BBC Radio Podcasts from Seriously...
Home Fires
Writer Richard King explores the past and present of the second homes debate in Wales.
Fragments - The London Nail Bombings
The London nail bombings of 1999 viewed through some of the striking images of the events.
Mila’s Legacy
One mother’s efforts to save her child could start a revolution in personalised medicine.
Protein: Powerhouse or Piffle?
Protein is having a moment in the spotlight. Should you be worried about getting enough?
Rwanda Thirty Years On
Rwanda's journey towards healing and reconciliation after the 1994 genocide.
Dehumidified
One baffling online scam – involving a £138 dehumidifier – and a wild journey to return it
Do We Still Need the Pips?
After 100 years of GTS on the BBC, Paddy O'Connell asks Do We Still Need the Pips?
Wokewash - Episode 1
Satirist Heydon Prowse takes looks at big corporates and LGBTQ+ rights.
The War the World Forgot
Sudan's latest civil war is devastating, so why aren't we hearing more about it?
Farmers and Furious
With farmers protesting across the UK, is the agricultural industry is at breaking point?
Decolonising Russia
Inside the new, vital global debate about how to curb Russia's 'imperial' ambitions.
How to Build an Oil Field
Scotland's Rosebank oil field development and our relationship with oil.
The Forensic Jeweller
A single piece of jewellery can be the key to someone’s lost identity.
The Rise of Sinn Féin
Ireland Correspondent Chris Page looks at the growth of Sinn Féin over the last 30 years.
Who Do You Really Think You Are?
Dr Adam Ruthford thinks he can prove that YOU are descendent from Royalty.
Prosecuting Polmont
Katie and William killed themselves at Polmont Young Offenders Institution. Who's liable?
How to Read the News - Episode 1
Why journalists rarely start at the beginning, instead leading with the latest development
Graceland in the Glens
The spirit of Elvis Presley and the mind of Bill Drummond meet at a village crossroads.
The Screening Dilemma
Could good intentions to detect illnesses early actually be causing more harm?
Hotel Room Art
Ian McMillan gets close to the art in hotel rooms.
Seven Deadly Psychologies - 1. Pride
Becky Ripley and Sophie Ward delve into the psychology of the seven sins. First up: pride.
Seven Deadly Psychologies - 2. Greed
A cold hard look at the psychology of the seven deadly sins. And today, it's greed.
Seven Deadly Psychologies - 3. Lust
A cold hard look at the psychology of the seven sins. Today's hot topic: lust.
Seven Deadly Psychologies - 4. Envy
Becky Ripley and Sophie Ward delve into the psychology of the seven sins. Today: envy.
Seven Deadly Psychologies - 5. Gluttony
Becky Ripley and Sophie Ward delve into the psychology of the seven sins. Today: gluttony.
Seven Deadly Psychologies - 6. Wrath
A cold hard look at the psychology of the seven sins. Brace yourself for wrath.
Seven Deadly Psychologies - 7. Sloth
Becky Ripley and Sophie Ward delve into the psychology of the seven sins. Last up: sloth.
Finding My Father
Sue Mitchell reports on how loneliness and cognitive decline leaves people open to abuse
The Green Backlash
Why many across Europe are now unwilling to pay the costs associated with the Green Deal.
The Big League
The football league for big players aiming to transform their lives.
South Africa: The Children of Paradise - Episode 1
30 years after South Africa's momentous changes what’s happened to the hope and promises?
Empire of Tea - Episode 1
How did a foreign plant become so British?
Across the Divide - Episode 1
Israeli mother and daughter Beth and Talia, and Gazan father and son Naim and Mohammad
Scorchio! The Story of the Weather Girl
Why do we fetishise female weather presenters?
Battle Grounds: Culture Wars in the Countryside - Vegans
Rural journalist Anna Jones meets a vegan who became a dairy farmer.
The Reinvention of Italy
On the road talking to Italians as a country steeped in the past wrangles over its future.
Military Ink
Can a tattoo capture the highs and lows of a life spent in the military?
How to Spot Potential - Sporting Success
How to succeed in professional sport and improve our potential in amateur sport.
Archive on 4 - The Greyhound Diaries 2023
Stories and songs from restless American highways by way of a Greyhound bus.
How Safe is Maternity Care?
Krupa Padhy asks how safe are our maternity services.
Redeeming Ricky
Ex-offender Ricky has a deeply troubled past. And now he's set to help others like him.
Hoax - The Planted Plants of Rum
Could the Isle of Rum miraculously have escaped the Ice Age? Tori Herridge investigates.
The Great Replacement
Raffaello Pantucci explores the Great Replacement theory fueling far-right recruitment.
Memorial No More? A History of Russian Forgetting
Nobel prize-winning, on trial and hated by the Russian State. The story of Memorial.
Lego Overboard
Five million pieces of Lego are washed overboard. Meet the beachcombers looking for them.
Archive on 4 - The Holy Blood
The unexpected origins of a global conspiracy theory... in the vaults of the BBC.
The Murder of Kelso Cochrane
Why is one of Britain’s first post-war racist killings still unsolved?
Bug in the System: The Past, Present and Future of Cancer - Episode 1
Dr Kat Arney explores cancer through an evolutionary lens. Is it really a new disease?
BFFs: A Life Built on Friendship
Should friendship, rather than romance, be the cornerstone of life?
An Almanac for Anxiety: In Search of a Calmer Mind - Episode 1
Exploring how interacting with the natural elements can improve mental wellbeing.
The Trouble with Sheep
Upland sheep are under fire - Charlotte Smith investigates what the future holds.
Fever: The Hunt for Covid's Origin - Episode 1
As a deadly new virus starts spreading in Wuhan, China, so do rumours about a lab there.
Yeti - Episode 1
Two yeti enthusiasts search for the mythical creature to find out if it really exists.
Brexit: A Guide for the Perplexed - Movement of People
What’s happened to migration since the UK left the EU?
The Fast Furniture Fix
Venetia La Manna explores the rise of fast furniture, asking if and how it can slow down.
Windrush: A Family Divided - Episode 1
Robert and Jennifer Beckford argue the pros and cons of Windrush 75 years on.
What Are the Railways For?
