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The late General Powell and the Harlem college he co-founded - the poor man's Harvard.
08 Apr 2018,·28 mins
Viv Groskop explores Gustave Courbet's notorious and explicit painting.
25 Aug 2016,·30 mins
Jonathan Glancey investigates Paris's secret underground maze of tunnels.
30 Jan 2012,·30 mins
Shappi Khorsandi is disorganised. Can the professionals help get her life in order?
07 Oct 2019,·28 mins
Gateway to the Mind
Could our microbiome have an influence on our mood and behaviour?
24 Apr 2018,·28 mins
Soprano, broadcaster and inveterate whistler Catherine Bott on the art of whistling
23 Feb 2015,·28 mins
Shay Kaur Grewal on the cultural tensions faced by those wanting the perfect Sikh wedding.
15 Mar 2024,·28 mins
The blog of the Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai voiced by British girls her age.
15 Nov 2012,·30 mins
Co-operation or Competition?
The growth and interest in biotechnology in the US, China and India
03 Apr 2005,·22 mins
The story of the Royal Geographical Society of London told on its 150th anniversary
01 Jan 1980,·30 mins
Cinema's great love story - UK director Michael Powell and US editor Thelma Schoonmaker.
20 Oct 2016,·30 mins
Prof Ngaire Woods examines how international cooperation is evolving.
26 Aug 2014,·38 mins
A profile of the Andalusian scholar of Islam described as 'The Greatest Master'
17 Jul 1995,·43 mins
Just what is happening to local news and why does it matter? Valley Fontaine investigates.
22 Nov 2017,·28 mins
State of Mind
First broadcast in 2000. How to develop a good state of mind to improve physical health.
09 Oct 2000,·14 mins
Can computer games help to solve the problems of the world? Alex Butterworth investigates.
14 May 2013,·28 mins
Felicity Hannah explores how climate change is leaving communities 'uninsurable'.
19 Dec 2023,·37 mins
Going Slowly
Peter White explores his bete noire of going slowly with keen fisherman Nick Hancock.
01 Aug 2011,·15 mins
Peter White meets some of the youngsters who played a key role in the 2012 Olympics.
04 Oct 2014,·28 mins
Can you make creativity a life skill? Where might such a skill take a child in later life?
09 Apr 2020,·28 mins
How the pilotless drone aircraft is controversially transforming air warfare.
25 Sep 2011,·30 mins
People talk frankly about the challenging experience of sitting with a dying parent.
07 Nov 2016,·28 mins
Sound African band BCUC's journey from their rehearsal space in Soweto to Glastonbury
19 Mar 2020,·28 mins
The generation gap has never felt wider. Rhys Jones asks if we have seen this before.
02 Mar 2020,·28 mins
On the road talking to Italians as a country steeped in the past wrangles over its future.
14 Nov 2023,·28 mins
The rate at which scientists and inventors discover new things is slowing. How to fix it?
28 Mar 2022,·28 mins
Midge Ure explains how technical innovation has always stimulated musical creativity.
15 Feb 2014,·30 mins
Mary-Ann Ochota visits Bangladesh and India to ask why 2.3bn people lack adequate toilets.
04 Apr 2016,·28 mins
Super-sensing Ben
Prof Ben Garrod explores whether through technology he can become a super-sensing human.
16 May 2023,·28 mins
Investigating the unregulated horse trade in the UK.
24 Sep 2024,·42 mins
