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Film-maker Isis Thompson considers the impact of the 2011 riots five years on.
01 Aug 2016,·28 mins
Can playwright David Greig recreate a lost ancient Greek play?
09 Mar 2023,·28 mins
Michele Roberts on absinthe, the drink that fuelled bohemia, and its influence on art.
18 Jul 2013,·30 mins
A look at the science of the dissection of human bodies
08 Feb 1995,·42 mins
The extraordinary story of how classic Irish folk songs were saved from extinction.
08 May 2012,·57 mins
Shahidha Bari goes in search of the biggest poetry competition in the Middle East.
23 Mar 2014,·30 mins
How will the workforce of the future be changed by advanced technologies?
06 May 2014,·43 mins
United Nations Rapporteur on Violence Against Women - in the Netherlands
We travel to the Netherlands to investigate violence against women
13 Sep 2006,·22 mins
Personal accounts of the Southern European heatwave heatwave from Spain, Italy and Greece.
25 Sep 2023,·28 mins
What was Roman music like?
12 Apr 2000,·27 mins
Gordon Brown interrogates Andrew Carnegie's guidebook to philanthropic giving.
11 Aug 2019,·28 mins
Jerry Brotton looks at Sir Walter Raleigh's quest for gold
26 Oct 2018,·28 mins
Sue Mitchell reports on how loneliness and cognitive decline leaves people open to abuse
11 Dec 2023,·30 mins
Bristol: Wild Bunch
Origin stories of the UK's most vital music scenes.
30 May 2023,·28 mins
Following one woman’s journey, making swimming in Britain more diverse.
06 Sep 2022,·28 mins
Scandinavia
Danish author Dorthe Nors gives her view of the British from across the North Sea.
08 Apr 2016,·15 mins
Nick Eardley on whether the Labour Party are about to make a comeback in Scotland.
05 Feb 2024,·28 mins
5. The Dress Rehearsal
Sir Antonio Pappano prepares for the Royal Opera's new production of Puccini's La Bohème.
22 Sep 2017,·14 mins
Nothing looks the same
Ian Hislop completes his series exploring the understated cultural wealth of suburbia.
23 Aug 2022,·28 mins
The extraordinary tale of Jackie Wilson and his impersonator, Bobby Brooks.
05 Sep 2022,·28 mins
Age of Now
Lisa Jardine explores what's driving science in the 21st century.
17 Sep 2013,·28 mins
Could an independent Scotland align itself with the Nordic Pact? Allan Little investigates
27 Jan 2014,·28 mins
18/03/2016
Lyse Doucet talks to those whose lives have been changed by the Syrian conflict.
18 Mar 2016,·12 mins
Art
Martha Lane Fox explores how artists collaborate creatively online.
20 Apr 2015,·28 mins
Douglas Alexander asks how we can overcome the forces that divide us.
14 Nov 2017,·43 mins
Nick Barraclough explores what makes a great lead guitar player.
14 May 2011,·30 mins
Emily Knight explores the phenomenon of Terminal Lucidity, the 'final rally' before death.
26 Feb 2025,·28 mins
Every second counts as the Air Ambulance crew try to save a life.
31 Dec 2024,·42 mins
Ash Bhardwaj explores Ukraine's information war in Britain.
18 Feb 2023,·28 mins
Penny Woolcock investigates who sprayed a marriage proposal on a Sheffield bridge.
07 Aug 2011,·28 mins
