Lost for Words

David Shariatmadari explores the science of language, dementia and ageing.

• 29 mins

My Cat, The Judge

But is she? Meet Velma: a cat with attitude. And Suzi Ruffell, her owner.

• 29 mins

Waiting for the Van

The story of one man's attempt to challenge fifty years of UK drug policy.

• 37 mins

China in Slogans

How Communist Party slogans reveal the turbulent story of modern China.

• 58 mins

Speak Up

Women may be caricatured as babbling chatterboxes, but in public women speak a lot less.

• 29 mins

Breaking Through

How breaking went from the inner city streets of New York City to the Olympic Games.

• 29 mins

Trading Blows?

Mark Mardell looks at how British business is faring seven months on from Brexit.

• 37 mins

Genetics and the longer arm of the law

Genetic fingerprints to genetic witnesses - the explosion of DNA in crime fighting.

• 38 mins

Write Her Story

Double Oscar-winning actress Glenda Jackson asks, where are the strong stories for women?

• 29 mins

Behind the Crime

Two forensic psychologists interview Courtney about her life and the crime she committed.

• 44 mins

The Nuclear Priesthood

Poet Paul Farley considers how we warn future generations about our buried nuclear waste.

• 28 mins

The Delirium Wards

David Aaronovitch speaks to people struggling with delirium as cases are on the rise.

• 28 mins

Poison: Episode 1 - The Chuckling Pensioner

South Africa's Jacob Zuma - liberation hero and ex-president believes he's being poisoned.

• 14 mins

Poison: Episode 2 - A Pinch of Paranoia

From poisoned underpants to Cold War paranoia – South Africa’s murky liberation story

• 13 mins

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?

• 14 mins

Poison: Episode 4 - The Russian Antidote

Why would a South African president seek a cure for poisoning at a clinic in Moscow?

• 14 mins

Poison: Episode 5 - A Toxic Aftertaste

Jacob Zuma’s conspiracy theories have taken on a dangerous life of their own.

• 15 mins

The Ballad of the Bet

Poetry, music and oral history from the inner life of gambling.

• 29 mins

The Nuremberg Legacy

Philippe Sands explores the legacy of the Nuremberg Trials, 75 years after the judgement.

• 38 mins

Plastic: The Biography

Laura Barton outlines the dramatic rise and fall from grace of industrial titan, Plastic.

• 58 mins

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?

• 14 mins

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?

• 14 mins

The Hack That Changed the World: Ep 3 - The Russia Mystery

Following an evidence trail pointing towards Russian involvement in the Climategate hack.

• 14 mins

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?

• 15 mins

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?

• 15 mins

How America Learned to Laugh Again

How soon is too soon to start making jokes?

• 58 mins

Jan Morris: Writing a Life

Horatio Clare examines how the pioneering writer Jan Morris authored her own life.

• 57 mins

Could I Regenerate My Farm To Save The Planet?

Can the shepherd and writer James Rebanks use his farm to save the planet?

• 29 mins

Will-of-the-Dump

The story of a black bin bag... told through essay, sound and music.

• 29 mins

The River Man

Fergal Keane investigates the fate of James Kane, executed by the IRA a century ago.

• 38 mins