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Why is the brain of a Scottish soldier in a German archive, 80 years after his death?
21 Jan 2025,·42 mins
James Fox looks back at the short life and revolutionary art of Yves Klein.
22 Jun 2022,·28 mins
Discover untold stories about who and what is really typical in Britain today.
27 Jun 2022,·28 mins
The story of 'The Lady with the Lamp', Florence Nightingale.
12 Aug 1969,·30 mins
Natural Symbols
A panel of experts choose an object they feel represents our relationship with nature.
20 Jan 2015,·28 mins
Essex born and bred, writer Ian Sansom goes back to the county which made him who he is.
28 Feb 2014,·30 mins
Is this the beginning of a new expansion in human rights for great apes?
20 Dec 2016,·28 mins
With a new history curriculum coming, Adam Smith explores how pupils learn about the past.
15 Apr 2014,·38 mins
Poet Murray Lachlan Young goes in search of his Scottishness.
27 Mar 2014,·30 mins
Sarah Butler asks, can the Bangladesh garment industry become ethical and profitable?
09 Sep 2014,·38 mins
What are the unwritten rules you must learn to get a top job?
11 Apr 2017,·38 mins
Andy Kershaw re-examines the Bob Dylan album that changed popular music and his life.
11 Oct 2015,·30 mins
Some of the world's most beautiful women discuss the ageing process.
19 Sep 2011,·28 mins
20 years on John McCarthy returns to Lebanon, in search of signs of the Arab spring.
03 May 2011,·40 mins
Is a lethal drug killing more people in the UK than official records suggest?
07 Aug 2024,·28 mins
Getting Ready for Old Age
Old age will present natural and social challenges
25 Jul 1998,·27 mins
Is Britain wasting billions through bad defence procurement? Francis Tusa investigates.
27 Dec 2011,·40 mins
By 1918 the war had killed millions, but there was one last terrifying foe to face - flu.
04 Sep 2018,·38 mins
Hardeep Singh Kohli discovers the royal connections linking Ascot racecourse with fashion.
18 Jun 2011,·30 mins
How can science can stop an upsurge in the slaughter of African elephants for their ivory?
05 Aug 2009,·30 mins
Margaret Heffernan argues existing models of leadership have outlived their usefulness.
29 Dec 2015,·38 mins
Michael Sheen explores Aneurin Bevan's roots in Tredegar.
29 Jun 2018,·28 mins
Arundel's Islamic Garden
In the south-east of England, a Muslim garden symbolises escape from the desert
21 Apr 2000,·13 mins
Sir John Curtice explores the high stakes world of political polling.
03 Dec 2019,·28 mins
How a Welshman bought a small American frontier town to create a socialist utopia.
20 Jul 2026,·29 mins
Men who sing in falsetto. Bidisha on the countertenor voice, from Purcell to Plan B.
24 Nov 2011,·30 mins
Roddy Russell shares his brother Robert's story of an indeterminate prison sentence.
17 Apr 2023,·28 mins
Detroit, The Resuscitated City, Part Four
First broadcast in 2006. How the city of automobiles turned into a dangerous wasteland
22 Jun 2006,·22 mins
Adam Buxton uncovers the mystery of the world’s weirdest scat singer, Shooby Taylor.
25 Nov 2019,·28 mins
Helena Kennedy QC explores the relationship between law, psychotherapy and mind doctors.
17 Apr 2017,·28 mins
