The Untold

A series documenting the untold dramas of 21st-century Britain.

Radio 4,208 episodes

Episodes

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Imogen the Christmas Chef
Imogen is setting her seal on Christmas: even though she's just five, her cakes sell-out!
26 Dec 2022,28 mins
Can Kwame keep his club open?
Community is at the heart of Kwame's club... but can he afford to keep it open?
19 Dec 2022,28 mins
Life After Long Covid
Zoe's story of the good, the bad and the ugly everydayness of life with Long Covid.
12 Dec 2022,28 mins
The Milk Bank
In a Hertfordshire lab, a technician carefully pours human milk into tiny containers.
05 Dec 2022,28 mins
The Prayer Wall
Richard Gamble's mission to build a huge national landmark, dedicated to Christian prayer.
28 Nov 2022,28 mins
Three Sides of a Crisis: Part 3
Concluding a sequence of stories offering three perspectives of the cost of living crisis.
21 Nov 2022,28 mins
Three Sides of a Crisis: Part 2
Continuing three parallel stories of the cost of living crisis.
14 Nov 2022,28 mins
Three Sides of a Crisis: Part 1
The Untold presents three stories of the cost of living crisis from across Britain.
07 Nov 2022,28 mins
Quest for the Pink-Headed Duck
Can Richard prove the beautiful - and possibly extinct - bird is still out there?
31 Oct 2022,28 mins
Quest for the Pink-Headed Duck
Finding the long-lost pink-headed duck has been Richard's obsession for twenty years.
31 Oct 2022,27 mins
Follow the Dream
A teenager risking her life to be smuggled to Britain records what happens once she's here
24 Oct 2022,28 mins
Lions, Lemurs and Lindsay
Lindsay McKenna grapples with the mounting costs of running an animal rescue centre.
17 Oct 2022,28 mins
Unlikely Strippers
A group of northern men are preparing to bare all in a bid to help a local disabled boy.
27 Jun 2022,28 mins
Should GLOR1A give up her dreams?
GLOR1A has always dreamed of becoming a singer. Should she give up?
20 Jun 2022,28 mins
The Birdhouse
A beautiful park, a ruined old building and a woman with a dream.
13 Jun 2022,28 mins
The Suing Seafarer
Following John Lansdown, the sous chef taking on P&O after it sacked 800 staff in March.
06 Jun 2022,28 mins
Trouble at the Barbers
Lockdown hits a barbers in Pudsey. But there are even bigger storms on the horizon.
30 May 2022,28 mins
Life Interrupted
Seán Binder's humanitarian work with refugees could bring about 20 years in a Greek prison
23 May 2022,28 mins
Island Warden Wanted
The warden of a tiny island in the Bristol Channel is moving on. Who will take over?
16 May 2022,28 mins
A Woman in the Room
Will a woman be elected to the all male Western Isles Council? Catrìona is going to try.
09 May 2022,28 mins
A Doctor Goes Home
Dr Abhi Gotadki prepares to head home to New Zealand for the first time in two years.
02 May 2022,28 mins
A Job before Fifty
Will has autism - can he get a job after a decade out of work?
25 Apr 2022,28 mins
The Rescue
Sue Mitchell follows as 35 orphans are rescued in Ukraine and settled into a safer place.
18 Apr 2022,28 mins
Preparing for the President
The staff of Cornwall Airport prepare to receive President Biden for the G7 summit.
13 Dec 2021,28 mins
A horse called Hope
Two women who have dedicated themselves to a horse sanctuary face having to close it down.
06 Dec 2021,28 mins
Living in Limbo
The Untold follows families fleeing Afghanistan and attempting to reach safety in the west
29 Nov 2021,28 mins
The Dentist Van
One day in the queue for a mobile dentist van.
22 Nov 2021,28 mins
The Dentist Van
One day in the queue for a mobile dentist van.
22 Nov 2021,27 mins
After the Bridge - Catch-up
An update on the life of Will, who was injured in the Westminster Bridge attack.
15 Nov 2021,28 mins
After the Army
Nick always wanted to be a soldier and had a glittering career. What happens when it ends?
08 Nov 2021,28 mins