Is Psychiatry Working? - Anxiety Special

Anxiety: why do we have it, and how can we control it?

• 28 mins

Supersenses - Episode 1

Ben Garrod sees things that humans can’t, and explores extending our senses of perception.

• 29 mins

Does the Irish Republic Want Reunification?

Rising taxes, changes to flags and anthems. It’s more complicated than it seems.

• 29 mins

The Boy in the Peking Hotel

A London schoolboy's terrifying adventures in Chairman Mao's China

• 29 mins

Searching for Cosmic Dust

A jazz musician becomes a cosmic dust hunter.

• 29 mins

What Are the Railways For?

The railways are soon to be reorganised, but what are they for?

• 28 mins

Windrush: A Family Divided - Episode 1

Robert and Jennifer Beckford argue the pros and cons of Windrush 75 years on.

• 28 mins

The Fast Furniture Fix

Venetia La Manna explores the rise of fast furniture, asking if and how it can slow down.

• 29 mins

Brexit: A Guide for the Perplexed - Movement of People

What’s happened to migration since the UK left the EU?

• 15 mins

Yeti - Episode 1

Two yeti enthusiasts search for the mythical creature to find out if it really exists.

• 28 mins

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.

• 29 mins

The Trouble with Sheep

Upland sheep are under fire - Charlotte Smith investigates what the future holds.

• 28 mins

An Almanac for Anxiety: In Search of a Calmer Mind - Episode 1

Exploring how interacting with the natural elements can improve mental wellbeing.

• 15 mins

BFFs: A Life Built on Friendship

Should friendship, rather than romance, be the cornerstone of life?

• 28 mins

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?

• 29 mins

Archive on 4 - The Holy Blood

The unexpected origins of a global conspiracy theory... in the vaults of the BBC.

• 57 mins

Lego Overboard

Five million pieces of Lego are washed overboard. Meet the beachcombers looking for them.

• 28 mins

Memorial No More? A History of Russian Forgetting

Nobel prize-winning, on trial and hated by the Russian State. The story of Memorial.

• 29 mins

The Great Replacement

Raffaello Pantucci explores the Great Replacement theory fueling far-right recruitment.

• 37 mins

Hoax - The Planted Plants of Rum

Could the Isle of Rum miraculously have escaped the Ice Age? Tori Herridge investigates.

• 14 mins

Redeeming Ricky

Ex-offender Ricky has a deeply troubled past. And now he's set to help others like him.

• 28 mins

How Safe is Maternity Care?

Krupa Padhy asks how safe are our maternity services.

• 37 mins

Archive on 4 - The Greyhound Diaries 2023

Stories and songs from restless American highways by way of a Greyhound bus.

• 57 mins

How to Spot Potential - Sporting Success

How to succeed in professional sport and improve our potential in amateur sport.

• 15 mins

Military Ink

Can a tattoo capture the highs and lows of a life spent in the military?

• 28 mins

The Reinvention of Italy

On the road talking to Italians as a country steeped in the past wrangles over its future.

• 29 mins

Battle Grounds: Culture Wars in the Countryside - Vegans

Rural journalist Anna Jones meets a vegan who became a dairy farmer.

• 15 mins

Across the Divide - Episode 1

Israeli mother and daughter Beth and Talia, and Gazan father and son Naim and Mohammad

• 28 mins

Empire of Tea - Episode 1

How did a foreign plant become so British?

• 14 mins

South Africa: The Children of Paradise - Episode 1

30 years after South Africa's momentous changes what’s happened to the hope and promises?

• 29 mins