The railways are soon to be reorganised, but what are they for?
Searching for Cosmic Dust
A jazz musician becomes a cosmic dust hunter.
The Boy in the Peking Hotel
A London schoolboy's terrifying adventures in Chairman Mao's China
Does the Irish Republic Want Reunification?
Rising taxes, changes to flags and anthems. It’s more complicated than it seems.
Supersenses - Episode 1
Ben Garrod sees things that humans can’t, and explores extending our senses of perception.
Is Psychiatry Working? - Anxiety Special
Anxiety: why do we have it, and how can we control it?
Buying a British Dad
Fake fathers: the immigration scam that is hiding in plain sight.
The Truth Police
Meet the outsiders detecting fraud, malpractice and incompetence in science.
Magic Consultants - Episode 1
Adam Shaw peeks behind the curtain of the $billion management consultancy industry.
Princess - Leila Pahlavi
Comedian Shaparak Khorsandi and author Andrew Scott Cooper discuss Princess Leila Pahlavi.
All Work and No Homes
Highland businesses can’t find staff due to the rent crisis, Pennie Stuart asks why.
Analysis - Lessons from the Vaccine Task Force
What are the lessons from the success of the UK's Vaccine Task Force?
The New Nomads
As property rents spiral, life on the road is attracting a new generation.
Troubled Water - Episode 1
Are we running out of water? James Gallagher is finding out from the comfort of his loo.
Homesick Planet
What do astronauts like Tim Peake think about in space? Answer: home.
Life on the Edge of Oil
A prospective new oil field has big implications for Shetland, finds reporter Jen Stout.
Shocking
'ECT saved my life' - Sally Marlow on who benefits from electroconvulsive therapy.
Woke: The Journey of a Word - Episode 1
Matthew Syed traces the history of a term that's synonymous with our era of angry debate.
The Privatisation of British Gas
Phil Tinline explores why the Thatcher government sold British Gas - and the legacy today.
How Wars End
James Naughtie examines the possible outcomes of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Taiwan: Hyper-democracy
Can Taiwan's hyper-democracy provide lessons for the world's older democracies?
Why Coups Fail
Natalie Haynes explores why overthrowing a government by force is not as easy as it looks.
The Boat Smugglers
Sue Mitchell investigates the dangerous organisations behind the the deadly migrant trade.
First Contact
Farrah Jarral on preparing for first contact with extra-terrestrials.
The Crowning of Everest - Episode 5
News of the conquest of Everest reaches London on Coronation Day.
The Crowning of Everest - Episode 4
The race down the mountain to deliver the news to London
The Crowning of Everest - Episode 3
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach the top of Mount Everest
The Crowning of Everest - Episode 2
The British connection to Mount Everest and why it was so important to conquer it in 1953
The Crowning of Everest - Episode 1
1953 Britain prepares to crown a new Queen and waits to hear if Everest has been conquered
Bad Blood - 6. Newgenics
Could powerful genetic technologies usher in a new eugenic era?
Bad Blood - 5. The Curse of Mendel
Mendel's insights are taken up by the eugenicists.
Bad Blood - 4. Rassenhygiene
The Nazis build a eugenic state.
Bad Blood - 3. Birth Controlled
The battle to control birth in 20th-century USA.
Bad Blood - 2. You Will Not Replace Us
In Jazz Age USA, the wealthy political elite embrace eugenic ideas with gusto.
Bad Blood - 1. You’ve Got Good Genes
Eugenics is born in Victorian Britain and swiftly builds an international following.
The Susurrations of the Sea
The sounds of the sea, the words of people who listen to them, and new poetry.
A Bad Guy with a Gun
America's relationship with guns - told through archive.
Falling Stars
Poet Dr Sam Illingworth looks at our shifting relationship with scientific language.
When Reality Breaks: Demystifying Paranoid Schizophrenia
Dr Julia Shaw on the ripple effects of paranoid schizophrenia in a family.
The Name Is DeSantis
James Naughtie profiles the Florida governor who just might be aiming for The White House.
Disaster Trolls - Episode 1
Daren can’t forget that night at the Manchester Arena. So who claims it never happened?
Music to Scream to - The Hammer Horror Soundtracks
Hammer Horror's modernist soundtracks.
Desert Island Discoveries - Lauren Laverne and Vick Hope
Lauren Laverne shares handpicked gems from the back-catalogue with Vick Hope from Radio 1
The Other Black Door
How a group of organisations in one Westminster building affected a decade of UK politics.
Ugandan Asians: The Reckoning
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown takes a fresh look at the story of the Ugandan Asian expulsion.
The Scramble for Rare Earths - 5. The Great New Game
Misha Glenny hears how Ukraine is sitting on huge amounts of rare earth minerals.
The Scramble for Rare Earths - 4. The EU's Dependency on China
Misha Glenny asks whether the EU can find other ways of satisfying its rare earth demand.
The Scramble for Rare Earths - 3. The Super Magnets
Misha Glenny discovers how neodymium magnets will help power the green transition.
The Scramble for Rare Earths - 2. The Hidden Paradox
Misha Glenny on why mining rare earth materials could either help or harm the environment
The Scramble for Rare Earths - 1. The Magnificent 17
Misha Glenny discovers why the future of the world depends on rare earth metals.
Will the US and China go to war over Taiwan?
How likely is it that the current tensions over Taiwan will end in military conflict?
The Dark Side of Direct Sales
Are workers being exploited by practices within some direct sales firms?
Bhopal - 5. The Fatal Night
The story of Rajkumar Keswani, the man who foretold the world's worst industrial accident.
Bhopal - 4. Bhopal on the Brink of Disaster
The story of Rajkumar Keswani, the man who foretold the worlds worst industrial accident
Bhopal - 3. Friendly Business
The story of Rajkumar Keswani, the man who foretold the world's worst industrial accident.
Bhopal - 2. The Smell of Grass
The story of Rajkumar Keswani, the man who foretold the world's worst industrial accident.
Bhopal - 1. A Friend Dies
The story of Rajkumar Keswani, the man who foretold the world's worst industrial accident.
Recalculating Art
Why does art go up in value when a man signs it, but when a woman signs it, it goes down?
