Ugandan Asians: The Reckoning

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown takes a fresh look at the story of the Ugandan Asian expulsion.

• 29 mins

The Other Black Door

How a group of organisations in one Westminster building affected a decade of UK politics.

• 29 mins

Desert Island Discoveries - Lauren Laverne and Vick Hope

Lauren Laverne shares handpicked gems from the back-catalogue with Vick Hope from Radio 1

• 31 mins

Music to Scream to - The Hammer Horror Soundtracks

Hammer Horror's modernist soundtracks.

• 29 mins

Disaster Trolls - Episode 1

Daren can’t forget that night at the Manchester Arena. So who claims it never happened?

• 16 mins

The Name Is DeSantis

James Naughtie profiles the Florida governor who just might be aiming for The White House.

• 29 mins

When Reality Breaks: Demystifying Paranoid Schizophrenia

Dr Julia Shaw on the ripple effects of paranoid schizophrenia in a family.

• 29 mins

Falling Stars

Poet Dr Sam Illingworth looks at our shifting relationship with scientific language.

• 29 mins

A Bad Guy with a Gun

America's relationship with guns - told through archive.

• 28 mins

The Susurrations of the Sea

The sounds of the sea, the words of people who listen to them, and new poetry.

• 28 mins

Bad Blood - 1. You’ve Got Good Genes

Eugenics is born in Victorian Britain and swiftly builds an international following.

• 29 mins

Bad Blood - 2. You Will Not Replace Us

In Jazz Age USA, the wealthy political elite embrace eugenic ideas with gusto.

• 29 mins

Bad Blood - 3. Birth Controlled

The battle to control birth in 20th-century USA.

• 29 mins

Bad Blood - 4. Rassenhygiene

The Nazis build a eugenic state.

• 28 mins

Bad Blood - 5. The Curse of Mendel

Mendel's insights are taken up by the eugenicists.

• 28 mins

Bad Blood - 6. Newgenics

Could powerful genetic technologies usher in a new eugenic era?

• 29 mins

The Crowning of Everest - Episode 1

1953 Britain prepares to crown a new Queen and waits to hear if Everest has been conquered

• 14 mins

The Crowning of Everest - Episode 2

The British connection to Mount Everest and why it was so important to conquer it in 1953

• 13 mins

The Crowning of Everest - Episode 3

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach the top of Mount Everest

• 13 mins

The Crowning of Everest - Episode 4

The race down the mountain to deliver the news to London

• 13 mins

The Crowning of Everest - Episode 5

News of the conquest of Everest reaches London on Coronation Day.

• 14 mins

First Contact

Farrah Jarral on preparing for first contact with extra-terrestrials.

• 44 mins

The Boat Smugglers

Sue Mitchell investigates the dangerous organisations behind the the deadly migrant trade.

• 29 mins

Why Coups Fail

Natalie Haynes explores why overthrowing a government by force is not as easy as it looks.

• 28 mins

Taiwan: Hyper-democracy

Can Taiwan's hyper-democracy provide lessons for the world's older democracies?

• 28 mins

How Wars End

James Naughtie examines the possible outcomes of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

• 28 mins

The Privatisation of British Gas

Phil Tinline explores why the Thatcher government sold British Gas - and the legacy today.

• 29 mins

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.

• 14 mins

Shocking

'ECT saved my life' - Sally Marlow on who benefits from electroconvulsive therapy.

• 29 mins

Life on the Edge of Oil

A prospective new oil field has big implications for Shetland, finds reporter Jen Stout.

• 29 mins

Homesick Planet

What do astronauts like Tim Peake think about in space? Answer: home.

• 29 mins

Troubled Water - Episode 1

Are we running out of water? James Gallagher is finding out from the comfort of his loo.

• 28 mins

The New Nomads

As property rents spiral, life on the road is attracting a new generation.

• 30 mins

Analysis - Lessons from the Vaccine Task Force

What are the lessons from the success of the UK's Vaccine Task Force?

• 29 mins

All Work and No Homes

Highland businesses can’t find staff due to the rent crisis, Pennie Stuart asks why.

• 29 mins

Princess - Leila Pahlavi

Comedian Shaparak Khorsandi and author Andrew Scott Cooper discuss Princess Leila Pahlavi.

• 35 mins

Magic Consultants - Episode 1

Adam Shaw peeks behind the curtain of the $billion management consultancy industry.

• 15 mins

The Truth Police

Meet the outsiders detecting fraud, malpractice and incompetence in science.

• 28 mins

Buying a British Dad

Fake fathers: the immigration scam that is hiding in plain sight.

• 28 mins

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

The Murder of Kelso Cochrane

Why is one of Britain’s first post-war racist killings still unsolved?

• 55 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

Scorchio! The Story of the Weather Girl

Why do we fetishise female weather presenters?

• 29 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

How to Read the News - Episode 1

Why journalists rarely start at the beginning, instead leading with the latest development

• 14 mins

Prosecuting Polmont

Katie and William killed themselves at Polmont Young Offenders Institution. Who's liable?

• 28 mins

Who Do You Really Think You Are?

Dr Adam Ruthford thinks he can prove that YOU are descendent from Royalty.

• 28 mins

The Rise of Sinn Féin

Ireland Correspondent Chris Page looks at the growth of Sinn Féin over the last 30 years.

• 28 mins

The Forensic Jeweller

A single piece of jewellery can be the key to someone’s lost identity.

• 29 mins

How to Build an Oil Field

Scotland's Rosebank oil field development and our relationship with oil.

• 28 mins

Decolonising Russia

Inside the new, vital global debate about how to curb Russia's 'imperial' ambitions.

• 27 mins

Farmers and Furious

With farmers protesting across the UK, is the agricultural industry is at breaking point?

• 28 mins

The War the World Forgot

Sudan's latest civil war is devastating, so why aren't we hearing more about it?

• 28 mins

A Reckoning with Drugs in Oregon

How has Oregon’s radical drug decriminalisation policy changed lives?

• 28 mins

Wokewash - Episode 1

Satirist Heydon Prowse takes looks at big corporates and LGBTQ+ rights.

• 29 mins

Do We Still Need the Pips?

After 100 years of GTS on the BBC, Paddy O'Connell asks Do We Still Need the Pips?

• 29 mins

Dehumidified

One baffling online scam – involving a £138 dehumidifier – and a wild journey to return it

• 28 mins

Rwanda Thirty Years On

Rwanda's journey towards healing and reconciliation after the 1994 genocide.

• 28 mins

Protein: Powerhouse or Piffle?

Protein is having a moment in the spotlight. Should you be worried about getting enough?

• 28 mins

Mila’s Legacy

One mother’s efforts to save her child could start a revolution in personalised medicine.

• 28 mins