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The Nest
Matthew Sweet explores the relationships we have with our childhood homes.
14 Oct 2016,·12 mins
W and X
W for wine a X for X-Rated. An alphabetised look at the way we live in Britain
12 Jun 1993,·13 mins
Week Two Omnibus - From the Abolition of Atlantic Slavery to the Freedom of Information Act
A new series exploring the long history of struggles for liberty in Britain.
18 Jan 2019,·57 mins
Episode 2
There may be only two sexes but nature has evolved many weird ways to make female and male
23 Jan 2013,·28 mins
Learning
Alex Beard imagines a world without the school as we know it. Episode 3: Learning
01 May 2020,·28 mins
Part 2
Journalist Hugh Muir meets the grandchildren of the Windrush pioneers.
15 Jun 2018,·28 mins
Iraq
Bridget Kendall explores how the Paris Peace Conference 1919 shaped a century of conflict.
28 Jun 2019,·14 mins
Leaving Africa
How we overcame oceans and icy landscapes as we migrated
28 Oct 1999,·14 mins
Paper
An examination of the process of making paper
10 Jun 1999,·13 mins
2. Growth and Impact
Steph McGovern continues her exploration of one of life's essential ingredients - salt.
16 Feb 2015,·30 mins
Helena Kennedy QC explores idea of consent in our politics, law, media and digital lives.
20 Mar 2017,·28 mins
Episode 4
Poet laureate Simon Armitage's last days in the Arctic in search of facts and new poems.
31 Oct 2023,·28 mins
Michael Portillo asks whether free-market capitalism is a broken system.
04 Oct 2011,·45 mins
The Trabant
5. The End of the Road
Will Self finally reaches the birthplace of the Trabant. His arrival causes a stir.
02 Dec 2016,·15 mins
Voting for Britain – India
Electoral processes in Britain and in India, 50 years after Independence
03 Aug 1997,·27 mins
Otto Hahn's Nuclear Power
First broadcast in 2000. Nuclear fission and the foundation for nuclear power
21 Jun 2000,·13 mins
5. DNA Transfer
The police find a stranger’s DNA on a victim’s fingernails. Can a DNA match be wrong?
05 Apr 2024,·14 mins
Series 1
The Power of Shame
Exploring the psychology underlying the greatest marketing campaigns in history.
12 May 2017,·14 mins
The Courts
James Naughtie examines why Donald Trump's judges may be his greatest achievement.
22 Feb 2021,·28 mins
Episode 3
Jazz pianist Jamie Cullum meets piano enthusiasts up and down the country.
18 Jan 2014,·30 mins
Apocalypse
Will 21st century technology avert or accelerate the Apocalypse?
24 Apr 2019,·43 mins
Programme 4
Explaining proprioception, the Gaia hypothesis and mapping as a process
24 Mar 1999,·28 mins
Compassion
The need for compassion in a changing world
04 Feb 1998,·14 mins
1990 to the Present Day
Miranda Sawyer explores if, in the age of cheap flights, interrailing is still popular.
20 Aug 2011,·30 mins
Future Generations
Can an adult's health - programmed in early life - be passed on to their children?
30 Aug 2011,·30 mins
Helena Kennedy QC explores the deeper claims of human rights to be truly universal.
25 Apr 2016,·28 mins
Depression in Later Life
Exploring the grey area between dementia and depression
26 Apr 2002,·27 mins
The Inca Civilisation
A look at the water supply systems of the Inca and ancient Sri Lankan civilisations
17 May 2003,·13 mins
The Fire That Scorched Brazil’s History
Inside the ruin of Brazil’s National Museum – and the struggle to revive it
01 Sep 2019,·57 mins
Dreams
Antonia Quirke dissects some of the life-changing scenes that define cinema.
30 Dec 2022,·14 mins