Leeds: Life in the Bus Lane
Rima Ahmed gets the bus into Leeds to find out why its public transport is so maligned.
Inheritors of partition
Kavita Puri marks the 75th anniversary of the division of the Indian subcontinent
Generation Games
From Pong to Pokémon, what have video games ever done for us? Keza MacDonald finds out.
Welcome to Rwanda
Is Rwanda a devlopment model for the rest of Africa, or an autocratic and ruthless state?
Evacuated to Russia
Has Russia rescued a million Ukrainian refugees? Or deported them in another war crime?
The Long History of Argument - Ep 3
Rory Stewart explores the strange human phenomenon of arguing.
The Long History of Argument - Ep 2
Rory Stewart explores the strange human phenomenon of arguing.
The Long History of Argument - Ep 1
Rory Stewart explores the strange human phenomenon of arguing.
Schools Apart
How schools can help students from minority backgrounds feel integrated in modern Britain
Ceausescu's Children
Adopted from an orphanage in Romania, Ionica Adriana returns to discover her past.
London on the Line
Ten years after the 2012 Olympics why is London in crisis and what can be done about it?
The Dancer and Her Shoe Maker
The story of two people connected by a ballet shoe.
Bound to the Mast
Can ‘no’ mean ‘yes’ in mental health?
The Future Will Be Synthesised - Episode 5
Henry Ajder examines our synthetic future - starting with deepfake origins in pornography
The Future Will Be Synthesised - Episode 4
Art and business
The Future Will Be Synthesised - Episode 3
Threat to democracy?
The Future Will Be Synthesised - Episode 2
Deepfakes for disinformation
The Future Will Be Synthesised - Episode 1
Henry Ajder examines our synthetic future - starting with deepfake origins in pornography
The P Word
Is the use of the ‘P’ word ever acceptable?
Am I That Guy?
An exploration of men’s violence against women, with Scottish writer Alistair Heather
The Witches' Pardon
Is it time Scotland recognised 'witches' as victims of state-sanctioned violence?
Sir Alex Ferguson: Made in Govan
Sir Alex joins Mike Sweeney to reflect on the influences that shaped his life and career.
Cold as a Mountain Top
Robert Macfarlane climbs a wintry Buachaille Etive Mor, guided by the words of WH Murray.
Women in Stitches: The Making of the Bayeux Tapestry
Who stitched the Bayeux Tapestry? Abigail Youngman looks for clues in the margins.
5. The Lowball Tapes – Hunting the Truth
Were the banks telling the truth about their role in the financial crash of 2008?
4. The Lowball Tapes – The Overseers
Who is in charge of Libor?
3. The Lowball Tapes – The Whistleblower
It is too much for one trader?
2. The Low Ball Tapes - The Trails
Did the right people go to jail in the Libor scandal?
1. The Low Ball Tapes - Arrested
The secret tapes the authorities, on both sides of the Atlantic, wouldn’t want you to hear
Art Came in the Night
Artist Kevin Harman explores what happens when public art and communities clash.
A Recipe for Love
Sophie Ward makes a scientifically-accredited love potion. Don't try this at home.
Episode 5
One more throw of the dice from the UK, and a new obstacle from America.
Episode 4
Richard Ratcliffe goes public as the UK government explore back channels for a deal.
Episode 3
The debt issue and Nazanin finally collide.
Episode 2
The story of the government owned company that may hold the key to Nazanin’s release.
Episode 1
A birth amid a revolution, and an unpaid arms deal debt having ramifications decades on.
Paris-Zurich-Trieste: Joyce l'European
The profound influence the many years he spent in Europe had on the work of James Joyce.
Room 5 - Episode 1
Bex is at university when she starts feeling anxious and overwhelmed.
Bloody Sunday: 50 Years On
Fifty years on, Peter Taylor assesses the legacy of 'Bloody Sunday' in Northern Ireland.
Night Watch
Stories of everyday street harassment from women across Britain.
The Lullaby Project
Orchestral musicians help prisoners compose and record lullabies for their children.
A Family of Strangers
How a simple DNA test turned worlds upside down, leading to profound questions of identity
The Army Girls
80 years after female conscription, the final few tell their extraordinary WW2 stories.
A Line in the Water
Aboard the Belfast-Birkenhead ferry Neil McCarthy looks for the border down the Irish Sea
The River Man
Fergal Keane investigates the fate of James Kane, executed by the IRA a century ago.
Will-of-the-Dump
The story of a black bin bag... told through essay, sound and music.
Could I Regenerate My Farm To Save The Planet?
Can the shepherd and writer James Rebanks use his farm to save the planet?
Jan Morris: Writing a Life
Horatio Clare examines how the pioneering writer Jan Morris authored her own life.
How America Learned to Laugh Again
How soon is too soon to start making jokes?
The Hack That Changed the World: Ep 5 - The Sceptics
Who was behind the 2009 hack and leak of emails that fuelled climate change sceptics?
The Hack That Changed the World: Ep 4 - Dark Money
Who had most to gain from the ‘Climategate’ hack and the doubt about science it created?
The Hack That Changed the World: Ep 3 - The Russia Mystery
Following an evidence trail pointing towards Russian involvement in the Climategate hack.
The Hack That Changed the World: Ep 2 - On the Trail
On the trail of a cyber cold case about global warming, but who are the main suspects?
The Hack That Changed the World: Ep 1 - The Cold Case
Who was behind the 2009 hack and leak of emails that fuelled climate change sceptics?
Plastic: The Biography
Laura Barton outlines the dramatic rise and fall from grace of industrial titan, Plastic.
The Nuremberg Legacy
Philippe Sands explores the legacy of the Nuremberg Trials, 75 years after the judgement.
The Ballad of the Bet
Poetry, music and oral history from the inner life of gambling.
Poison: Episode 5 - A Toxic Aftertaste
Jacob Zuma’s conspiracy theories have taken on a dangerous life of their own.
Poison: Episode 4 - The Russian Antidote
Why would a South African president seek a cure for poisoning at a clinic in Moscow?
Poison: Episode 3 - How Do You Like Your Tea?
The wife of South Africa’s former President is arrested for trying to poison him - why?
