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2000-2005
A look back at radio comedy in the early 2000s, with Justin Edwards and Jan Ravens.
06 Dec 2014,·30 mins
Gyles Brandreth extols the virtues of of learning poetry by heart.
30 Sep 2018,·28 mins
The Saudi Arabian Spring
Tarek Osman considers how the impact of the 2011 Arab uprisings was felt in Saudi Arabia.
16 Mar 2015,·28 mins
2. Growth and Impact
Steph McGovern continues her exploration of one of life's essential ingredients - salt.
16 Feb 2015,·30 mins
The Sea Lion
Ben Garrod and Jess French get under the skin (and blubber) of the California sea lion.
06 Feb 2024,·27 mins
Life After War in Sarajevo - Part Three
A theatre company based in Bosnia put the feelings of a nation into a play
28 Oct 2005,·22 mins
'Changed Utterly'
Heather Jones examines the history of commemorating the Easter Rising across Ireland.
25 Mar 2016,·28 mins
Episode 5
Might the Baroque still be with us? Tim Marlow meets the Baroque-inspired artists of today
15 Mar 2013,·15 mins
Faris
Faris, who lives with PTSD, reflects on how he manages his mind.
30 Jul 2023,·28 mins
Series 1
The Power of Shame
Exploring the psychology underlying the greatest marketing campaigns in history.
12 May 2017,·14 mins
Omnibus 2
Remembering the early years of the AIDS crisis, through the stories of people who lived it
19 Jun 2020,·57 mins
Series 8
The buy button
How advertisers are trying to use neuroscientific techniques to hack our brains.
05 Apr 2021,·28 mins
10. No Frills Air Travel
Robert Carlyle takes us back to moments we missed in the 90s that shaped the world today.
13 May 2022,·14 mins
Malawi and HIV
One in five people in Malawi had HIV, it had massive social repercussions
21 Nov 2005,·22 mins
Depression in Later Life
Exploring the grey area between dementia and depression
26 Apr 2002,·27 mins
Writing Novels
Professor Abigail Williams explores changing views of the novel.
09 Nov 2021,·28 mins
The Drive to Empire - Part Five
Perestroika has unleashed a wave of nationalism among Soviet republics.
30 May 1990,·27 mins
Singing for Everyone
Roderick Williams explores how Britain lost its singing voice and if it be recovered.
11 Oct 2017,·30 mins
Olga Muller
Oti Mabuse is joined by her sister Motsi Mabuse to hear about her dancing legend.
25 Jan 2023,·28 mins
5. Particle Accelerator
Paul Farley’s circular journey brings him to the Large Hadron Collider.
03 Aug 2023,·14 mins
The Tower of Babel
Aleks Krotoski explores how today's digital world is a reverse Tower of Babel.
10 Apr 2015,·15 mins
Transplant
In 1967, Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplant operation.
16 Mar 2007,·15 mins
Ferrari
The glamour and mystery of Ferraris
18 Aug 1999,·28 mins
Why Object?
The last programme in Ian Hislop's series celebrating great works of sedition and dissent.
30 Aug 2018,·30 mins
Perish Resisting
Richard Holloway says that we should live in such a way that death will be an unjust fate.
22 Jan 2016,·15 mins
Omnibus (2/2)
The hidden story of the 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini against Salman Rushdie.
19 Feb 2021,·57 mins
3. The Fall
Singer Songwriter Kitty Perrin talks to Brix Smith about her time in The Fall.
30 Apr 2024,·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
2. Welshness
Cerys Matthews continues her trip down the A470, the road connecting north and south Wales
17 Jan 2014,·30 mins
Gateway to the Mind
Could our microbiome have an influence on our mood and behaviour?
24 Apr 2018,·28 mins
