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Life Without Rats
Surely a world without the rodents we look to exterminate anyway would be fine?
20 Feb 2026,·14 mins
Series 4
60. True Crime on Trial
Lucy Worsley puts true crime on trial and asks are we so obsessed with true crime?
17 Feb 2026,·28 mins
Impulsive
10. Reflections
Impulse control side effects are common, so why are they so hard to talk about?
27 Feb 2026,·14 mins
Baby Sleep Products
Can any nests or docks, gadgets or blinds, really help babies sleep better?
19 Feb 2026,·26 mins
Why don't more animals have opposable thumbs?
Thumbs are incredibly useful to humans, so why didn’t they evolve in more species?
20 Feb 2026,·26 mins
5. Food for Thought
A series exploring the weight loss drug revolution. Presented by Prof Giles Yeo.
13 Feb 2026,·14 mins
Israel and the Palestinians
10: From 2010 to the present day
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict.
13 Apr 2026,·28 mins
The Extractor
Hilik Magnus reflects on the values that inspire him to rescue people for a living.
22 Feb 2026,·29 mins
81. The Story My Sister Told Me
How one childhood story helped change the course of many lives.
18 Feb 2026,·29 mins
Airbrushing Autocracy: The Fall and Rise of the Marcoses
The Philippines bloodless revolution stunned the world. 40 years on, has all been lost?
14 Feb 2026,·57 mins
Putin and the Apartment Bombs
7. Hindsight
Who bombed the four apartment buildings?
12 Jan 2026,·33 mins
Ronnie Screwvala: The cable guy
How Ronnie Screwvala changed the viewing habits of India
23 Feb 2026,·39 mins
Is the 2026 World Cup an own goal?
Is football’s 2026 World Cup pricing ordinary fans out of the game?
19 Feb 2026,·23 mins
Caught on camera: Exposing China’s spycam porn
Hunting the criminals who are hiding cameras in hotel rooms to film people having sex
26 Feb 2026,·26 mins
What’s the future of US-Europe relations?
John Simpson analyses the state of the transatlantic alliance
Ransom Man
2. Whoopsie :D
ransom_man is releasing 100 patient records a day. No-one is prepared for what comes next.
27 Jan 2026,·28 mins
Assisted dying
Sonia Sodha explores thorny ethical questions around the beginning and the end of life.
27 Jan 2025,·42 mins
The Future Is Fibre
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall looks to the future of food to ask how we can eat more fibre.
30 Jan 2026,·14 mins
Sophie Blanchard Takes to the Skies
How did Sophie Blanchard become a pioneer of hot air ballooning?
Unspun World: What’s the future of US-Europe relations?
6. Moral Courage
Diane Foley must decide whether to face a man linked to her son’s murder - or not.
10 Feb 2026,·31 mins
Is AI killing Search?
Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong look at how Ai might kill the web as we know it.
Jason Gilkison: Choreographer for Strictly Come Dancing
Jason Gilkison has been the creative force behind Strictly Come Dancing for a decade
23 Feb 2026,·26 mins
Gone with the Wind - Episode 2
John Yorke explores Margaret Mitchell’s epic novel Gone with the Wind.
15 Feb 2026,·14 mins
An American Journey
4. Life and Liberty
The idea of freedom is foundational to America, but whose freedom, and what kind?
09 Feb 2026,·42 mins
4. The end of the beginning
What happens when one side of the nature nurture equation is a mystery?
10 Feb 2026,·23 mins
Elon Musk: Money, memes and Mars (from Good Bad Billionaire)
How Elon Musk became the richest person on the planet
19 Feb 2026,·55 mins
Make You Feel My Love
A huge hit for Adele, the song was written by Bob Dylan and has rapidly become a standard.
24 Jan 2026,·28 mins
February 23rd to March 1st
Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
25 Feb 2026,·5 mins
Can boxing look after its own?
Can boxing do more to look after its fighters?
17 Feb 2026,·36 mins
