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Series 25
Too Cute
Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain ponder why we find tiny baby animals so adorable.
31 Oct 2026,·28 mins
Weather Apps
Which weather app is the most accurate?
29 Oct 2026,·25 mins
Series 35
Ghosts - Isy Suttie, Laurence Rickard, Ciarán O'Keeffe and Chris French
Jessica Fostekew and Adam Rutherford investigate the spooky science behind ghosts.
29 Oct 2026,·42 mins
Are right-handed people more creative?
Does being ‘right-brained’ or ‘left-brained’ affect how you think?
30 Oct 2026,·26 mins
02/11/2026 Water management, milk price cut
After drought and floods, how can we better manage water?
02 Nov 2026,·12 mins
Hill of Dreams: bringing transhumance back to the Highlands
Richard Baynes visits a Highland estate where grazing is a key to upland revival
01 Nov 2026,·22 mins
Drs' Notes: Can 'recreational fear' be good for you?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken delve deeper into recreational fear.
27 Oct 2026,·22 mins
The race to protect a third of the world
Time is running out for one of the most ambitious environmental pledges in history.
29 Oct 2026,·28 mins
Halloween Traditions, Plockton Seals and the Geology of Arbroath
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.
31 Oct 2026,·91 mins
AMOC: How the changing Atlantic could reshape our world
The main system of Atlantic currents may be weakening. How will that impact our climate?
01 Nov 2026,·23 mins
Upper Swaledale, North Yorkshire
Clare meets Karen Skeel who runs a bed and breakfast halfway along the Coast to Coast.
29 Oct 2026,·24 mins
Why aren't AI companies being stopped?
If the risks we hear about AI are real, why aren't the companies being stopped?
28 Oct 2026,·29 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
A Highland Halloween, a Seal Safari and a Clock Tower in Moray
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
31 Oct 2026,·83 mins
Life Without Plankton
No plankton means no fish and chips. But that is only the beginning of the story.
30 Oct 2026,·15 mins
Defrauded, defamed, delivered
A label fraud that has cost millions of dollars inspires a show filled with deception.
30 Oct 2026,·49 mins
Frozen Planet II
Frozen Planet II: 6
An immersive audio experience from Frozen Planet II.
17 Oct 2022,·30 mins
Adrian Crellin on pioneering smarter radiotherapy for treating cancer
Prof Adrian Crellin discusses his pioneering career at the cutting edge of radiotherapy.
27 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
Susan Calman on the Bullfinch
Standing at the window one day, comedian Susan Calman sees a flash of pink in the hedge...
01 Nov 2026,·1 min
First human case of Shamonda virus
What is the Shamonda virus, and what risk does it pose to humans?
28 Oct 2026,·26 mins
13. Legacy
India considers how witches today are a powerful way of resisting and addressing the past.
30 May 2023,·28 mins
Walter Scott country
Martha Kearney explores Walter Scott country in the Scottish borders.
01 Oct 2026,·24 mins
The man who ‘saved the internet’
We hear from Ondřej Surý, the programmer whose PHP patches helped avert a cyber crisis.
27 Oct 2026,·27 mins
The Life Scientific: Gillian Forrester
Professor Gillian Forrester on how we became the walking, talking great apes we are today
26 Oct 2026,·26 mins
Megan Wynne Jones - y milfeddyg newydd
Terwyn Davies sy'n sgwrsio gyda Megan Wynne Jones sydd newydd raddio fel milfeddyg.
01 Nov 2026,·27 mins
The ghosts haunting AI storytelling
This Halloween, Thomas Germain and Jessica Maddox go ghost hunting inside everyday tech.
28 Oct 2026,·36 mins
Hiccups
Find out if it’s possible to stop someone hiccupping by scaring them.
11 Aug 2021,·17 mins
Series 5
6: Climate Change
Ponds, Poo and Seaweed wow the guests.
12 May 2026,·28 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
