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The Pyramids
Exploring the construction of the Pyramids at Giza in Egypt
17 May 1998,·13 mins
Episode 4
Prof Robert Winston on what happens when we perform music - does it change our brains?
06 Jun 2013,·30 mins
The Tower of Babel
Aleks Krotoski explores how today's digital world is a reverse Tower of Babel.
10 Apr 2015,·15 mins
Let It Grow with Liza Tarbuck
Grow Your Own
Musician Kim Wilde and online sensation Spicy Moustache.
21 May 2023,·57 mins
The Blob
From globular cartoon characters to curvy cars, the blob has always been around.
23 Sep 2005,·14 mins
Power and Prejudice
From middle to old age - from power and prejudice to the age of reminiscence
21 May 1998,·26 mins
Tech Life
How is technology changing our lives? Find out in Tech Life
05 May 2023,·1 min
Super-sensing Ben
Prof Ben Garrod explores whether through technology he can become a super-sensing human.
16 May 2023,·28 mins
West
Author Jerry Brotton explores the story of the four cardinal directions.
17 May 2022,·14 mins
Leaving Africa
How we overcame oceans and icy landscapes as we migrated
28 Oct 1999,·14 mins
Born Different
Adam Rutherford asks what the genetics of intelligence could mean for education.
13 May 2014,·28 mins
Good Foods Guide 2: 12
First broadcast in 2001. A survey of foods used in celebrations around the world
09 Mar 2001,·13 mins
Space Flight
Reusable rockets, a space station beyond the moon - what is the future of space flight?
13 Jul 2019,·49 mins
Isaac Newton and the story of the apple
Did Newton's theory of gravity really come to him after seeing an apple fall?
25 Dec 2019,·28 mins
Medicines For Older People
A discussion of the medical problems older people face around the world
19 Jul 2000,·13 mins
AIDS/HIV Phone-in
An introduction to AIDS/HIV crisis from 1987, followed by a phone in
13 Sep 1987,·44 mins
Schizophrenia
The voices are loud and nasty, is how Janie describes having schizophrenia
26 Dec 2000,·13 mins
Brain Science and Behaviour Change
Matthew Taylor looks at the new political choices created by sophisticated brain science.
29 Nov 2011,·30 mins
Birds, Bees and Business - Why Nature Matters (With The Wildlife Trusts and Landsec)
Deborah's barefoot walk, The Wildlife Trusts and one of the country's biggest landlords
14 Apr 2023,·46 mins
Patterns of Disease
The shocking truth about patterns in global disease
23 Oct 1998,·13 mins
Episode 2
Roger Harribin asks how climate policy decisions can be taken amid scientific uncertainty.
06 Sep 2010,·30 mins
10: Why does the jet stream rule our weather?
Simon and Clare explore why the jet stream is so important to our weather.
21 May 2018,·20 mins
How to Survive in Space
How to Survive in Space: Into Deep Space
Kevin Fong escapes earth’s gravity to examine the challenges on the body
31 Dec 2015,·26 mins
A Further Five Numbers
1729 - The first taxicab number
1729 is the smallest number you can write as the sum of two cubes, in two different ways.
20 Sep 2005,·14 mins
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Andrew Parker's Natural History Hero is microscope pioneer Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
09 Oct 2015,·15 mins
Canal
Brett Westwood reflects on wildlife changes in his local patch over 40 years.
16 Jan 2015,·15 mins
Transplant
In 1967, Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplant operation.
16 Mar 2007,·15 mins
The Nerve of a Cockroach
Erica McAlister uncovers a treasure trove of remarkable insights from the insect world.
27 May 2022,·14 mins
Navigating the Anthropocene
Emily Knight tells stories of our changing planet, though the animals which call it home.
28 Mar 2024,·28 mins
Episode 3
The Islamic world is witnessing a trend for seeking 'scientific miracles' in the Qur'an.
02 Mar 2009,·30 mins