Poison: Episode 2 - A Pinch of Paranoia
From poisoned underpants to Cold War paranoia – South Africa’s murky liberation story
Poison: Episode 1 - The Chuckling Pensioner
South Africa's Jacob Zuma - liberation hero and ex-president believes he's being poisoned.
The Delirium Wards
David Aaronovitch speaks to people struggling with delirium as cases are on the rise.
The Nuclear Priesthood
Poet Paul Farley considers how we warn future generations about our buried nuclear waste.
Behind the Crime
Two forensic psychologists interview Courtney about her life and the crime she committed.
Write Her Story
Double Oscar-winning actress Glenda Jackson asks, where are the strong stories for women?
Genetics and the longer arm of the law
Genetic fingerprints to genetic witnesses - the explosion of DNA in crime fighting.
Trading Blows?
Mark Mardell looks at how British business is faring seven months on from Brexit.
Breaking Through
How breaking went from the inner city streets of New York City to the Olympic Games.
Speak Up
Women may be caricatured as babbling chatterboxes, but in public women speak a lot less.
China in Slogans
How Communist Party slogans reveal the turbulent story of modern China.
Waiting for the Van
The story of one man's attempt to challenge fifty years of UK drug policy.
My Cat, The Judge
But is she? Meet Velma: a cat with attitude. And Suzi Ruffell, her owner.
Lost for Words
David Shariatmadari explores the science of language, dementia and ageing.
Return to the Homeless Hotel
What's happened to rough sleepers a year after they were given emergency accommodation?
Adults, Almost
Teenagers tell their lockdown tales. Stories, music, jokes and thoughts on growing up.
A Sense of Music
What happens when music meets the animal mind?
Descendants: Episode One
How close is each of our lives to the legacy of British slavery?
Daft Punk Is Staying at My House, My House
Combine Disneyland Paris, a 4-track demo and three guys from Glasgow. Et voila, Daft Punk!
One Night in March
Anthony Grainger was shot dead by police. Why is his family still fighting for justice?
Thinking In Colour
Gary Younge explores stories of racial passing, through the prism of Nella Larsen's book.
Life On Hold
Personal stories from people fighting for access to mental health support during lockdown.
After a Death
Sarah O'Connell examines the ripple effects of the killing of Russell 'Barty' Brown.
The Northern Bank Job: Episode One
Writer Glenn Patterson has unfinished business with the 2004 Northern Bank robbery.
A Pyrotechnic History of Humanity: Fire
How the mastery of fire and the energy it released gave our ancestors intelligence
Iran’s Secret Art Collection
Alastair Sooke tells the story of Iran's billion pound collection of modern western art.
Where is Jack Ma?
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma is missing. So where is Jack Ma? Celia Hatton investigates.
The Nazi Next Door
Meet ‘Mr Stan’, the Shropshire pensioner hiding the darkest of secrets.
Making Demille
Recorded over five years, the story of a young courier navigating London's gig economy.
Mitchell on Meetings: The Thing
David Mitchell investigates meetings from the ancient 'thing' to zoom.
The Jump: Covid-19
Chris van Tulleken on the human behaviours that make viruses jump from animals to people.
Faith, Lies and Conversion Therapy
Will banning conversion therapy end the practice of trying to change people's sexuality?
The Price of Song
John Wilson investigates the value of the songs that provide the soundtracks to our lives
Made of Stronger Stuff: The Heart
Kimberley Wilson and Xand van Tulleken talk artificial hearts and broken heart syndrome.
The Battersea Poltergeist – Ep1: 63 Wycliffe Road
Strange events start at an ordinary house in South London. Is it a poltergeist?
Sideways: Siding with the Enemy
Matthew Syed reexamines the origin of a peculiar psychiatric disorder.
Battle for the Capitol
With Trump out of office, Leah Sottile on what’s next for America’s far-right.
39 Ways to Save the Planet: Wood for Good
Tom Heap introduces an episode of Radio 4's new environmental podcast.
I Am Robert Chelsea
The first African-American to have a face transplant tells his own story.
Sci-Fi Blindness
Peter White explores science fiction's enduring interest in blindness.
Can I Talk About Heroes?
Poet Vicky Foster looks at how ideas of heroism have impacted on society and her own life
Scientists in the Spotlight
Jim Al-Khalili finds out how The Life Scientific has changed during the pandemic.
Apocalypse How
Jolyon Jenkins asks whether civilisation could be ended by a electromagnetic pulse bomb
Generation Covid
How has the mental health of young people been affected by the pandemic and lockdown?
Inside the Brain of Jeff Bezos
The ideas making Jeff Bezos the richest man on earth and Amazon 2020's business success.
Living with the Dragon
Nick Robinson examines the recent history of the UK's relationship with China.
The Corrections:Trojan Horse
Revisiting the Birmingham Trojan Horse Affair to see what was really behind the headlines
Losing It
Caleb Femi explores the pressures on teenage boys around virginity and sex.
Can I Still Read Harry Potter?
A fan of the boy wizard explores what it means to stop reading a beloved book.
East Meets West
The UK has a north and south divide but how about east and west? Chris Mason investigates
Playing With The Dead
Jordan Erica Webber sees how video games can let us play with people after their death.
The Year the Music Stopped
Arlo Parks reflects on a year without live music with artists including Yannis from Foals
The Karen Meme
Is the Karen meme being misused?
A History of Ghosts: Ancient Ghosts
Kirsty Logan explores the evolution of Ghost Lore.
False Hope? Alternative Cancer Cures - Episode 3
Layla finds another family with a similar story and goes inside the thermography clinic.
False Hope? Alternative Cancer Cures - Episode 2
Sean is rushed to hospital and Layla makes an appointment at the thermography clinic.
False Hope? Alternative Cancer Cures - Episode 1
A young musician believes he can cure his cancer without the help of the hospital.
Blood Lands: Common Purpose – Episode 5
As a trial ends will anyone be convicted of killing two black South African farmworkers?
Blood Lands: Betrayal – Episode 4
A family betrayal opens the door to a murder trial in a South African farming community.
Blood Lands: Shaking the Tree – Episode 3
South African police investigating a suspected double murder find explosive new evidence.
