In My Present Isolation

Six authors on different continents convey their thoughts during their present isolation.

• 49 mins

Killer Mike - The Rapper Turned Speech Maker

Mark Coles looks at rapper Killer Mike who made a plea for calm after George Floyd’s death

• 23 mins

My fake news whodunnit

Who wrote a fake story that smeared a Senegalese politician in Michelle Madsen’s name?

• 49 mins

Dame Vera Lynn

A celebration of the life of Dame Vera Lynn, the 'Forces Sweetheart' who has died at 103

• 26 mins

Reporting Covid-19

Following two local newspapers as they report the pandemic from their turf.

• 49 mins

The edge of change

How has the coronavirus pandemic created an opportunity to reshape our world?

• 49 mins

New York Covid-19 diary

Public health expert Dr Tom Frieden reflects on the global pandemic.

• 26 mins

Coronavirus: The economic shock

Alongside the medical emergency, what will Covid-19 mean for the global economy?

• 49 mins

The 'grandma benches' of Zimbabwe

An innovative Zimbabwean therapy is helping solve a mental health crisis

• 26 mins

Unmapped world

Why is so much of Africa still not mapped properly?

• 26 mins

Summer with Greta

Greta Thunberg describes her remarkable year and makes a plea for action on climate change

• 49 mins

The Coronavirus Frontline special

From vaccine trials to new treatments, this investigation tracks Covid-19 breakthroughs

• 49 mins

DNA and me

What do at-home DNA test kits tell us about our identity?

• 26 mins

The Californian Century

California: From Hollywood to Silicon Valley

The story of Francis Boggs and William Mulholland, two early pioneers of California

• 26 mins

The Californian Century

California: From Hollywood to Silicon Valley

The story of preacher Aimee Semple McPherson who vanished in 1926 and Hattie McDaniel

• 26 mins

The Californian Century

California: From Hollywood to Silicon Valley

The story of Leon Lewis who hunted down Nazis in LA and founder William Shockley

• 26 mins

The Californian Century

California: From Hollywood to Silicon Valley

The story of Kathleen Cleaver. the Black Panther Party and Dianne Feinstein

• 26 mins

The Californian Century

California: From Hollywood to Silicon Valley

The story of Ice-T, the original gangster rapper of 1990s LA and governor Jerry Brown

• 26 mins

Embankment baby

Tony May was abandoned as a baby in 1942. Can DNA testing reveal who his parents were?

• 49 mins

The confined: A story of hidden children

How Jewish children and French nuns together defied the Nazis

• 26 mins

The most important, least important thing

Why is watching sport so important to us as a species? What happens when it disappears?

• 49 mins

Ingenious

The ginger gene and breast cancer gene

The origins of the ginger gene and the genes that can increase the risk of breast cancer

• 26 mins

Ingenious

The milkshake gene and the cyclops gene

Find out what you’re made of – one gene at a time

• 26 mins

The Bomb

An explosion that changed history. Could one man have stopped it?

• 49 mins

On The Front Line with Karachi’s Ambulance Drivers

Karachi's ambulance drivers

What can ambulance drivers tell us about political change in Pakistan?

• 26 mins

On The Front Line with Karachi’s Ambulance Drivers

Karachi's ambulance drivers

Driver Safdar's experiences reveal a remarkable story of life and death in Pakistan

• 26 mins

The new tech Cold War

Is the West losing the technological race for supremacy with China?

• 26 mins

The Bomb

An explosion that changed history. Could one man have stopped it?

• 49 mins

Worlds apart

If globalisation is on its last legs - again - what might the impacts be?

• 49 mins

Fighting talk: How language can make us better

What impact does the language we use around cancer have on those living with the disease?

• 26 mins