22 Apr 2003,·12 mins
Radio 4 explores just what is involved in dismantling a nuclear power plant.
07 Jan 2015,·28 mins
Nature detective Tom Heap investigates who, or what, is killing the common sparrow.
18 Mar 2009,·30 mins
Gordon Corera asks if the West is losing the technological race with China.
19 Jun 2020,·28 mins
You can now clone your pet in the UK, but should you?
21 Jan 2026,·29 mins
How does scientific advice lead to government policy at the best of times, and the worst?
11 Aug 2020,·37 mins
Melvyn Bragg tells the story of the Nobel-winning physicists William and Lawrence Bragg.
13 Aug 2013,·28 mins
Medicines For Older People
A discussion of the medical problems older people face around the world
19 Jul 2000,·13 mins
It's the key metaphor of the internet, ethereal and fluffy - but what is the cloud hiding?
13 Oct 2020,·28 mins
Future
What can governments realistically do to provide decent health services?
19 Dec 2001,·13 mins
The Leatherback Sea Turtle
They are not domesticated, kept or farmed
23 Mar 2001,·13 mins
Landscape architect James Corner on Covid, urban green space and mental health.
27 Sep 2021,·28 mins
How do you stop the spread of a plant killer?
11 Dec 2024,·28 mins
Story of the inspirational leader behind the Beagle 2 mission to Mars - Colin Pillinger.
09 May 2018,·60 mins