Blood Lands: Say Nothing – Episode 2
A white farming family falls silent following the brutal deaths of two black workers.
Blood Lands: Blood on the Wall – Episode 1
Two men arrive at a South African farmhouse triggering a violent series of events.
Broad Spectrum
Helen Keen had a diagnosis of autism as an adult: she explores how it appears in women.
Universities in Crisis
Sam Gyimah investigates if Britain's universities can survive the crisis they now face.
Code-Switching
Lucrece Grehoua reveals the cost of hiding who we really are in the workplace.
Led by the Science
How does scientific advice lead to government policy at the best of times, and the worst?
Taking on Trump
Jim Naughtie examines Joe Biden's election chances as he takes on Donald Trump.
Fothermather
Poet Gail McConnell explores what it means to be a parent in a same-sex relationship.
The Homeless Hotel
What happened to rough sleepers during the coronavirus lockdown - and what happens next?
How They Made Us Doubt Everything: 1. Big Oil's Big Crisis
From climate change to smoking and cancer, this is the story of how to manufacture doubt.
A Deadly Trade
Even through lockdown boatloads of refugees made the dangerous crossing by boat to the UK
Summer with Greta
Greta Thunberg describes the remarkable and tumultuous past year of her life.
Your Call Is Important to Us
New universal credit claimants tell us about their lives on hold.
On the Menu
Adam Hart explores our relationship with some of the animal kingdom's deadliest predators
The New Tech Cold War
Gordon Corera asks if the West is losing the technological race with China.
Life, Uncertainty and VAR
Tom Chivers asks what football's search for truth tells us about uncertainty in our lives
The Wellness Phenomenon
Claudia Hammond explores the wellness phenomenon, from its start in California to today.
The Global Ventilator Race
Engineers worldwide are rushing to build new ventilators. Are they any good?
Art of Now: Raw Meat
Susan Bright gets bloody and fleshy with artists who use body parts as a raw material
The Virus Hunters
Tracking the virus hunters who race to understand and extinguish new pathogens.
How to Cure Viral Misinformation
The story of one misleading post - and how we can all stop the spread of bad information.
The Phoney War
The story of the BBC in the strange period of 1939-1940 and the echoes of Covid-19 today.
The Art of Raising a Child
Can you make creativity a life skill? Where might such a skill take a child in life?
The Science of Dad
Dr Oscar Duke discovers how pregnancy, birth and childcare affect the father.
The Californian Century: A Twist of Fate
Stanley Tucci tells the story of Silicon Valley's troubled founder, William Shockley.
The Ugly Truth
Is there such a thing as a beauty bias?
Preview: Girl Taken - Episode 1
A grieving mother, a real life search for the truth and a race to find a little girl.
Class Talk
How to have meaningful conversations across the class divide, with Kerry Hudson.
Lift Going Up
Emma Clarke plays the voice of the lift in this cultural history of the elevator.
A Sense of Direction
Might humans have an inbuilt compass like homing pigeons? How can we rediscover it if so?
The Inside Story of Election 19
What lies behind Boris Johnson's overwhelming election victory?
My Name Is... Immie
Imogen Rhodes is 22. She spent most of her early life in temporary accommodation.
Code Red
James Gallagher explores an innovation in trauma science saving bleeding trauma patients.
Art of Now: Filth
Emma Critchley meets the artists turning smog, landfill and sewage into challenging art.
The Remarkable Resistance of Lilo
Lilo and her husband Erich Gloeden hid Jews from the Nazis in wartime Berlin.
The People's Pyramid
Once they made pop records. Now they're building a pyramid out of dead people.
The Last Exposure
The end of the dark room - and a glimpse into the colourful world of Garry Fabian-Miller.
The Diagnosis
A doctor and their patient come together to tell the story of a single diagnosis.
A Small Matter of Hope
Life's getting better. So why don't we believe it? Fraser Nelson finds out.
A Guide to Disagreeing Better
Why do we hold our opponents in contempt? And what steps should we take to stop?
Hurting
Sally Marlow examines what is driving so many people to self-harm.
Art of Now: Playing Well - Frightened Rabbit
Chris Hawkins examines the life and legacy of Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchison
The 21st Century Curriculum
If teenagers had more say in what they learn, would they be more engaged with school?
Welcome Money
Journalist Malcolm Jack tells a little-known story from the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Into the Manosphere
Follow activist Phillip Tanzer on a tour of the men’s rights community.
The Hand Detectives
How the forensic science of hand identification is being used to investigate crime.
Middlesbrough, Money and Me
Steph McGovern asks how we improve our practical maths to help us tackle daily life.
Make Me a Programme
Can a robot host a radio show? Conversation designer Georgia Lewis-Anderson finds out.
Russell Kane's Right to Buy
Russell Kane wrestles with the impact of his dad’s purchase of their council house.
The Corrections: The Carbonara Case
The Corrections is the series which looks at how journalists tell news stories.
Shappi Khorsandi Gets Organised
Shappi Khorsandi is disorganised. Can the professionals help get her life in order?
Generation Z and the Art of Self-Maintenance
The first digital generation is self-taught. Huddersfield Gen Z-ers tell us their stories
The Ballad of the Fix
The story of Scotland's deadly drug crisis narrated by the voice of the narcotic itself.
The Sound Odyssey: Loyle Carner in Guyana
Gemma Cairney and Loyle Carner travel to Georgetown, Guyana, for a musical collaboration.
Going to the Gay Bar
Travis Alabanza investigates the impact of the closure of LGBTQ+ venues in the UK.
Art of Now: The World in Their Hands
In a London studio, the ancient craft of globemaking finds a modern spin.
What’s Eating Rotherham
Rotherham resident Joanne Keeling looks at the problem of overeating in the town.
The Courage of Ambivalence
Mark O'Connell makes the case for ambivalence.
Can Facebook Survive?
David Baker investigates if Facebook can survive its recent troubles intact.
Power of Deceit
Lucy Cooke discovers why being a bit sneaky may be an excellent evolutionary strategy.
Hannah Walker Is a Highly Sensitive Person
Hannah Jane Walker argues that sensitivity is overlooked, dismissed and under-utilised
The Upside of Anxiety
Andrew Hussey examines the damage done by anxiety and also the benefits it might offer.
