BBC Radio 4 - Illuminated

Driving, Driving, Driving on the Autobahn

Alan Dein takes to the road to explore the cultural resonances of Kraftwerk’s Autobahn.

200 years after the birth of the modern railway we explore its impact on our modern world.

Laura Barton reflects on the shifting identity of Route 66.

A couple from London find themselves caught up in the search for the Croydon cat killer

Watchmaker Rebecca Struthers has come to see the world's oldest watch - but is it real?

Horatio Clare goes in search of the bird he’s loved since childhood: the red-billed chough

We unbox care packages to explore flavours from China, India, Ireland and the Philippines.

A vicar takes on a church and discovers there's a decapitated head in the vestry.

Pull back the curtain on the hidden world behind the target girl’s silent, singular image.

Discover the magic of ‘natural radio’ - a hidden electromagnetic soundscape.