Main content

Categories: Documentaries

  1. The Brown Camp

    Katie Grant visits a summer camp aimed at mixed-race families.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  2. The Roots of Scottish Nationalism

    Prof Murray Pittock explores the origins of Scottish nationalism

    BBC Radio 4

    Show available episodes

  3. I Found a Tenor: Richard Tauber Revived

    Entertainer Bernie Clifton explores the impact of Austrian Tenor Richard Tauber.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  4. Silk

    Steph McGovern presents a two-part series on the global history of silk

    BBC Radio 4

    Show available episodes

  5. Meet the Jewslims

    Britain's Muslim-Jewish couples share their remarkable stories with Zubeida Malik.

    BBC Radio 4

  6.

    Hugh Cudlipp - The Sinking of a Tabloid Dream

    Ian Hargreaves explores the fading visions of legendary Fleet Street editor Hugh Cudlipp.

    BBC Radio 4

  7.

    Troubled Walls

    Author Glenn Patterson explores what Belfast's murals say about the city's past and future

    BBC Radio 4

  8.

    Women at War

    Emma Barnett visits the Canadian army to explore life for women on the military frontline.

    BBC Radio 4

  9. Bingo, Barbie and Barthes: 50 Years of Cultural Studies

    Laurie Taylor looks back at 50 years of cultural studies

    BBC Radio 4

    Show available episodes

  10. Terror Through Time

    Fergal Keane uncovers the roots of modern terrorism

    BBC Radio 4

    Show available episodes

  11. Nirvana by Numbers

    Did the number zero come out of religious culture in ancient India?

    BBC Radio 4

  12. Groundbreakers

    Series of documentary films about visionary people.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

    Show available episodes

  13. Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

    Michael Mosley tells the story of the creation of our most useful and valuable drugs.

    BBC Four

    Show available episodes

  14. True North

    Celebrating life in Northern Ireland in all its diversity.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

    Show available episodes

  15. Young Devolutionaries

    Young people from Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales talk about life under devolution

    BBC Radio 4

    Show available episodes

  16. Steve Richards Stands Up for Politics

    The newspaper columnist Steve Richards goes on stage with 'pro-politics comedy'

    BBC Radio 4

  17. Blind Man Roams the Globe

    Peter White explores the experience of travel from a blind person's perspective

    BBC Radio 4

    Show available episodes

  18. Ashes to Ashes

    Are ash trees coping with the spread of ash dieback in Britain? Adam Hart investigates.

    BBC Radio 4

  19.

    The Secret Life of JS Bach

    Rev Richard Coles returns to his childhood musical hero, with some unexpected twists.

    BBC Radio 4

  20. A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley

    The history of our curious relationship with murder is explored by Lucy Worsley.

    BBC Four

    Show available episodes

  21. OBJs Guide to the Middle East

    Owen Bennett Jones has a sideways look at confusions and contradictions of the Middle East

    BBC Radio 4

  22.

    Tibet Remembered

    A portrait of pre Chinese Tibet through the voices of the British who worked there.

    BBC Radio 4

  23.

    Shine Like Tokyo - Northern Soul Goes East!

    DJ Annie Nightingale looks at how Northern Soul music has become popular in Japan.

    BBC Radio 4

  24. NHS: Changing Culture

    Lesley Curwen investigates cultural failings in the NHS

    BBC Radio 4

    Show available episodes

  25. Costing the NHS

    Can we maintain the NHS much as we know it or do we need to envisage really big changes?

    BBC Radio 4

  26. The Ideas That Make Us

    Bettany Hughes reveals the history of civilisation's most influential ideas.

    BBC Radio 4

    Show available episodes

  27. What Syria Means for Britain

    John Kampfner examines the potential consequences of Britain not intervening in Syria.

    BBC Radio 4

  28.

    A Mortal Work of Art

    Mary Anne Hobbs explores the fusion of fine art and tattoos.

    BBC Radio 4

  29. Our Libraries: The Next Chapter

    Michael Rosen investigates the story of the library

    BBC Radio 4

    Show available episodes

  30. British Conservatism: The Grand Tour

    Anne McElvoy on the challenges that have spurred British conservative thinkers into action

    BBC Radio 4

    Show available episodes

  31. The Italian Freedom Trail

    Edward Stourton presents the story of the biggest mass POW breakout in history

    BBC Radio 4

    Show available episodes

  32. Deep Down Inside

    Geoff Watts finds out how deep brain stimulation is treating Parkinson's and depression.

    BBC Radio 4

  33.

    Finding a Way: The Future of Navigation

    Quentin Cooper looks at the weaknesses in GPS and the future of navigation.

    BBC Radio 4

  34.

    The I.T. Girls

    Martha Lane Fox tells the story of the early women pioneers of British computing.

    BBC Radio 4

  35.

    Monogamy and the Rules of Love

    Does true love have to be monogamous? We hear three very modern love stories.

    BBC Radio 4

  36.

    Bragg on the Braggs

    Melvyn Bragg tells the story of the Nobel-winning physicists William and Lawrence Bragg.

    BBC Radio 4

  37.

    Night Hospital

    Jackie Ashley investigates the standard of hospital care at nights and at weekends.

    BBC Radio 4

  38.

    Ecce! Fife! or Rediscovering the Lost Latin of Fife

    School kids in Fife are learning Latin for the first time. Natalie Haynes investigates.

    BBC Radio 4

  39. Seven Ages of Science

    A history of science in Britain from the Restoration to the present day

    BBC Radio 4

    Show available episodes

  40. Science, Right or Left

    Ehsan Masood explores whether science is becoming politicised on controversial issues.

    BBC Radio 4

  41.

    In Search of Nic Jones

    Laura Barton tracks down the legendary lost figure of British folk music, Nic Jones.

    BBC Radio 4

  42.

    The Homeworker

    Lucy Mangan explores the future for homeworking. Who wins - employer or employee?

    BBC Radio 4

  43.

    Feeding the World: America's New Deal

    David Loyn investigates why US food aid policy isn't working, and how it could be reformed

    BBC Radio 4

  44. How You Pay for the City

    David Grossman investigates the ways that savers, investors and consumers pay for the City

    BBC Radio 4

    Show available episodes

  45. Teacher Versus Tutor

    No longer just for the rich, tutoring is booming in Britain. But is it worth the money?

    BBC Radio 4

  46. Techno Odyssey

    Poet Paul Farley reimagines technology we rely on but take for granted

    BBC Radio 4

    Show available episodes

  47. Turkey: the New Ottomans

    Allan Little charts the re-emergence of Turkey as a powerful global force

    BBC Radio 4

    Show available episodes

  48. Letting out the Light

    Master gemstone cutters reveal how they let the light out of stones, and what this means.

    BBC Radio 4

  49. The Bishop and the Bankers

    James Jones explores the moral dimensions of the economic crisis

    BBC Radio 4

    Show available episodes

  50. The Search for the Perfect Office

    As more of us work in open-plan spaces, Claudia Hammond goes in search of the ideal office

    BBC Radio 4

  2. 1
  3. …
  4. 65
  5. 66
  6. 67
  7. 68
  8. 69
  9. …
  10. 95