Body Clock
Tick, tock! What is your body clock and is it possible to change it?
11 Aug 2021,·18 mins
Introducing a new TV series of Just One Thing
Zoe Ball has news of a new 12-part TV series of Just One Thing, available from 23 March.
20 Mar 2026,·1 min
How will climate change affect insects?
Insects are crucial to food production, the spread of disease and most ecosystems
14 Jun 2026,·23 mins
Series 1
Sleep Deprivation and Insomnia
If we don't snooze, we lose. How badly does lack of sleep affect our mind and our body?
19 Dec 2017,·28 mins
Life Without North America
What would happen to the world if the USA disappears?
17 Apr 2026,·14 mins
The Life Scientific: Dean Lomax
Dean Lomax on his unconventional route into palaeontology and making BIG discoveries.
15 Jun 2026,·26 mins
Artemis II
14. The Learnings
Astronaut Jeremy Hansen is back to talk about the mission and Artemis III
04 May 2026,·41 mins
13. Legacy
India considers how witches today are a powerful way of resisting and addressing the past.
30 May 2023,·28 mins
Plants and the Mystery of Consciousness
Are plants intelligent? Could they help us unravel the mystery of consciousness?
08 May 2026,·14 mins
Omnibus: 1980s onwards
From the ZX Spectrum to the dot com bubble, Hannah Fry looks at our computing history.
17 Mar 2017,·58 mins
Series 3: Exercise
S3. Ep 8 - Activity Revolution
The Van Tulleken twins explore the science of exercise and the dangers of inactivity.
06 Feb 2024,·28 mins
Isabella Tree on the Cuckoo
Isabella Tree on tracking cuckoo migration from her home and rewilding project at Knepp.
14 Jun 2026,·1 min
Omnibus
Presenters Andrew and Richard look back over their four-year odyssey to find the yeti.
14 Dec 2023,·57 mins
Snakebite solutions
From the rapid responders in Nepal to the scientists working on a universal antivenom.
16 Jun 2026,·23 mins
Blood Transfusions
Adam Walton highlights 80 years of the National Blood Transfusion Service.
09 Jun 2026,·29 mins
8. An Answer
Speculation that newly declassified US intelligence will contain smoking-gun evidence.
18 Jul 2023,·29 mins
Series 2
1. The Cost of Fuel, Silage Season and Dorset Sheep
David Irwin joins Eve Blair in the studio for a lively discussion on all things farming.
20 Jun 2026,·25 mins
The Sultan Of Juan Fernandez
Mark Carwardine and Douglas Adams go in search of weird, exotic endangered animals.
08 Nov 1989,·30 mins
5. The Anthropocene
Could human engineering stabilise the Earth's climate and chemistry in the long term?
30 Oct 2021,·23 mins
Out of the Shadows
Musician Karine Polwart weaves together stories of science, history and the theme of light
10 Sep 2023,·30 mins
Bonus Episodes - Series 2
Bonus Episode 8. From Two to Three - Parents on the Couch: Dr. Orna Guralnik
India chats to Dr. Orna Guralnik about how the arrival of a child impacts a couple.
21 Jan 2026,·15 mins
Perfectionists: Martha Graham
Martha Graham was to modern dance what Picasso was to painting.
16 Jan 2026,·14 mins
Series 9
The Fen Raft Spider
Chris Watson joins arachnologist Helen Smith in a quest to record the fen raft spider.
13 Jul 2016,·28 mins
Episode 5: The Flickering
Five original essays on how the mysterious is woven into the ordinary and the everyday.
18 Jul 2025,·14 mins
How science got here, and where next
As anti-science leaves research reeling, does evidence-based policy have a future?
30 Oct 2025,·31 mins
AI: A Future for Humans?
The science sleuths unwrap some of the biggest ideas in this year's BBC Reith Lectures.
22 Dec 2021,·28 mins
Being right
Why getting it right might mean admitting you're wrong.
03 Feb 2022,·28 mins
8. The Terminator
Musk fears a 'Terminator future', where robots destroy humans. So why is he creating AI?
08 Apr 2025,·28 mins
Carl Rogers and the Person-Centred Approach
While Freud relied on expert and patient, Rogers pioneered a therapeutic model of equals.
03 Aug 2015,·28 mins
The Blob
From globular cartoon characters to curvy cars, the blob has always been around.
23 Sep 2005,·14 mins