From College to Clink
Britain's brightest graduates start their working life behind bars as prison officers.
America's Child Brides
The tense argument on child marriage in the USA.
A History of Hate - Bosnia: The Weaponisation of History
Allan Little explores how anti-Muslim hatred was mobilised during the Bosnian war.
What's in a Game?
Alex Humphreys asks if video games should be appreciated as a form of art.
Rewinder
Greg James digs into the BBC's archives, using current stories as a portal to the past.
The Prototype
Hannah Catherine Jones meets instrument inventors challenging the status quo.
The Fast and the Curious
Tom Heap's confessions of a petrol-headed environmentalist.
The Bubble
Two social media users swap accounts and live in each other's bubble during Brexit.
Peach Fuzz
Mona Chalabi asks why female facial hair still seems to be a source of such shame.
A Sense of Time
Does a second feel the same for a fly, a bird, or a swordfish, as it does for me?
The Monster Downstairs
Life for the child of an alcoholic can be lonely. Camilla Tominey hears their stories.
A Job for the Boys
What are the hidden consequences of having so few women in the tech industry?
The Puppet Master – Episode 5. Enemies
A fight for survival and a message for the West.
The Puppet Master – Episode 4. Unravelling
Loyalties are tested as street power grows.
The Puppet Master – Episode 3. Impresario
All the world – or at least all of Russia – is a stage.
The Puppet Master – Episode 2. Ascension
The man from nowhere slides up the greasy pole.
The Puppet Master – Episode 1. Snipers
This is the story of the most powerful man you’ve never heard of.
Flat 113 at Grenfell Tower
What went wrong in flat 113 at Grenfell Tower? Katie Razzall pieces together the evidence
Macpherson: What Happened Next
20 years on from the publication of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry, how much has changed?
NB - Episode 1: Realising
What do you do when you realise you’re non-binary?
#OurBoysAsWell
Does talk of 'toxic masculinity' mean we are now seeing boys as potential perpetrators?
Branding Genius
Who owns Shakespeare? Graphic designer Teresa Monachino goes in search of Brand Bard.
Millennials in the Workplace
India Rakusen discovers how her generation is changing the workplace.
I Feel for You: Narcs and narcissists
Jolyon Jenkins investigates whether we're really in the grip of a narcissism epidemic.
I Feel for You: Empaths and empathy
Is it a good idea for us to feel each other's pain? Jolyon Jenkins investigates empathy.
Behind the Scenes: Marianela Nunez at Covent Garden
Argentinian dancer Marianela Nunez shares her life behind the scenes at the Royal Ballet
Let's Raise the Voting Age
Fifty years on from votes at 18, how should we set the voting age?
Apollo 8
The first mission to take human beings beyond the earth's orbit
Doorstep Daughter
Two very different families join together to raise a baby - and change each others' lives
The Power of Twitter
The story of how Twitter accidentally became the 21st century forum for political debate.
Introducing Life Lessons
Young UK adults talk about the issues that matter most to them.
Contracts of Silence
Tiffany Jenkins on the use and misuse of 'gagging clauses' or non-disclosure agreements
Pursuit of Beauty: The Spider Orchestra
The art of Tomás Saraceno who makes sculptures and music with spiders and their webs
Pursuit of Beauty: Dead Rats and Meat Cleavers
Turning base metal into musical gold - swordsmiths and Dead Rats!
Pursuit of Beauty: Art Beneath the Waves
Underwater artists who paint, sculpt and dance beneath the sea.
Ghosts in the Machine
Exploring the people who hear spooks in random sound and the world of auditory illusion.
The Supercalculators
Alex Bellos meets the supercalculators taking part in the Mental Calculation World Cup.
The Art of Now: Border Wall
Art on the US-Mexico Border
The Eternal Life of the Instant Noodle
How instant noodles went global with the help of students, travellers and prisoners.
The Ballad of the Blade
The story of knife crime, told in verse by the weapon itself.
The Sound Odyssey: Nadine Shah travels to Beirut
Gemma Cairney takes Nadine Shah to Beirut for a musical collaboration.
Intrigue: The Ratline
Introducing the new podcast from Radio 4 - A story of love, denial and a curious death.
What Happened Last Night in Sweden?
Ruth Alexander looks at the rise in violent crime in Sweden.
The Five Foot Shelf
Ian Sansom asks people to choose the books they think should be included on his 5ft shelf
Game Changer: Fortnite on 4
Kevin Fong explores the latest video gaming smash hit Fortnite as a cultural phenomenon.
The Infinite Monkey Cage
A special edition of the science and comedy podcast hosted by Brian Cox and Robin Ince.
Pop Star Philosophy
Comedian Steve Punt exhumes the philosophical outpourings of pop stars through the ages.
In Search Of Sovereignty
Sovereignty - what is it? How old is it? What colour is it?
The Silence and the Scream
Garrett Carr on the radical commune which broke the silence of rural Donegal in the 1970s.
Could the PM Have a Brummie Accent?
Chris Mason examines how politicians' accents - and attitudes towards them - have changed.
Out of Tredegar
Michael Sheen explores Aneurin Bevan's roots in Tredegar.
Pink Rabbits and Other Animals
A profile of the beloved children's author Judith Kerr as she works on her latest book.
The Sisters of the Sacred Salamander
Why are Mexican nuns breeding a rare salamander? Could they save this remarkable species?
Pursuit of Beauty: Slow Art
Illuminated snails dancing, sculpted volcanoes and music playing for 1,000 years.
Commuterville
Matthew Sweet looks at how commuting has changed the world.
A Church in Crisis
William Crawley explores the decline of the Catholic church's authority in society.
Is Eating Plants Wrong?
Plants can do much more than we might think. So is it wrong to eat them?
The Opt Out
What will an opt-out organ donation system really mean for the families asked to consent?
The Turban Bus Dispute
Sathnam Sanghera on the battle for the turban in Enoch Powell's constituency.
The Vet with Two Brains
Claudia Hammond follows the 'vet with two brains' before, during and after brain surgery.
The Art of Now - Band Politics
6 Music's Chris Hawkins investigates a new wave of politically engaged bands.
What Are the Odds?
