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45. China's Ping Pong Power: Episode 1

Matthew Syed tells the story of China's rise in the 20th century - through ping pong.

• 29 mins

46. China's Ping Pong Power: Episode 2

Matthew Syed tells the story of China's rise in the 20th century - through ping pong.

• 29 mins

47. China's Ping Pong Power: Episode 3

Matthew Syed tells the story of China's rise in the 20th century - through ping pong.

• 29 mins

48. Love Thy Villain

Matthew Syed looks at the merits of embracing your inner 'villain'.

• 28 mins

49. Inside Marjorie's Parlour

Matthew Syed explores how music can become a powerful, transformational force.

• 28 mins

50. Take the First Step

Matthew makes a case for the impact that even the smallest adventures can have on us all.

• 28 mins

Sideways: Season eight - coming soon...

First loves, harsh critics and a celebration of mediocrity. Six new Sideways stories.

• 2 mins

51. The One Star Chef

Is the customer always right? Matthew Syed delves into the world of online reviews.

• 28 mins

52. First Loves

Matthew Syed finds out why our first loves can hold a special place in our hearts.

• 28 mins

53. Stories of a Father

Matthew Syed explores how a daughter found connection with the father she never met.

• 28 mins

54. Copy Cat

Matthew Syed hears from a painter who rose to fame by copying the works of others.

• 28 mins

55. Perfectly Mediocre

Matthew Syed asks what happens when we shun excellence and embrace mediocrity.

• 28 mins

56. A Cinderella Story

How a Cinderella film from 1970s Czechoslovakia became a Christmas tradition across Europe

• 28 mins

Sideways: Season nine - coming soon...

A slamming new season... starting with a pro wrestling grudge that got too real.

• 1 min

57. Grudge Match

A wrestling grudge spills out of the ring and into the real world.

• 28 mins

58. The Keeper of Lost Memories

One man鈥檚 mission to return lost photographs to their original owners.

• 29 mins

59. What's Your Name?

Matthew Syed explores the importance and influence of something we all have - our name.

• 29 mins

60. For the love of maths

Meet the former child star who considers mathematics to be 'a balm' for her brain.

• 29 mins

61. Brain Strain

Matthew Syed explores the uncomfortable psychological phenomenon of cognitive dissonance.

• 29 mins

62. Lost and Found

A 48-hour fight to survive, lost in a snowstorm. And the data that helps rescuers find us.

• 28 mins

A New Frontier

Introducing 鈥� A New Frontier

Travel into the cosmos for a four-part series about the ethics of space exploration.

• 2 mins

A New Frontier

A New Frontier: 1. A Message to Ourselves

Matthew Syed traces humanity鈥檚 first attempt to send a radio message to aliens.

• 28 mins

A New Frontier

A New Frontier: 2. For All Humankind?

Matthew Syed goes back to the origins of the space race to question who benefited.

• 29 mins

A New Frontier

A New Frontier: 3. Life on Mars

How commercial companies in space are expanding the possibilities for colonisation.

• 28 mins

A New Frontier

A New Frontier: 4. With the Gods

Matthew Syed explores the transcendental possibilities of living in space.

• 28 mins

63. The Art of Unfinishing

Matthew Syed explores the hidden value in leaving things unfinished.

• 28 mins

64. The Masks We Wear

Matthew Syed explores the revealing power of masks.

• 29 mins

65. Divergent Histories

Two people, with a shared painful history, learn to understand themselves in a new light.

• 28 mins

66. One is a Whole

Matthew Syed explores whether you can find joy and fulfillment in the single life.

• 28 mins

Appetite for Distraction

Appetite for Distraction: 1. Postman's Prophecy?

Matthew Syed asks what it means to be distracted in a media world vying for our attention.

• 15 mins