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Where Is Austin Tice?
9. “The Hardest Thing”
The team get answers. Then Josh tells Debra what they’ve found.
16 Oct 2026,·41 mins
Eye Drops
Which eye drops are best for dry eyes?
15 Oct 2026,·27 mins
Life Without Bats
The night sky loses its bats and their secret soundscape. What happens next?
16 Oct 2026,·14 mins
Young People In Care
Ellen and Mark delve into the ubiquity of the care-experienced person in film and TV.
16 Oct 2026,·42 mins
Suella Braverman: 'I'm not imposing my idea of Englishness on anyone else'
The former Home Secretary speaks to Nick about identity, personality and religion.
17 Oct 2026,·36 mins
Trouble with Hubble
3. National disgrace
A devastating discovery is turning astronomy’s crown jewel into an embarrassing failure
12 Oct 2026,·37 mins
Eeyore
Frank Cottrell-Boyce talks with children’s writers Nadia Shireen and Charlie Higson.
26 Dec 2025,·14 mins
History's Secret Heroes - Series 4
Sybil Kathigasu and the Price of Compassion
In Japanese-occupied Malaya, a midwife puts her life on the line to help the resistance.
13 Oct 2026,·29 mins
Why don't we lay eggs?
Why give birth to live young when eggs seem so much simpler?
16 Oct 2026,·29 mins
Dangerous habit: The criminal networks flooding the UK with fake cigarettes
The global criminal gangs supplying the UK with counterfeit cigarettes.
13 Oct 2026,·36 mins
Khaby Lame: The King of TikTok
The story of Khaby Lame's billion-dollar shrug
12 Oct 2026,·40 mins
October 12th to October 18th
Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
14 Oct 2026,·5 mins
Landslide by Fleetwood Mac
The enduring song of quiet courage and acceptance in the face of passing time.
12 Sep 2026,·28 mins
Mayfield
James Rebanks explores the lives of rural workers in and around three English villages.
12 Oct 2026,·42 mins
The dream academy
Does the world have a sleep problem? We Explore how different cultures sleep
15 Oct 2026,·26 mins
Russia escalates attacks on Ukraine as winter approaches
John Simpson explores the effect on civilians of Russia’s bombardment of Ukrainian cities
The Grateful Dead Are More Important Than The Beatles
How one jam band changed the world forever.
10 Oct 2026,·57 mins
Can the UK go it alone on AI?
Aleks and Kevin ask whether the UK can stay sovereign in the global AI race.
14 Oct 2026,·29 mins
How Houdini Made Magic
Trailer
Derren Brown unlocks the extraordinary world of illusionist Harry Houdini.
12 Oct 2026,·3 mins
20. The Confidence Trick
A finance manager sports a perfect graph. Is it a fluke or something sinister?
09 Sep 2024,·17 mins
The President's Path: Will affordability decide the US midterms?
How the issue of affordability is playing out in different parts of the US
16 Oct 2026,·16 mins
The Regression to Bridie Murphy
4. Blasted from Both Sides
Virginia says she’s honest. Morey says ‘Bridie’ is real. So what was ‘Bridie Murphy’?
03 Oct 2026,·25 mins
Know It All
The story of a perpetual student prompts Matthew to interrogate the nature of wisdom.
02 Sep 2026,·29 mins
A 9/11 Story
New: Where is Austin Tice?
Josh Baker investigates one of the biggest missing-person cases of our time.
21 Sep 2026,·33 mins
My Top Twelve - Christine McVie
Brian Matthew presents Christine McVie’s 12 favourite tracks (1976).
07 Oct 2026,·60 mins
Living lands of Hawai'i
Broken by the US military, a Hawaiian park ranger finds healing in a living volcano
16 Oct 2026,·26 mins
The Balkans
The Birth and Death of Yugoslavia
Misha Glenny returns to the Balkans to report on the birth and death of Yugoslavia.
13 Apr 2026,·42 mins
Lady on Trial
Ladies in Court
Lucy Worsley, Professor Rosalind Crone and barrister Nneka Akodulu KC discuss the cases.
18 Aug 2026,·28 mins
Final moments with death row inmates
The long-term impact of witnessing an execution
17 Oct 2026,·23 mins
Seven Ages of Man, with Michael Rosen
7. Vittorio Angelone's in his 20s
Can comedian Vittorio Angelone learn to like himself, after his tumultuous 20s?
02 Oct 2026,·15 mins