Rajesh Mirchandani goes on an exploration of coincidence.
Mums and Sons
Lauren Laverne explores how artists treat the relationship between mums and sons.
The Bald Truth
Ian Marchant investigates hair loss and why so many men (and some women) care so much.
In the Wake of Wakefield
Adam Rutherford explores the 20-year legacy of a paper linking the MMR vaccine and autism.
Behind the Scenes: Dawn Walton
A portrait of artistic director Dawn Walton as she leads a revolutionary theatre programme
A Brief History of Cunning
American satirist Joe Queenan explores cunning.
Inside the Killing Jar
Is it okay to kill insects in the name of science? Adam Hart explores the issues.
Find Me a Cure
Can we cure the most common form of leukaemia? Simon Cox reports.
The Death of Illegitimacy
Has the stigma of illegitimacy died out? Caroline Flint MP finds out.
Inside the Brain of Gerald Scarfe
What is going on inside Gerald Scarfe's brain?
From the Steppes to the Stage
Mongolia's remarkable rise to being an opera superpower.
The Dawn of British Jihad
The British Muslims who joined Jihad in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kashmir in the 80s and 90s
Good Luck Professor Spiegelhalter
Rhianna Dhillon brings you another seriously interesting story from Radio 4.
Why the Moon, Luke?
Artist Luke Jerram is obsessed with the moon, so he has made one to take around the world.
The Far Future
How do we prepare for the distant future? Helen Keen meets the people who try to.
Thinking Outside the Boxset: How Technology Changed the Story
Mark Lawson explores how technology is changing the way people write stories.
The Power of Sloth
Lucy Cooke discovers the joy of sloth and sloths and the benefits of being really slow.
Iceland's Dark Lullabies
Storyteller Andri Snær Magnason is dreaming of a dark Christmas, in Iceland.
The Unconscious Life of Bombs
Daniel Pick traces how aerial bombardment has made the unconscious mind a field of battle.
Mysteries of Sleep - Sleepwalking
Why do some of us do bizarre things in our sleep?
The Glasgow Boys: Chaos and Calm
Byron Vincent joins a scheme turning young men away from violence.
Where Are All the Working Class Writers?
Why are so few novelists from working class backgrounds? Author Kit de Waal investigates.
Close to the Edit
Filmmaker Mike Figgis explores the age of the edit.
BONUS: Russia – 100 Years on from Revolution
Steve Rosenberg visits four Russian cities closely tied to the revolution of 1917.
Savitri Devi: From the Aryans to the Alt-right
Maria Margaronis explores the life and legacy of right-wing thinker Savitri Devi.
The Trainspotter's Guide to Dracula
Miles Jupp boards the train to Transylvania on the trail of Count Dracula.
Political Violence in America
Inside the world of the anti-fascists known as 'antifa' and their far-right opponents.
Who's Looking At You?
Novelist Nick Harkaway says we need to talk about surveillance before it is too late.
Dads and Daughters
Lauren Laverne and her dad Les explore the relationship between fathers and daughters.
It's Just a Joke, Comrade: 100 Years of Russian Satire
Comedian and Russophile Viv Groskop explores a century of revolutionary comedy.
Passing Dreams
A portrait of singer, songwriter and truck driver Will Beeley.
My Muse: Lynne Truss on Joni Mitchell
Journalist and author Lynne Truss on why Joni Mitchell is her Muse.
Art in Miniature
Art so small you have to avoid inhaling it. Dr Lance Dann explores miniature art.
My Secret Wig
Brian Kernohan explores the hidden world of wigs to solve his own not-so-secret hair loss.
PowerPointless
30 years on from its launch, Ian Sansom asks: what's the real point of PowerPoint?
Queens of Chapeltown
Colin Grant reports on the 50th anniversary of the Leeds West Indian Carnival.
The Edge of Life
We follow the healthcare authority aiming to reduce lives lost to suicide to 0% by 2020.
Grayson Perry: En Garde
Grayson Perry goes in search of the moment the avant-garde died.
Driving Bill Drummond
Bill Drummond is driving to every county in Ireland in five days. But what's driving Bill?
A Brief History of the Truth
The truth is like a vegetable your mother makes you eat, nourishing but it tastes terrible
The Pigeon Whistles
Imagine the sound of music that flies around your head - the magic art of pigeon whistles.
And Then There Were Nun
A glimpse into the cloistered world of religious communities.
999 - Which Service Do You Require?
Ian Sansom dials up the story of the 999 service, 80 years after it was introduced.
Port Talbot Paradiso
Actor Michael Sheen's tells the story of Port Talbot's famous art deco Plaza cinema.
Butterbeer and Grootcakes
Aleks Krotoski explores the amazing world of fictional food made real.
When Women Wore the Trousers
Laura Barton presents a brief history of trousers from function to fashion.
Miss Simpson's Children
The story of how one woman offered refuge to leading intellectuals fleeing from the Nazis.
The Invention of the USA: Borderlands
The USA is an invention. So how do you build the most powerful country in the world?
The Organ Beauty Pageant
Is it fair to find your own living organ donor on Facebook? Lesley Curwen investigates.
Trump at Studio 54
Frances Stonor Saunders on Trump's disco years and mentorship to McCarthy's henchman.
A Woman Half in Shadow
Poet Jackie Kay tells the story of Zora Neale Hurston's literary rebirth.
Rock Transition
A look at how musicians have defied gender boundaries to create era-defining art and music
The Mind in the Media
How stories of mental illness are told in fiction and news.
Moving to the Red Planet
Why go to Mars? Claudia Hammond examines the space-farer's drive to occupy the red planet
1917: Eyewitness in Petrograd
Emily Dicks visits St Petersburg to trace her grandfather's memories of 1917's revolutions
Writing a New Caribbean: Under the Surface
A picture of the Caribbean now, as seen by a new generation of writers and poets.
Radioactive Art
How might artists choose to mark a nuclear waste site for future generations?
Mark Steel Does Hip Hop
Mark Steel celebrates the ever expanding world of foreign hip-hop.
Intrigue: Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel
A true story of death, sex and elite politics in China.
