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- Today11:50GMTBBC World Service
The Dead Sea Scrolls
In 1947, a missing goat led to a remarkable archaeological discovery(R)
- Today17:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
The Dead Sea Scrolls
In 1947, a missing goat led to a remarkable archaeological discovery(R)
- Today21:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
The Dead Sea Scrolls
In 1947, a missing goat led to a remarkable archaeological discovery(R)
- Tomorrow02:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
The Dead Sea Scrolls
In 1947, a missing goat led to a remarkable archaeological discovery(R)
- Tomorrow07:50GMTBBC World Service
Amsterdam air disaster: 'A plane crashed into my home'
In 1992, Suzie Ampofo was in her flat block in Amsterdam when a cargo jet crashed into it
- Tomorrow11:50GMTBBC World Service
Amsterdam air disaster: 'A plane crashed into my home'
In 1992, Suzie Ampofo was in her flat block in Amsterdam when a cargo jet crashed into it(R)
- Tomorrow17:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
Amsterdam air disaster: 'A plane crashed into my home'
In 1992, Suzie Ampofo was in her flat block in Amsterdam when a cargo jet crashed into it(R)
- Tomorrow21:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
Amsterdam air disaster: 'A plane crashed into my home'
In 1992, Suzie Ampofo was in her flat block in Amsterdam when a cargo jet crashed into it(R)
- Saturday02:50GMTBBC World Service Online, Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview, News Internet & Europe and the Middle East only & Live News
Amsterdam air disaster: 'A plane crashed into my home'
In 1992, Suzie Ampofo was in her flat block in Amsterdam when a cargo jet crashed into it(R)
- Sunday07:48GMTBBC Radio 4
Mstislav Rostropovich: Virtuoso cellist
In 1978, Rostropovich lost Soviet citizenship for 'unpatriotic activity'
- Sunday16:00GMTBBC Radio 4
Sulawesi's cave art and the origins of storytelling
In 2012, cave art found in Indonesia challenged the idea that storytelling began in Europe
- Monday07:50GMTBBC World Service
The Peruvian pilots who secretly delivered fighter jets during the Falklands War
In June 1982, Peru sent fighter jets to help Argentina combat the UK
- Monday11:50GMTBBC World Service
The Peruvian pilots who secretly delivered fighter jets during the Falklands War
In June 1982, Peru sent fighter jets to help Argentina combat the UK(R)
- Monday17:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
The Peruvian pilots who secretly delivered fighter jets during the Falklands War
In June 1982, Peru sent fighter jets to help Argentina combat the UK(R)
- Monday21:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
The Peruvian pilots who secretly delivered fighter jets during the Falklands War
In June 1982, Peru sent fighter jets to help Argentina combat the UK(R)
- Tuesday02:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
The Peruvian pilots who secretly delivered fighter jets during the Falklands War
In June 1982, Peru sent fighter jets to help Argentina combat the UK(R)
- Tuesday07:50GMTBBC World Service
Egypt’s President Sadat is assassinated
In October 1981, President Anwar Sadat was assassinated at a military parade
- Tuesday11:50GMTBBC World Service
Egypt’s President Sadat is assassinated
In October 1981, President Anwar Sadat was assassinated at a military parade(R)
- Tuesday17:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
Egypt’s President Sadat is assassinated
In October 1981, President Anwar Sadat was assassinated at a military parade(R)
- Tuesday21:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
Egypt’s President Sadat is assassinated
In October 1981, President Anwar Sadat was assassinated at a military parade(R)
- Next Wednesday02:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
Egypt’s President Sadat is assassinated
In October 1981, President Anwar Sadat was assassinated at a military parade(R)
- Next Wednesday07:50GMTBBC World Service
The mirrors that lit up a dark Norwegian town
In 2013, Rjukan saw winter sunshine for the first time – thanks to an unusual invention
- Next Wednesday11:50GMTBBC World Service
The mirrors that lit up a dark Norwegian town
In 2013, Rjukan saw winter sunshine for the first time – thanks to an unusual invention(R)
- Next Wednesday17:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
The mirrors that lit up a dark Norwegian town
In 2013, Rjukan saw winter sunshine for the first time – thanks to an unusual invention(R)
