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Drs' Notes: Can your joints repair themselves?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken take a deeper look at what is happening inside our joints.
20 Oct 2026,·31 mins
21/10/26 Wildfires report, pear harvest, planting plans
The UK is unprepared for future wildfires and needs a national strategy says MPs' report.
21 Oct 2026,·14 mins
Tom Hart on Antarctic wildlife and the power of penguin poo
Ecologist Tom Hart on monitoring wildlife populations remotely to track key patterns.
20 Oct 2026,·28 mins
Series 25
Yawn Chorus
Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain try to stay awake long enough to explore contagious yawning.
17 Oct 2026,·28 mins
Eye Drops
Which eye drops are best for dry eyes?
15 Oct 2026,·27 mins
Series 35
The First Britons - Tim Minchin, Prof Chris Stringer and Dr Selina Brace
Jessica Fostekew and Adam Rutherford step back and encounter the first people in Britain.
15 Oct 2026,·42 mins
Will AI really kill us all?
Headlines are full of apocalyptic predictions about AI, Aleks & Kevin ask if they're true.
21 Oct 2026,·28 mins
Trouble with Hubble
4. Once in human history
Nasa risks everything on a daring rescue mission to restore Hubble’s vision
19 Oct 2026,·40 mins
Beyond silicon chips
The next generation of chip is thinner and flexible when compared to traditional silicon.
20 Oct 2026,·26 mins
Life Without Bats
The night sky loses its bats and their secret soundscape. What happens next?
16 Oct 2026,·14 mins
Solving the mystery of allergies
Why do people with one allergy often go on to develop more?
21 Oct 2026,·26 mins
The climate changing power of 400 billion toasters
How can we to compete against a natural force with the power of 25 atomic bombs?
15 Oct 2026,·28 mins
Frozen Planet II
Frozen Planet II: 6
An immersive audio experience from Frozen Planet II.
17 Oct 2022,·30 mins
Why don't we lay eggs?
Why give birth to live young when eggs seem so much simpler?
16 Oct 2026,·29 mins
Series 2
Episode 2
Funny, factually-accurate look at space travel and explosive nuclear propulsion.
23 May 2012,·15 mins
From Limpsfield Common to Everest with David Sullivan
Clare explores Limpsfield Common with David Sullivan to hear about his Everest adventure
15 Oct 2026,·24 mins
Stobs Military Camp, Hawick
Mark Stephen visits Stobs Military Camp, Hawick to discover the importance of this site
21 Oct 2026,·29 mins
Mining: Can we learn lessons from the past?
Lithium and copper are crucial to the energy transition, but at what environmental cost?
18 Oct 2026,·30 mins
Walter Scott country
Martha Kearney explores Walter Scott country in the Scottish borders.
01 Oct 2026,·24 mins
Forest Therapy, Glasgow Fountains and Skekling
Mark Stephen and Rachel Bell with stories from the great outdoors.
17 Oct 2026,·91 mins
The dolphin whisperer of the Amazon
How one Colombian scientist and his team are racing to protect iconic pink river dolpins.
27 Oct 2026,·22 mins
Taking a shortcut
A marathon runner hitching a sneaky bike ride has us contemplating scientific shortcuts.
16 Oct 2026,·49 mins
Rossett's Roman Villa
Adam Walton investigates an archaeological dig in Rossett.
20 Oct 2026,·29 mins
BBC Food & Farming Awards finalist: Bronagh O'Kane
Bronagh O'Kane farms regeneratively and works to bring like-minded farmers together
18 Oct 2026,·22 mins
The Life Scientific: David Canter
David Canter on how he came to found the field of 'investigative psychology'.
19 Oct 2026,·26 mins
The battle to delete your embarrassing online history
How a kidfluencer law could reshape privacy for everyone, plus the bot purge delusion.
21 Oct 2026,·25 mins
Recluses
Naomi Alderman examines whether being a recluse has an impact on how we do our thinking.
03 Oct 2026,·57 mins
Rutger Bregman - Moral Revolution
4. Fighting for Humanity in the Age of the Machine
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman gives his fourth and final Reith Lecture.
16 Dec 2025,·57 mins
A Celebration of Michael Mosley
On Just One Thing Day (12 July, 2024), we celebrated the life and work of Michael Mosley.
13 Jul 2024,·44 mins
Hiccups
Find out if it’s possible to stop someone hiccupping by scaring them.
11 Aug 2021,·17 mins
