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Weight-loss Injections
Is it OK to stay on weight-loss injections?
08 Jan 2026,·35 mins
Series 4
54. Martha Brown - Domestic Violence
Lucy Worsley meets Martha Brown, accused of murdering her abusive husband in 1850s Dorset.
06 Jan 2026,·29 mins
The Sisters Who Took On A Dictator
A woman and her sisters refuse to bow down to a brutal dictator.
Robert Graves and 'I Claudius', L years on
A portrait of Robert Graves, 50 years on from the TV adaptation of I, Claudius.
03 Jan 2026,·57 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
Series 2
Perfectionists: Martha Graham
Martha Graham was to modern dance what Picasso was to painting.
16 Jan 2026,·14 mins
Sara Blakely: Shaping the world with Spanx
How Spanx reshaped celebrity style and made Sara Blakely a billionaire
05 Jan 2026,·42 mins
Murder at the Stables
15. A Political Call
A journalist receives an unexpected warning from the heart of Northern Ireland politics.
13 Dec 2025,·24 mins
Payback
From technology to the climate to the global order, has human progress gone into reverse?
The King of Kingston Carnival
One man. One town. One drumbeat. And an event that changed a community forever.
25 Nov 2025,·15 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
What is Quantum?
Marnie Chesterton travels to the birthplace of quantum theory armed with one question
05 Jan 2026,·26 mins
Porcelain by Moby
The ethereal sound of Moby's massive hit from 2000.
03 Jan 2026,·28 mins
Stephen King
Ellen and Mark look at King adaptations, from The Shawshank Redemption to The Shining.
09 Jan 2026,·42 mins
Returned to sender
The man who hunts for messages in bottles and the people who sent them
08 Jan 2026,·26 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
Can cash grants help end homelessness?
Is a one-off cash payment a way to ending someone’s homelessness?
30 Dec 2025,·37 mins
Bass Notes
Jah Wobble explores a life immersed at the low end of the sonic spectrum.
28 Dec 2025,·28 mins
Grooming Apes and the Origins of Kissing
The hairy history of the human kiss. Where did it come from? And why is it good for us?
29 Aug 2025,·14 mins
Did I inherit my laugh?
Can a laugh be passed down between generations? Caroline Steel has a giggle finding out.
02 Jan 2026,·26 mins
5th to 11th January
Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
07 Jan 2026,·5 mins
South Africa and the fight against TB
Why South Africa's global impact in the fight against tuberculosis is under threat.
06 Jan 2026,·34 mins
Can Kenya answer the call for employment?
Can Kenya’s plan for digital outsourcing solve its jobs crisis?
08 Jan 2026,·23 mins
The President’s Path: After Venezuela, what next for Trump?
US seizes Maduro, while Trump eyes up next targets
09 Jan 2026,·24 mins
To the Sea, Going Going, Aubade, The Whitsun Weddings
Simon Armitage, the Poet Laureate, unpicks Philip Larkin's poems in his centenary year.
19 Aug 2022,·57 mins
Eeyore
Frank Cottrell-Boyce talks with children’s writers Nadia Shireen and Charlie Higson.
26 Dec 2025,·14 mins
Living side by side: Morocco’s Jews and Muslims
How two Abrahamic faiths in Morocco have embraced peaceful coexistence
09 Jan 2026,·26 mins
Useless Men Jokes
Ian Hislop returns to unearth the oldest examples of five varieties of British joke.
05 Sep 2025,·14 mins
Joan Bakewell
Broadcaster Joan Bakewell shares the music that makes her emotional.
27 Jul 1993,·30 mins
No Place Like Home
Vicky Spratt explores how the UK's housing crisis unfolded and asks if we can fix it.
22 Dec 2025,·42 mins
