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Weight-loss Injections
Is it OK to stay on weight-loss injections?
08 Jan 2026,·35 mins
Yellow by Coldplay
Stories of what Yellow, one of Coldplay's most iconic songs, means to people 25 years on.
10 Jan 2026,·28 mins
Global Visions
From technology to the climate to the global order, has human progress gone into reverse?
12 Jan 2026,·42 mins
Series 4
55. Cloe - Forced Resistance
Lucy Worsley explores the case of Cloe, a black enslaved teenager who drowns two children.
13 Jan 2026,·28 mins
David Geffen: The Hollywood power broker
How David Geffen, the man behind your favourite music and movies, conquered Hollywood
12 Jan 2026,·47 mins
The Stormont Spy Ring
8. The Journal
A journal recovered from the cottage is held by Irish police.
31 Jan 2026,·12 mins
Series 2
Perfectionists: Martha Graham
Martha Graham was to modern dance what Picasso was to painting.
16 Jan 2026,·14 mins
Omnibus (2/2)
Lucy Worsley reveals Victoria's rule via significant encounters.
17 May 2019,·57 mins
Paris with Marianne
Jude Rogers revisits her afternoon in Paris with Marianne Faithfull.
10 Jan 2026,·57 mins
Stephen King
Ellen and Mark look at King adaptations, from The Shawshank Redemption to The Shining.
09 Jan 2026,·42 mins
Putin and the Apartment Bombs
7. Hindsight
Who bombed the four apartment buildings?
12 Jan 2026,·33 mins
Settled
A story of five men, who experienced double diaspora, from India to East Africa to the UK.
28 May 2021,·14 mins
Series 3: Exercise
S3. Ep 8 - Activity Revolution
The Van Tulleken twins explore the science of exercise and the dangers of inactivity.
06 Feb 2024,·28 mins
Frontiers of Space Science
The very latest developments in the world of space science with Roland Pease
12 Jan 2026,·26 mins
BONUS: The Sisters Who Took On A Dictator Part 2
The legacy of the Mirabal Sisters and their extraordinary bravery.
13 Jan 2026,·25 mins
No Win No Fee... No thanks?
How some No Win No Fee legal firms can leave consumers making claims with big bills to pay
13 Jan 2026,·37 mins
Joan Bakewell
Broadcaster Joan Bakewell shares the music that makes her emotional.
27 Jul 1993,·30 mins
How do cicadas know what season it is?
How do these enigmatic insects know that the time is right to emerge into the light?
09 Jan 2026,·26 mins
Two Nottingham Lads
4. Last Days in the Donbas
The final cost of the Donetsk interview becomes clear for Aiden and Graham.
14 Jan 2026,·28 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
Bonus Episode 6. Kids are Nature
In this bonus episode, India talks to Dr. William Bird about the benefits of nature.
07 Jan 2026,·15 mins
Anatomy of a Cancellation
6. Post Mortem
Today, what lessons can be drawn from what happened to Kate Clanchy and her critics?
17 Dec 2025,·29 mins
The Last of the Mohicans - Episode Two
John Yorke on James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans.
04 Jan 2026,·14 mins
The Netherlands - ten new cities?
The Netherlands is experiencing a housing crisis. Could ten new cities be the answer?
13 Jan 2026,·29 mins
Is nuclear disarmament set to self-destruct?
Is the future of arms control at risk?
15 Jan 2026,·24 mins
12th to 18th January
Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
14 Jan 2026,·5 mins
Into the Owambe
A vibrant exploration of a Nigerian party that helped a generation call Britain home.
11 Jan 2026,·29 mins
Putin's foreign fighters
Why are young men from around the world risking their lives fighting for Russia?
22 Jan 2026,·26 mins
Living side by side: Morocco’s Jews and Muslims
Exploring close neighbourly relations between Jews and Muslims in Morocco
