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Professor Dame Parveen Kumar
Doctor Prof Dame Parveen Kumar shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
04 Oct 2026,·59 mins
Halloween Countdown 2026
Case 5: Vanishing Vikings
Celebrate spooky season with a miniature mystery from the Uncanny community.
05 Oct 2026,·1 min
Claudia Winkleman
The award-winning broadcaster and The Celebrity Traitors host.
03 Oct 2026,·15 mins
America’s Gerrymandering Arms Race
What if you could map the outcome of an election before a single vote was cast?
04 Oct 2026,·28 mins
Charlie Higson, Billy Monger, Rebecca Coxon and the Inheritance Tracks of Nick Mohammed
Adrian Chiles with remarkable people with extraordinary stories.
03 Oct 2026,·56 mins
04/10/2026
The day's main news stories, topical debate and interviews.
04 Oct 2026,·180 mins
"You’re Not Howard Hughes!"
Hughes had an amazing life story... but he wasn't sharing his memories with anyone.
02 Oct 2026,·34 mins
Adventurers 2
Jan Morris
Ttravel writer Jan Morris is castaway choices by Sue Lawley.
04 Oct 2026,·45 mins
From Childline to Silverline to assisted dying: the campaigning life - and death - of Dame Esther Ranzten.
Matthew Bannister on a TV presenter and campaigner, a civil servant and a physicist.
02 Oct 2026,·28 mins
Third Man Syndrome
Kathleen Jamie on the unseen presence that walks beside climbers at the edge of survival.
04 Oct 2026,·29 mins
Modern Viking Adventure: Fateful Voyage
A small crew embark on a daring voyage across the North Sea aboard a replica Viking ship.
01 Oct 2026,·51 mins
Weekend Woman's Hour: School uniforms in porn, The Farmer's Wife, 'Empty nesters'
The school children calling for a government ban on school uniforms in porn.
Liliane Lijn
Pioneering artist and sculptor Liliane Lijn reveals her formative cultural influences.
01 Oct 2026,·43 mins
The New Narcos
8. The Red Notebook
A red notebook in the back of a car might finally reveal the killer in Almere.
01 Oct 2026,·33 mins
Forget Cool Runnings: Inside the real Jamaican bobsled team
Devon Harris made history at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Jamaica’s first bobsleigh team
05 Oct 2026,·39 mins
Deep Water
6. In Good Faith
The Croatian freediver at the heart of the scandal tells his side of the story
25 Sep 2026,·38 mins
Care Crisis: Could Volunteer Teenagers Fix It? (Paul Sagar)
An idea to discount tuition fees if students spend a year working in adult social care.
01 Oct 2026,·55 mins
The Peruvian pilots who secretly delivered fighter jets during the Falklands War
In June 1982, Peru sent fighter jets to help Argentina combat the UK
05 Oct 2026,·10 mins
Gautam Adani: The multiple mogul
Gautam Adani’s businesses span almost every part of life in India
05 Oct 2026,·44 mins
Is it ever OK to have kids just for the 'optics'?
Graham and Maria tackle a gay adoption dilemma head on.
05 Oct 2026,·35 mins
Gillian Forrester on gesturing gorillas, babbling babies and the origins of human language
Professor Gillian Forrester on how we became the walking, talking great apes we are today.
29 Sep 2026,·28 mins
Episode 5
Rachael Stirling’s frank, funny and poignant memoir about her mother, actress Diana Rigg.
25 Sep 2026,·13 mins
Liz Earle
Entrepreneur Liz Earle chooses tracks by Nancy Sinatra and David Guetta with Estelle.
04 Oct 2026,·5 mins
02/10/2026
Adrian Chiles gets you set for the weekend, with news, sport and entertainment.
02 Oct 2026,·120 mins
Sulawesi's historic cave art and the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
03 Oct 2026,·60 mins
Emmett J. Scanlan On The “Devil” Inside Him
Dr Marler attempts to remove Emmett J. Scanlan’s inner demons.
29 Sep 2026,·59 mins
Nepal: In the shadow of a glacier
The 1000-year-old Himalayan community now facing an existential threat.
Lea Ypi on Kant
Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
28 Sep 2026,·28 mins
The 'Money Back' Scam
How criminals target scam victims with false offers of help.
17 Sep 2026,·28 mins
Blair's Education Reforms 1997
Reflecting on the education reforms of the Blair government.
20 Sep 2026,·57 mins
