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

The Big League

The football league for big players aiming to transform their lives.

• 28 mins

The Green Backlash

Why many across Europe are now unwilling to pay the costs associated with the Green Deal.

• 29 mins

Finding My Father

Sue Mitchell reports on how loneliness and cognitive decline leaves people open to abuse

• 29 mins

Seven Deadly Psychologies - 7. Sloth

Becky Ripley and Sophie Ward delve into the psychology of the seven sins. Last up: sloth.

• 28 mins

Seven Deadly Psychologies - 6. Wrath

A cold hard look at the psychology of the seven sins. Brace yourself for wrath.

• 28 mins

Seven Deadly Psychologies - 5. Gluttony

Becky Ripley and Sophie Ward delve into the psychology of the seven sins. Today: gluttony.

• 28 mins

Seven Deadly Psychologies - 4. Envy

Becky Ripley and Sophie Ward delve into the psychology of the seven sins. Today: envy.

• 29 mins

Seven Deadly Psychologies - 3. Lust

A cold hard look at the psychology of the seven sins. Today's hot topic: lust.

• 28 mins

Seven Deadly Psychologies - 2. Greed

A cold hard look at the psychology of the seven deadly sins. And today, it's greed.

• 28 mins

Seven Deadly Psychologies - 1. Pride

Becky Ripley and Sophie Ward delve into the psychology of the seven sins. First up: pride.

• 28 mins

Hotel Room Art

Ian McMillan gets close to the art in hotel rooms.

• 28 mins

The Screening Dilemma

Could good intentions to detect illnesses early actually be causing more harm?

• 28 mins

Graceland in the Glens

The spirit of Elvis Presley and the mind of Bill Drummond meet at a village crossroads.

• 28 mins