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Rental Health: Solutions
Singapore
As the cost of rent continues to rise across the UK, Kirsty Lang looks for some solutions.
31 Mar 2023,·14 mins
Destabilisation
A quest to find out how great the terrorist threat is in the Sahara desert
14 Aug 2005,·22 mins
26/12/2008
Adam Hart-Davis explores the history of the technology of Christmas.
26 Dec 2008,·30 mins
Nanoseconds and Megabucks
David Grossman with more stories which help explain the world of contemporary capitalism.
28 Jun 2019,·57 mins
Arundel's Islamic Garden
In the south-east of England, a Muslim garden symbolises escape from the desert
21 Apr 2000,·13 mins
Morocco and Turkey - Part Four
Examining how Islamic beliefs can be separated from a legal system
17 Oct 2005,·22 mins
Lydie Salvayre
French novelist Lydie Salvayre reflects on the aftermath of the Paris terror attacks.
13 Feb 2015,·15 mins
Rudely Truncated
Humphrey Carpenter on how the Third Programme captured the intellectual high ground.
06 Oct 1996,·45 mins
Series 1
Frances Barber in Wolverhampton
Frances Barber, stage and television star, explores the Wolverhampton of her childhood.
08 Aug 2017,·28 mins
A Child's Right to… Right of Expression
The right of children to express themselves and to be heard
08 Aug 2000,·13 mins
30/03/2022
Claudia Hammond asks 'Can bosses be kind?'
30 Mar 2022,·28 mins
A Question of Ownership
Noah Charney explores ownership, cultural heritage and identity in China today.
29 Mar 2022,·28 mins
Part Three
One man's reflection on his journey to the place of his birth in Sichuan, China
16 May 2000,·13 mins
Mohammed's Night Journey - Islam
The story of the Prophet Mohammed's night journey from the temple at Mecca
11 Aug 1999,·13 mins
Clashing of Faith
How can the world's Christians achieve more harmony and less discord?
20 Dec 1999,·28 mins
5. A Lungful
Simon Watt wonders if we could upgrade the human body, with help from the animal kingdom.
17 Aug 2021,·14 mins
Knife Imitates Art - How Surgeons Use Creativity
Top surgeons reveal parallel lives as sculptors and musicians.
13 Jun 2019,·28 mins
Series 3
Episode 5
Dominic Arkwright meets the mum who gave birth at home with a 999 operator on the line.
08 Feb 2013,·15 mins
Omnibus: From the Invention of Offshore to Today
Oliver Bullough traces Britain's vital role in the growth of 'offshore' money laundering.
03 Jun 2022,·57 mins
Episode 3
Gene edited babies and gene drives to eradicate pests.
03 Aug 2021,·28 mins
2. NHS - the early years
Concluding the story of general practice from the 1950s to the present day.
15 Jul 2016,·28 mins
Margaret Thatcher and the Carlton Club
How a gentleman's club facilitated the rise of Britain's first female Prime Minister
05 Oct 1994,·27 mins
Enforcement
A panel discussion on the best way to enforce children's rights
08 Oct 1999,·28 mins
James Burke joins the dots on his 'Web of Knowledge'
25 Jan 2019,·14 mins
How could we change our political system for the better?
28 Jul 2020,·28 mins
Episode 2
The transition from fossil fuels to renewables and its geopolitical consequences
12 Jan 2020,·28 mins
Ethiopia and Kenya
Villagers and herdsmen with different water problems highlight global concerns
12 May 2003,·22 mins
Bird Song
A look at bird song, 'the most complicated sound in the animal world'.
19 Nov 1998,·13 mins
Humpback Whale Migration
First broadcast in 2001. The whales travel from the Atlantic to Caribbean breeding waters
14 Mar 2001,·13 mins
Controlling Pain
How does the brain control pain? Professor of neuroimaging, Irene Tracey investigates.
23 Aug 2017,·28 mins
