Science & Nature

Globalisation

What lies behind globalisation?

25 Sep 2000,·23 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

Snakebite solutions

From the rapid responders in Nepal to the scientists working on a universal antivenom

16 Jun 2026,·23 mins

Space Flight

Reusable rockets, a space station beyond the moon - what is the future of space flight?

13 Jul 2019,·49 mins

Life after Life

First broadcast in 1999. Do you believe in life after death?

15 Jun 1999,·12 mins

Woodcock

Hannah Stitfall and Dom Davies review ‘Woodcock’ from the Living World archive.

22 Mar 2020,·22 mins

The Next Particle

A symmetric partner to all the known particles could provide the key to understanding them

12 Sep 2008,·15 mins

Aye-Aye

One of the weirdest –looking creatures on earth has both mesmerised and terrified us.

29 Nov 2019,·28 mins

Memory

Examination into the condition of Alzheimer's disease

15 May 2000,·24 mins

Omnibus 2

Alice Roberts with her time travelling tour of anatomical knowledge of the human body.

29 Jan 2021,·57 mins

Series 2

12. Why do we play?

Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi asks why do humans play?

07 Mar 2025,·14 mins

Series 1

Ospreys

Find out about one of Scotland's biggest birds of prey, the osprey.

29 Sep 2016,·15 mins

5. GPS

How GPS transformed navigation in the 1991Gulf War.

24 Oct 2014,·15 mins

Introducing Rare Earth

Tom Heap introduces Rare Earth, a programme exploring major stories about our environment.

19 Jan 2024,·1 min

Our Interconnected Planet

Tim Hayward examines the earth’s past, present and future through microbial goggles.

01 Oct 2023,·28 mins

5. Mudflats and Salt Marshes

Wading birds and shelducks find their favourite snacks along the Northumberland coastline.

01 Apr 2016,·15 mins

Insect Technology

Erica McAlister explores how insect technology can solve human design problems.

19 Mar 2013,·28 mins

The Mattressphere

Beds are the places we withdraw to, away from currents of society and community.

28 Oct 2011,·15 mins

Titans of Science: Marc Abrahams

The latest science news, plus Titans of Science returns with Marc Abrahams.

12 Jan 2025,·51 mins

Deeply Human Series 2

Sleep

Is insomnia really a problem of modern life?

07 May 2022,·23 mins

The Blob

From globular cartoon characters to curvy cars, the blob has always been around.

23 Sep 2005,·14 mins

5. One last lead

Caroline Steel and producer Florian Bohr end their quest in hidden lakes.

26 Sep 2025,·14 mins

Transplant

In 1967, Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplant operation.

16 Mar 2007,·15 mins

Hooke's Law

Explaining Hooke's Law, which was devised by Robert Hooke in 1660

20 Sep 1995,·8 mins

10. Einstein's Brain

Dr Geoff Bunn discusses the impact of neurology on how we understand ourselves today.

18 Nov 2011,·15 mins

A Further Five Numbers

1729 - The first taxicab number

1729 is the smallest number you can write as the sum of two cubes, in two different ways.

20 Sep 2005,·14 mins

Isaac Newton and the story of the apple

Did Newton's theory of gravity really come to him after seeing an apple fall?

25 Dec 2019,·28 mins

Series 6

Hello Stud! A visit to the Irish Stud, celebrating 10 years of Rosie's Trust with Jimmy Nesbitt and Rob's smug updates from Oz!

A visit to the Irish Stud and celebrating 10 years of Rosie's Trust with Jimmy Nesbitt

21 Jan 2026,·25 mins

Us and them

Tim Hayward looks at the potential of fungi to help the human body and mind.

21 Jan 2022,·28 mins

5. The Pursuit of Parrots

Australia's Night Parrot has driven birders mad for decades.

25 Aug 2023,·14 mins