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The Past is a Foreign Country, with Peter Curran
Secrets from celebrated Northern Ireland iconoclasts, from peace negotiation to pop.
BBC Radio 4
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Being Jackie Wilson
The extraordinary tale of Jackie Wilson and his impersonator, Bobby Brooks.
BBC Radio 4
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Bhopal
The story of Rajkumar Keswani, the man who foretold the world's worst industrial accident.
BBC Radio 4
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Untold Legends: Hedy Lamarr
What makes a true legend? Hedy Lamarr - the Hollywood star, overlooked for her inventions
BBC World Service
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A Little Flat: The Music Our Ears Overlook
Nabihah Iqbal explores the variety of notes and scales used to make music across the globe
BBC Radio 4
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The Dark Side of Direct Sales
Are workers being exploited by practices within some direct sales firms?
BBC Radio 4
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Ranger Hamza's Eco Quest
Join Ranger Hamza and the Ramblers on an eco quest to discover one of nature’s wonders.
CBeebies
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The Church of Social Justice
Have modern political movements usurped the place of religion? Helen Lewis investigates.
BBC Radio 4
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Perfect Pitch (From Choir Stalls to Cricket Balls)
Eleanor Oldroyd explores the unlikely connections between cricket and choral music.
BBC Radio 4
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Recalculating Art
Why does art go up in value when a man signs it, but when a woman signs it, it goes down?
BBC Radio 4
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From Kabul to Manchester
Documentary following a group of Afghan families settling into new lives in Manchester.
BBC Radio 4
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In Suburbia
Ian Hislop asks why suburban estates have had such a pull on the creative mind.
BBC Radio 4
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Becoming British Chinese
Sarah Ping examines what it means to be young and Chinese in Britain today.
BBC Radio 4
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Larkin Revisited
Simon Armitage, the poet laureate, unpicks Philip Larkin's poems in his centenary year.
BBC Radio 4
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Inheritors of Partition
The legacy of the division of the Indian subcontinent in Britain today
BBC Radio 4
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Cover Story
Rufus Wainwright on how he approaches the song A Foggy Day and why he's drawn to it.
BBC Radio 4
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Behind the Crime
Is it possible to prevent crime by understanding the root causes of offending behaviour?
BBC Radio 4
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The Cost of Economic War
Duncan Weldon examines the use of economic sanctions as a tool of statecraft.
BBC Radio 4
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The Silent Mind
What’s it like to have a silent mind? Psychologist Charles Fernyhough investigates.
BBC Radio 4
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Leeds: Life in the Bus Lane
Rima Ahmed gets the bus into Leeds to find out why its public transport is so maligned.
BBC Radio 4
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Who Stole Tamara Ecclestone’s Diamonds?
£26m in jewellery and cash. A painstaking police investigation. A missing mastermind?
BBC Three
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Welcome to Rwanda
Is Rwanda a devlopment model for the rest of Africa, or an autocratic and ruthless state?
BBC Radio 4
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Rory Stewart: The Long History of...
Rory Stewart with a radical take on the concepts that shape our lives.
BBC Radio 4
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The Expectation Effect by David Robson
A fascinating scientific guide to why looking on the bright side really is good for you.
BBC Radio 4
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Music Made in the Middle
Birmingham-raised singer Jamelia explores the music made in her native West Midlands.
BBC Radio 4
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Evacuated to Russia
Has Russia rescued a million Ukrainian refugees? Or deported them in another war crime?
BBC Radio 4
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How Covid Changed Science
Professor Devi Sridhar investigates the impact of Covid on the practice of science.
BBC Radio 4
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Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams
Freddie Flintoff heads back to the grassroots to turn reluctant teens to keen cricketers.
BBC One
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Schools Apart
How schools can help students from minority backgrounds feel integrated in modern Britain
BBC Radio 4
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Percy Shelley, Reformer and Radical
Benjamin Zephaniah brings us his personal take on Shelley's work.
BBC Radio 4
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Remembers...
Famous names reflect on making some of TV's most popular and influential programmes.
BBC Four
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The Blue Woman
How a new opera is addressing the psychological aftermath of sexual violence.
BBC Radio 4
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Plant Based Promises
The science behind plant-based diets and products in supermarkets and restaurants.
BBC Radio 4
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Aids: The Unheard Tapes
Innovative series featuring interviews recorded at the height of the Aids crisis.
BBC Two
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Forgiveness: Stories from the Front Line
Gripping stories from people who've had to struggle with forgiveness in order to be free.
BBC Radio 4
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Eddie Hall: The Beast v The Mountain
Strongman Eddie Hall takes on rival Thor in one of the heaviest boxing matches in history.
BBC Three
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All About Yves
James Fox looks back at the short life and revolutionary art of Yves Klein.
BBC Radio 4
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The Virtual World of Sex Education
Sex educator and author Ruby Rare explores the virtual world of sex education.
BBC Radio 4
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The Lost Final
The story of Scotland's triumph at the 1982 Uefa Under-18s European Championship.
BBC Scotland
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Brian Cox: Seven Days on Mars
Brian Cox follows Nasa’s Perseverance rover mission as it hunts for signs of life on Mars.
BBC Two
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In Dark Corners
Campaigning journalist Alex Renton shines a light into the dark corners of British society
BBC Radio 4
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Ukraine’s Nuclear Gamble
Clive Myrie investigates why Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons.
BBC Radio 4
