An elephant destined for fame, and a legacy that will echo in time.
29 Dec 2024,·28 mins
Meet the outsiders detecting fraud, malpractice and incompetence in science.
08 May 2023,·28 mins
Explore, wonder and celebrate Wales's wildlife with Lizzie Daly.
10 Sep 2024,·30 mins
Episode 2
Jon Stewart explores how robots are used as carers and motivators.
03 Oct 2011,·30 mins
2021 Reith lecturer Stuart Russell on recent developments in artificial intelligence.
23 May 2023,·28 mins
What does it take to make something which has never existed on Earth before?
10 Sep 2025,·28 mins
Charlotte Smith asks, when do you choose to stop trying with IVF?
29 May 2015,·28 mins
BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera goes inside Britain's secret listening station.
30 Mar 2010,·40 mins
What are the hidden consequences of having so few women in the tech industry?
01 Apr 2019,·28 mins
Spanish Sardines
Can science save the sardine in northern Spain?
19 Mar 1999,·13 mins
Asian Tigers
An interview with economist Fu Wai Fong about Chinese and Asian growth
23 Mar 1998,·13 mins
During the 1970s, CERN overtook rival institutions in Russia and the US.
09 Sep 2008,·30 mins
Sarah Moore meets bird rescuer Jean Hains, who helps young Manx Shearwaters.
31 Jul 2007,·30 mins
How surfing is shaping Ireland's coastal communities, north and south of the border.
07 Jul 2014,·30 mins
Mountaineer Andy Cave joins the team working on the Thirlmere Aqueduct.
18 Dec 2007,·30 mins
Richard Coles on the inspiration to artists of darkness and the Northern lights in Norway.
19 Dec 2011,·30 mins
The World's Climate
Our planet is warming up, the ice caps are melting and sea levels are rising
05 Jul 1999,·13 mins
Dr Mark Lythgoe investigates the technology of brain scanning.
17 Oct 2007,·30 mins
How the American record industry responded to the assassination of President Kennedy.
05 Dec 2015,·30 mins
Ricky Ross discovers how one Scottish company is giving back the freedom of speech.
09 Aug 2011,·28 mins
A guide to raising chickens for food
21 Feb 2001,·13 mins
How extreme weather affects people in marginal areas
20 Jan 2000,·28 mins
Can Machines Think?
First broadcast in 1994. A look at artificial intelligence and 'thinking machines'
31 Aug 1994,·28 mins
Jolyon Jenkins explores how work and life are increasingly being turned into games.
11 Apr 2023,·28 mins
The Water Wars?
Last in the series; how a worldwide water shortage could bring about conflict
19 Jun 2001,·13 mins
HIV/AIDS The Facts
A series of programmes about the spread, symptoms and treatment of HIV/AIDS
31 Dec 2003,·50 mins
Johann Hari
Author Johann Hari offers a personal & surprisingly uplifting perspective on depression.
07 Aug 2019,·43 mins
