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Memorial No More? A History of Russian Forgetting
Fri 22 Sep 2023
Nobel prize-winning, on trial and hated by the Russian State. The story of Memorial.
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Lego Overboard
Tue 19 Sep 2023
Five million pieces of Lego are washed overboard. Meet the beachcombers looking for them.
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Archive on 4 - The Holy Blood
Fri 15 Sep 2023
The unexpected origins of a global conspiracy theory... in the vaults of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ.
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Bug in the System: The Past, Present and Future of Cancer - Episode 1
Tue 29 Aug 2023
Dr Kat Arney explores cancer through an evolutionary lens. Is it really a new disease?
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BFFs: A Life Built on Friendship
Fri 18 Aug 2023
Should friendship, rather than romance, be the cornerstone of life?
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An Almanac for Anxiety: In Search of a Calmer Mind - Episode 1
Tue 15 Aug 2023
Exploring how interacting with the natural elements can improve mental wellbeing.
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The Trouble with Sheep
Fri 28 Jul 2023
Upland sheep are under fire - Charlotte Smith investigates what the future holds.
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Fever: The Hunt for Covid's Origin - Episode 1
Tue 18 Jul 2023
As a deadly new virus starts spreading in Wuhan, China, so do rumours about a lab there.
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Yeti - Episode 1
Fri 14 Jul 2023
Two yeti enthusiasts search for the mythical creature to find out if it really exists.
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Brexit: A Guide for the Perplexed - Movement of People
Tue 11 Jul 2023
What’s happened to migration since the UK left the EU?
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The Fast Furniture Fix
Fri 7 Jul 2023
Venetia La Manna explores the rise of fast furniture, asking if and how it can slow down.
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Windrush: A Family Divided - Episode 1
Fri 23 Jun 2023
Robert and Jennifer Beckford argue the pros and cons of Windrush 75 years on.
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What Are the Railways For?
Tue 20 Jun 2023
The railways are soon to be reorganised, but what are they for?
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The Boy in the Peking Hotel
Tue 6 Jun 2023
A London schoolboy's terrifying adventures in Chairman Mao's China
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Does the Irish Republic Want Reunification?
Fri 2 Jun 2023
Rising taxes, changes to flags and anthems. It’s more complicated than it seems.
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Supersenses - Episode 1
Tue 30 May 2023
Ben Garrod sees things that humans can’t, and explores extending our senses of perception.
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Is Psychiatry Working? - Anxiety Special
Fri 26 May 2023
Anxiety: why do we have it, and how can we control it?
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Buying a British Dad
Tue 23 May 2023
Fake fathers: the immigration scam that is hiding in plain sight.
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The Truth Police
Tue 16 May 2023
Meet the outsiders detecting fraud, malpractice and incompetence in science.
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Magic Consultants - Episode 1
Mon 1 May 2023
Adam Shaw peeks behind the curtain of the $billion management consultancy industry.
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Princess - Leila Pahlavi
Fri 14 Apr 2023
Comedian Shaparak Khorsandi and author Andrew Scott Cooper discuss Princess Leila Pahlavi.
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All Work and No Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔs
Thu 6 Apr 2023
Highland businesses can’t find staff due to the rent crisis, Pennie Stuart asks why.
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Analysis - Lessons from the Vaccine Task Force
Tue 4 Apr 2023
What are the lessons from the success of the UK's Vaccine Task Force?
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The New Nomads
Fri 31 Mar 2023
As property rents spiral, life on the road is attracting a new generation.
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Troubled Water - Episode 1
Tue 28 Mar 2023
Are we running out of water? James Gallagher is finding out from the comfort of his loo.
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔsick Planet
Fri 10 Mar 2023
What do astronauts like Tim Peake think about in space? Answer: home.
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Life on the Edge of Oil
Tue 7 Mar 2023
A prospective new oil field has big implications for Shetland, finds reporter Jen Stout.
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Shocking
Fri 3 Mar 2023
'ECT saved my life' - Sally Marlow on who benefits from electroconvulsive therapy.
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Woke: The Journey of a Word - Episode 1
Tue 28 Feb 2023
Matthew Syed traces the history of a term that's synonymous with our era of angry debate.
Nazanin and the mystery of a decades old tank debt
Has an old tank debt with Iran cost Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe her freedom?
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