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Stolen Vehicles
We join Metropolitan Police officers as they work to tackle the flow of stolen vehicles
08 Aug 2006,·22 mins
Simple isn't Always Best
Alternatives to the 'first past the post' electoral system
17 Mar 2004,·16 mins
Mark Doyle asks if Nigeria will become a full democracy or be torn apart by violence.
24 Apr 2012,·38 mins
Beef
An examination of the worldwide beef industry
18 Dec 2003,·22 mins
Sacha Dench investigates the plight of one of the world's most persecuted birds.
16 Apr 2025,·28 mins
A night out in the Latino suburbs with the mariachis of Boyle Heights, East LA.
19 May 2016,·30 mins
Omnibus (Part 2)
Alan Johnson on 140 years of education through the prism of one school in Camberwell.
08 Mar 2019,·57 mins
Mathematician and code-breaker Alan Turing, and his role in the invention of the computer.
12 Jun 2012,·28 mins
April de Angelis explores the depiction of sexual violence in feminist theatre.
01 Dec 2014,·28 mins
Joseph Harker asks why Britain's classical music scene remains so resolutely white.
01 Mar 2016,·30 mins
Angela Saini explores the science of birdsong and its relationship to human language.
12 May 2015,·28 mins
Africa
AIDS and and caring for orphans. The struggle to pay school fees and provide clothing
14 Jun 1993,·28 mins
A major investigation reveals how the world's most notorious regimes get around sanctions.
05 Apr 2016,·38 mins
William Sieghart celebrates the seven laureate poets of Elizabeth's reign.
31 May 2022,·28 mins
Rebecca Pates explores the rise of the right-wing in eastern Germany.
27 Nov 2018,·28 mins
First Aid for Road Accidents
What you should do if you're unlucky enough to come across a road accident?
05 Sep 2000,·12 mins
Adam Smith travels through California to discover why being a paradise is so much trouble.
23 Mar 2015,·28 mins
Jackie Malton assesses how the police have tackled sexism and misogyny in their ranks.
20 Apr 2015,·28 mins
How much of a shock will affordable electric vehicles from China give European car makers?
07 Apr 2024,·28 mins
Bereaved mum Emma Beck asks why nine babies are stillborn every day in the UK.
22 Jul 2016,·28 mins
Gavin Haynes explores the rebirth of classical liberalism online.
15 Oct 2018,·28 mins
David Shukman examines hard choices about flood defence following Britain's worst winter.
19 Nov 2014,·28 mins
50 years of the World Bank and IMF
A brief look at the history of The World Bank and IMF
31 Aug 1994,·27 mins
Journey through the history of queer Welsh icons who have helped shape Welsh culture.
14 Jun 2026,·29 mins
Sculptor and musician Nick Reynolds talks about his fascination with death masks.
14 Sep 2017,·30 mins
How should Britain manage its returning foreign fighters?
22 Mar 2016,·38 mins
How two high-profile metro mayors are rebalancing power in England's great northern cities
03 Jun 2023,·28 mins
How has Oregon’s radical drug decriminalisation policy changed lives?
18 Mar 2024,·28 mins
Omnibus 2
The story of the systematic doping of the 2012 and 2014 Olympics by the Russian state.
17 Jul 2020,·57 mins
Why don’t we all know more about African American country music legend Charley Pride?
14 Oct 2019,·28 mins