A Brief History of Lust
American satirist Joe Queenan presents a new history of lust.
A Brief History of Failure
Joe Queenan on the romance of failure, or the dreaded 'failure chic'.
Late Returns
Writer Nicholas Royle returns three library books - three decades after he borrowed them.
Tunes from the Trash
South America correspondent Wyre Davies visits the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay.
Meet the Cyborgs
Are human cyborgs set to become a reality? Frank Swain investigates.
Generation Grime
Exploring the popularity of Grime music through the story of Welsh act Astroid Boys.
Laura Mvula's Miles Davis
Laura Mvula and Jason Yarde, Laura Jurd, Kevin Le Gendre discuss jazz legend Miles Davis.
I, by the Tide of Humber
Poet Sean O'Brien reflects on the waterscape and landscape of Hull, 2017 City of Culture.
On a Knife Edge
Young victims of knife crime are helped by hospital-based teams tackling risky behaviour.
Exonerated
John Toal meets two former death row inmates now helping the wrongly convicted.
Hiraeth
Poet Mab Jones explores the concept of hiraeth in the poetry of Wales.
The Green Book
Alvin Hall tells the story of an African American travel guide during the segregation era.
Bursting the Social Network Bubble
Bobby Friction discovers the impact social media is having on his life.
GCHQ: Minority Report
The domestic challenge facing Britain's biggest secret intelligence service.
Being Bored: The Importance of Doing Nothing
Phill Jupitus explores the importance of being bored.
Butterfly Mind
Can a shaman cure writer's block? Playwright David Greig tries to find out.
Searching for Tobias
Eight years after she met him in Mississippi, Chloe Hadjimatheou searches for Tobias
Keepsake for My Lover
Step inside the voice booth to find out what is the value of talking at all.
A Cello in the Desert
Nina Plapp takes her cello Cuthbert to Rajasthan in search of the roots of gypsy music.
Gunning For Education
Ian Peddie studies new Texan laws allowing concealed handguns into classrooms.
Arthur Russell: Vanished into Music
Olivia Laing presents an imaginative portrait of the elusive musician Arthur Russell.
The Villain in 6 Chapters
Toby Jones celebrates the mercurial world of the villain.
Songs for the Dead
Marie-Louise Muir explores the tradition of keening for the dead in Ireland.
Frightened of Each Other's Shadows
Nihal Arthanayake presents a portrait of contemporary Britain in an epoch of terror.
Stalking under Scrutiny
A look at the support provided for victims of stalking and ways to stop stalkers.
You May Now Turn Over Your Papers
Mary Beard tells the intriguing story of the history of exams.
Roald Dahl: In His Own Words
Roald Dahl tells his own story in his own words.
In Wales the Ball is Round
Elis James argues that football - not rugby - best reflects modern Welsh identity.
While My Guitar Gently Bleeps
Isy Suttie delves into video game music, attempting to create her own electronic opus.
Moss Side Gym Stories
MIke Gary and Jackie Kay present the two part Moss Side Gym Stories.
Life Under Glass
How did a sideshow doctor change the course of medical history?
The Camera Never Lies
Film-maker Molly Dineen examines the concept of truth in documentary.
The Power of Cute
Lucy Cooke explores our seeming obsession with all things cute.
Return to Subtopia
A timely retracing of the passionate Subtopia campaign against postwar town planning.
The Force of Google
Google dominates internet searching. Rory Cellan-Jones asks if it is too powerful.
For Better or Worse
Peter McGraith hears personal accounts of same-sex marriage in post equality Britain.
How to Turn Your Life Around
Succeeding against the odds. What does it take to turn your life around?
Suck It and See
Songwriter Amy Wadge investigates the history and potential of the harmonica
The Women Who Wrote Rock
Kate Mossman tells the story of the long-overlooked female music writers of the 60s
The Returnees
How should Britain manage its returning foreign fighters?
The Actors' Gang & The Actors' Gang on the Outside
A two part Seriously with Tim Robbins and Rajesh Mirchandani as they enter Norco prison.
The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band: Anarchy Must Be Organised
Neil Innes looks at the collision of art, humour, music and anarchy in Bonzo Dog.
Tim Key Delves Into Daniil Kharms and That's All
Tim Key gives his surreal take on the Soviet absurdist writer Daniil Kharms.
A Brief History of Disobedience
American satirist Joe Queenan explores the importance of not doing what one is told.
Glad to Be Grey
Grey-haired Professor Mary Beard investigates why fewer people are now glad to be grey.
Laverne in the Willows
Lauren Laverne celebrates Kenneth Grahame's classic tale The Wind in the Willows.
Six Degrees of Connection
Julia Hobsbawm investigates the idea that we are all connected by only six links.
Musical Variations: The Life of Angela Morley
The colourful career of British composer and transgender pioneer Angela Morley.
Batman and Ethan
Ethan, a 10-year-old blind boy and gifted musician, learns echolocation from Daniel Kish.
Reaction Time
Stories about love straight from the smartphones of Radio 4 listeners.
Jarvis on McCullers
Jarvis Cocker celebrates the life and work of literary wunderkind Carson McCullers.
Gay Bombay
Zareer Masani returns to Mumbai to measure India's changing attitudes to homosexuality.
Herland
Geoff Ryman explores stories about women and men in future worlds. What might change?
Raising the Dead
Composer Adam Gorb goes on a journey to listen to the lost music of concentration camps
Deciding Fast and Slow
Elinor Goodman investigates how government ministers take decisions in the 21st century
Work Is a Four Letter Word
Professor Andrew Hussey asks why we should let the toad of work squat on our lives.
Miles Jupp and the Plot Device
Miles Jupp investigates the plot device that spawned a million pulp fictions.
Brain Tingles
Comedian and actor Isy Suttie explores the phenomenon of ASMR, or 'brain tingles'.
Hippy Internet - The Whole Earth Catalog
Sukhdev Sandhu tells the story of a book of hippy philosophy that defined the 1960s.
Inside Putin's Russia: The Rosenberg Reports
How is Russian President Vladimir Putin perceived by the people in his own country?
The Art of StarCraft
Stephen Evans goes deep into the Milky Way to look at the phenomenon of StarCraft.