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Doctors' Notes: AI Medicine
Drs Chris and Xand continue their conversation about AI medicine with Dr Emma Karoune.
14 Jul 2026,·20 mins
14/07/26 Wildfires on farms, England's environmental farm payments
Tinderbox conditions on fellsides and moorland have led to wildfires across the country.
14 Jul 2026,·14 mins
Sliced Bread - Series 17
Robotic Lawnmowers
Can robotic lawnmowers save you time without hassling hedgehogs?
09 Jul 2026,·24 mins
Are we one step closer to creating life in a lab?
Researchers say they have created a synthetic cell-like system that can grow and divide.
09 Jul 2026,·28 mins
What are these strange rocks?
There are some strange rocks on a beach in Indonesia. What are they?
10 Jul 2026,·26 mins
Frozen Planet II
Frozen Planet II: 6
An immersive audio experience from Frozen Planet II.
17 Oct 2022,·30 mins
Episode 5
Explorer Charlie Walker sets out to walk 600 miles along Siberia’s frozen rivers.
10 Jul 2026,·14 mins
Clippers in Oban, Snorkelling and Marsh Harriers
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.
11 Jul 2026,·91 mins
Don’t follow the herd: the deer cull making a difference
Richard Baynes visits a farmer with a unique way of tackling her deer problem.
12 Jul 2026,·22 mins
Rowing, Sailing, Beavers and a Hot Toddy
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
11 Jul 2026,·83 mins
Judi Dench
Dame Judi Dench tells Martha Kearney about her love of trees.
Everyone needs a hero
A Mexican vigilante nicknamed Batman has us exploring superhero science.
10 Jul 2026,·49 mins
In the Footsteps of Little Nell
Clare joins Alistair MacNichol on a unique hike inspired by The Old Curiosity Shop.
02 Jul 2026,·24 mins
Can science fiction help us fight climate change?
The acclaimed US sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson talks to the Climate Question team
12 Jul 2026,·26 mins
Ageing and Society
Can we age well today? Laurie Taylor explores healthy ageing and poverty in later life.
07 Jul 2026,·27 mins
Series 1
Large Blue
The naturalist asks why the large blue butterfly recently died out in the UK.
09 Oct 2009,·10 mins
Bluebird returns to Coniston
Donald Campbell's restored Bluebird returns to Coniston Water in Cumbria.
14 May 2026,·24 mins
How to reuse and repair
The people finding new ways to keep old things in use
14 Jul 2026,·23 mins
Meet the humanoid robots performing surgery
Surgeons remotely control two human-like robots in an operating theatre.
14 Jul 2026,·26 mins
Series 34
The North Pole Unwrapped - Russell Kane, Felicity Aston and Lloyd Peck
Brian Cox and Robin Ince venture north to unearth (or un-snow) the secrets of the Arctic.
17 Dec 2025,·42 mins
The Sound of Water
How new technology lets us listen in to the extraordinary sounds of the planet's waterways
26 Jun 2026,·52 mins
When will robots have their Chat GPT moment?
Aleks and Kevin ask: when will our homes have the general‑purpose robots seen in sci‑fi?
01 Jul 2026,·29 mins
Everything Is Fake and Nobody Cares
6. F For Fake
Jamie and Jimmy explore where fakery goes next – but can you tell which is which?
15 Apr 2026,·28 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
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
Dean Lomax on discovering ichthyosaurs and defying nay-sayers
Dean Lomax on his unconventional route into palaeontology and making BIG discoveries.
28 Apr 2026,·28 mins
14 Jul 2026,·22 mins
Health challenges after Venezuela earthquakes
June 24th, twin earthquakes hit Venezuela, and the healthcare system has been overwhelmed
08 Jul 2026,·26 mins
Body Clock
Tick, tock! What is your body clock and is it possible to change it?
11 Aug 2021,·18 mins
Series 24
Frosty Fractals
Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain investigate nature's most intricate patterns
02 Jan 2026,·29 mins
