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WHO agrees to a pandemic treaty
WHO members have agreed to a draft treaty intended to make the world safer from pandemics
23 Apr 2025,·26 mins
Series 1
Salamander
The naturalist recalls his first pet, a fire salamander which was a birthday present.
31 Jul 2009,·10 mins
Omnibus: 1980s onwards
From the ZX Spectrum to the dot com bubble, Hannah Fry looks at our computing history.
17 Mar 2017,·58 mins
Series 4
6: Giant Giraffes and Raucous Ruffs
Time to meet our tallest land animal, the giraffe, and theatrical bird, the ruff.
07 Jul 2024,·28 mins
13. Legacy
India considers how witches today are a powerful way of resisting and addressing the past.
30 May 2023,·28 mins
Series 2
12. Why do we play?
Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi asks why do humans play?
07 Mar 2025,·14 mins
Sleep Deprivation and Insomnia
If we don't snooze, we lose. How badly does lack of sleep affect our mind and our body?
19 Dec 2017,·28 mins
Becoming Invisible
Writer Philip Ball meets the physicists who are making real life invisibility cloaks.
10 Jun 2016,·12 mins
Sleeper Train
Overnight trains weave their way across Ukraine through sounds gathered in 2017.
25 Feb 2024,·30 mins
Apollo 13
S2 Ep.07 Resurrection
"I still have nightmares about this." Can the crew survive the dangers of re-entry?
10 Jun 2020,·60 mins
65. April - Parsnip perfection
Down to earth advice on growing your own fruit and vegetables with gardener Terry Walton
25 Apr 2025,·14 mins
Travellers: Aristotle
The very first scientist, who thought every part of the world could be a place of learning
28 Mar 2025,·14 mins
Motherhood
The politics of motherhood and US mums on the sharp end of the law.
25 Mar 2025,·29 mins
Raynor Winn
The Salt Path author Raynor Winn takes Martha along the south west coast path in Cornwall.
27 Mar 2025,·24 mins
Tackling bias in health
We meet the solution seekers trying to make healthcare more equal
29 Apr 2025,·23 mins
Morocco to Guinea
Emily Knight follows Scotland's ospreys on their epic Autumn flight to West Africa.
24 Feb 2023,·57 mins
Geoff Sample on the Marsh Warbler
The marsh warbler is one of natures great mimics as Geoff Sample reveals.
27 Apr 2025,·1 min
26/04/2025
Gerallt Pennant a'i westeion yn trafod natur, bywyd gwyllt a chadwraeth.
26 Apr 2025,·58 mins
Body Clock
Tick, tock! What is your body clock and is it possible to change it?
11 Aug 2021,·18 mins
6. The Microdoctrine
Final episode of the LSD saga about an attempt to spark a revolution of the mind.
23 Nov 2022,·25 mins
8. An Answer
Speculation that newly declassified US intelligence will contain smoking-gun evidence.
18 Jul 2023,·29 mins
Series 9
The Fen Raft Spider
Chris Watson joins arachnologist Helen Smith in a quest to record the fen raft spider.
13 Jul 2016,·28 mins
Dark Skies of Wales
Discover Wales after dark – stars, wildlife and the power of the dark skies
27 Apr 2025,·29 mins
AI: A Future for Humans?
The science sleuths unwrap some of the biggest ideas in this year's BBC Reith Lectures.
22 Dec 2021,·28 mins
Can AI Save Darth Vader?
Aleks and Kevin ask if the Dark Lord can live forever with an AI voice.
12 Feb 2025,·28 mins
Insects and mobile phone
Smart phones could become even smarter – thanks to ants, beetles, moths and spiders!
17 Jan 2022,·20 mins
7. Bonus Episode - Extra Dose
A Petri dish of funny and fascinating extra unheard bits from Series 2.
24 Dec 2024,·40 mins
27. Birthday Cake
It’s here. The first birthday. Cake, balloons, fuss. We reflect on the last 12 months.
14 Jun 2024,·13 mins
Memory
Examination into the condition of Alzheimer's disease
15 May 2000,·24 mins
Carl Rogers and the Person-Centred Approach
While Freud relied on expert and patient, Rogers pioneered a therapeutic model of equals.
03 Aug 2015,·28 mins
