The Forum Episodes Available now
Forugh Farrokhzad: A trailblazing voice for women in Iran
How the courage and audacity of an Iranian writer continues to inspire
The Cynics: Counter-culture from Ancient Greece
Itinerant philosophers who advocated leading radically simplified lives.
Calories: How to fuel a human
The invisible force that shapes the way we feed ourselves
Belarus: The crossroads of Eastern Europe
History of Belarus from the Middle Ages to Lukashenka
Margaret Sanger: Mother of birth control
The controversial campaigner who founded Planned Parenthood and helped develop the pill
Alice Guy: The first female movie mogul
The pioneer of early cinema who was overlooked by history
The Epic of Gilgamesh: A quest for immortality
One of the oldest works of literature can speak to us even today
Uruguay 1930: The first football World Cup
How FIFA's global sporting spectacle began
Moths: The story of the butterfly of the night
The much maligned moth – pest or saviour?
The end of civilisation: Bronze Age collapse
One of the earliest examples of globalisation, and why it came crashing down
