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The Stats of the Nation
Immigration, Benefits and Inequality
Tim Harford explores the stats on some of the UK’s most potent political debates.
09 Jan 2026,·28 mins
Guillermo del Toro
Oscar-winning Mexican film-maker Guillermo del Toro reveals his cultural influences.
08 Jan 2026,·43 mins
Jojo Moyes, writer
Jojo Moyes, writer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
28 Dec 2025,·58 mins
Knowledge and Nostalgia: Why a University Education Should Be Free (Louisa Munch)
Academic Louisa Munch argues that you shouldn’t have to pay for higher education.
08 Jan 2026,·62 mins
The Story of A-Z
Michael Rosen journeys down the A-Z on an alphabetical odyssey with linguist Danny Bate.
08 Jan 2026,·28 mins
5. Good Stress and Getting Over Yourself
Claudia Hammond concludes her look into the 21st-century phenomenon of overwhelm.
09 Jan 2026,·14 mins
US raid on Venezuela & what it says about military-media relations, Actors & AI, Influencers at Westminster & the lobby system
Venezuela raid and military-media relations; actors and AI; influencers at Westminster.
07 Jan 2026,·42 mins
Rutger Bregman - Moral Revolution
4. Fighting for Humanity in the Age of the Machine.
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman gives his fourth and final Reith Lecture.
16 Dec 2025,·57 mins
Truth and Lies
Emma Freud and guests discuss last night's events in Ambridge.
01 Jan 2026,·28 mins
Jessie Buckley on her starring role in the film Hamnet
Plus reviews of the novel Palaver by Bryan Washington and Sheridan Smith in Woman in Mind.
08 Jan 2026,·42 mins
Don't Make Unnecessary Journeys!
Greg diverts the nation's minds from the weather as Storm Goretti sweeps across the UK!
09 Jan 2026,·49 mins
Series 3
1. Thomas Hardy
The return of the panel game of literary correctness with James Walton.
10 May 2000,·30 mins
Agatha and Ariadne
Was this Agatha Christie's greatest piece of misdirection?
07 Jan 2026,·22 mins
Brigitte Macron’s cyberbully speaks out
Bertrand Scholler is one of 10 people convicted of harassing the French president’s wife
08 Jan 2026,·13 mins
Run Away | Waiting for the Out | The Night Manager
Scott, Hayley and Naga review the week’s biggest new TV and streaming releases
05 Jan 2026,·36 mins
Sally Magnusson, Ray Bradshaw, Grado, Clive Anderson, Nathan Evans x SAINT PHNX, Mairi Campbell
Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
03 Jan 2026,·42 mins
Director Chloé Zhao on her film Hamnet
Nikki Bedi interviews Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao about her new film Hamnet
10 Jan 2026,·48 mins
Stephen King
Ellen and Mark look at King adaptations, from The Shawshank Redemption to The Shining.
09 Jan 2026,·42 mins
Why Optimism is a PR Superpower
David Yelland and Simon Lewis look at why PR needs reasons to be cheerful.
17 Dec 2025,·24 mins
Poems on the Underground
A programme to mark the 40th anniversary of London's Poems on the Underground scheme.
06 Jan 2026,·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
Bill Bailey: With Great Pleasure at Christmas
Bill Bailey and his band perform his favourite songs and readings at the BBC Radio Theatre
25 Dec 2025,·57 mins
Bikinis and AI
Should image manipulation be allowed?
09 Jan 2026,·53 mins
Numbers of the year 2026
From passenger numbers to world cup travel, we cast our eye forwards into 2026
03 Jan 2026,·9 mins
Juliet Stevenson
Follow portrait artist Fiona Graham-Mackay as she paints actor Juliet Stevenson.
09 Nov 2017,·30 mins
Instrumental
Karen Tweed, piano accordion
Alan Hall talks with musicians about their relationship to their chosen instrument.
08 Jan 2026,·14 mins
What we are looking forward to culturally in 2026 - streaming, cinema and going out!
09 Jan 2026,·57 mins
Rónán Hession
Rónán Hession takes questions on his debut novel, Leonard and Hungry Paul.
04 Jan 2026,·28 mins
1. Source
From the source to the estuary, Laura Barton explores how rivers have shaped us.
03 Nov 2021,·60 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
