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The Northern Bank Job: Episode One
Tue 27 Apr 2021
Writer Glenn Patterson has unfinished business with the 2004 Northern Bank robbery.
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A Pyrotechnic History of Humanity: Fire
Tue 20 Apr 2021
How the mastery of fire and the energy it released gave our ancestors intelligence
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Iran鈥檚 Secret Art Collection
Fri 16 Apr 2021
Alastair Sooke tells the story of Iran's billion pound collection of modern western art.
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Where is Jack Ma?
Tue 13 Apr 2021
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma is missing. So where is Jack Ma? Celia Hatton investigates.
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The Nazi Next Door
Tue 6 Apr 2021
Meet 鈥楳r Stan鈥�, the Shropshire pensioner hiding the darkest of secrets.
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Making Demille
Fri 2 Apr 2021
Recorded over five years, the story of a young courier navigating London's gig economy.
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Mitchell on Meetings: The Thing
Fri 26 Mar 2021
David Mitchell investigates meetings from the ancient 'thing' to zoom.
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The Jump: Covid-19
Fri 12 Mar 2021
Chris van Tulleken on the human behaviours that make viruses jump from animals to people.
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Faith, Lies and Conversion Therapy
Tue 9 Mar 2021
Will banning conversion therapy end the practice of trying to change people's sexuality?
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The Price of Song
Fri 5 Mar 2021
John Wilson investigates the value of the songs that provide the soundtracks to our lives
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Made of Stronger Stuff: The Heart
Fri 26 Feb 2021
Kimberley Wilson and Xand van Tulleken talk artificial hearts and broken heart syndrome.
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The Battersea Poltergeist 鈥� Ep1: 63 Wycliffe Road
Tue 23 Feb 2021
Strange events start at an ordinary house in South London. Is it a poltergeist?
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Sideways: Siding with the Enemy
Tue 16 Feb 2021
Matthew Syed reexamines the origin of a peculiar psychiatric disorder.
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Battle for the Capitol
Mon 25 Jan 2021
With Trump out of office, Leah Sottile on what鈥檚 next for America鈥檚 far-right.
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39 Ways to Save the Planet: Wood for Good
Wed 20 Jan 2021
Tom Heap introduces an episode of Radio 4's new environmental podcast.
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I Am Robert Chelsea
Fri 8 Jan 2021
The first African-American to have a face transplant tells his own story.
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Sci-Fi Blindness
Tue 5 Jan 2021
Peter White explores science fiction's enduring interest in blindness.
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Can I Talk About Heroes?
Tue 29 Dec 2020
Poet Vicky Foster looks at how ideas of heroism have impacted on society and her own life
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Scientists in the Spotlight
Tue 22 Dec 2020
Jim Al-Khalili finds out how The Life Scientific has changed during the pandemic.
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Apocalypse How
Tue 8 Dec 2020
Jolyon Jenkins asks whether civilisation could be ended by a electromagnetic pulse bomb
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Generation Covid
Fri 4 Dec 2020
How has the mental health of young people been affected by the pandemic and lockdown?
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Inside the Brain of Jeff Bezos
Tue 1 Dec 2020
The ideas making Jeff Bezos the richest man on earth and Amazon 2020's business success.
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Living with the Dragon
Fri 27 Nov 2020
Nick Robinson examines the recent history of the UK's relationship with China.
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The Corrections:Trojan Horse
Tue 24 Nov 2020
Revisiting the Birmingham Trojan Horse Affair to see what was really behind the headlines
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Losing It
Tue 17 Nov 2020
Caleb Femi explores the pressures on teenage boys around virginity and sex.
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Can I Still Read Harry Potter?
Fri 13 Nov 2020
A fan of the boy wizard explores what it means to stop reading a beloved book.
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East Meets West
Tue 10 Nov 2020
The UK has a north and south divide but how about east and west? Chris Mason investigates
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Playing With The Dead
Tue 3 Nov 2020
Jordan Erica Webber sees how video games can let us play with people after their death.
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The Year the Music Stopped
Fri 30 Oct 2020
Arlo Parks reflects on a year without live music with artists including Yannis from Foals
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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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