- Next Wednesday21:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
The mirrors that lit up a dark Norwegian town
In 2013, Rjukan saw winter sunshine for the first time – thanks to an unusual invention(R)
- Next Thursday02:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
The mirrors that lit up a dark Norwegian town
In 2013, Rjukan saw winter sunshine for the first time – thanks to an unusual invention(R)
- Next Thursday07:50GMTBBC World Service
How rats were trained to clear landmines
In 2004, the world's first team of rats were cleared to be used in demining operations
- Next Thursday11:50GMTBBC World Service
How rats were trained to clear landmines
In 2004, the world's first team of rats were cleared to be used in demining operations(R)
- Next Thursday17:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
How rats were trained to clear landmines
In 2004, the world's first team of rats were cleared to be used in demining operations(R)
- Next Thursday21:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
How rats were trained to clear landmines
In 2004, the world's first team of rats were cleared to be used in demining operations(R)
- Next Friday02:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
How rats were trained to clear landmines
In 2004, the world's first team of rats were cleared to be used in demining operations(R)
- Next Friday07:50GMTBBC World Service
The boy behind the creation of the Winnie-the-Pooh books
In 1926, the first Winnie-the-Pooh book was published, inspired by a young boy's toys
- Next Friday11:50GMTBBC World Service
The boy behind the creation of the Winnie-the-Pooh books
In 1926, the first Winnie-the-Pooh book was published, inspired by a young boy's toys(R)
- Next Friday17:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
The boy behind the creation of the Winnie-the-Pooh books
In 1926, the first Winnie-the-Pooh book was published, inspired by a young boy's toys(R)
- Next Friday21:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
The boy behind the creation of the Winnie-the-Pooh books
In 1926, the first Winnie-the-Pooh book was published, inspired by a young boy's toys(R)
- Sat 10 Oct 202602:50GMTBBC World Service Online, Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview, News Internet & Europe and the Middle East only
The boy behind the creation of the Winnie-the-Pooh books
In 1926, the first Winnie-the-Pooh book was published, inspired by a young boy's toys(R)
- Sun 11 Oct 202607:48GMTBBC Radio 4
Sulawesi's cave art and the origins of storytelling
In 2012, cave art found in Indonesia challenged the idea that storytelling began in Europe
- Sun 11 Oct 202616:00GMTBBC Radio 4
The final journey of Chief Long Wolf
In 1997, the remains of a Lakota leader were returned from London to South Dakota
- Mon 12 Oct 202607:50GMTBBC World Service
The first monkeys to survive space travel
On 28 May 1959, the USA sent two monkeys into space and brought them back alive.
- Mon 12 Oct 202611:50GMTBBC World Service
The first monkeys to survive space travel
On 28 May 1959, the USA sent two monkeys into space and brought them back alive.(R)
- Mon 12 Oct 202617:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
The first monkeys to survive space travel
On 28 May 1959, the USA sent two monkeys into space and brought them back alive.(R)
- Mon 12 Oct 202621:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
The first monkeys to survive space travel
On 28 May 1959, the USA sent two monkeys into space and brought them back alive.(R)
- Tue 13 Oct 202602:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
The first monkeys to survive space travel
On 28 May 1959, the USA sent two monkeys into space and brought them back alive.(R)
- Tue 13 Oct 202607:50GMTBBC World Service
Harry Harlow's monkey tests
Harry Harlow's controversial monkey tests in the 1950s transformed ideas on attachment
- Tue 13 Oct 202611:50GMTBBC World Service
Harry Harlow's monkey tests
Harry Harlow's controversial monkey tests in the 1950s transformed ideas on attachment(R)
- Tue 13 Oct 202617:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
Harry Harlow's monkey tests
Harry Harlow's controversial monkey tests in the 1950s transformed ideas on attachment(R)
- Tue 13 Oct 202621:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
Harry Harlow's monkey tests
Harry Harlow's controversial monkey tests in the 1950s transformed ideas on attachment(R)
- Wed 14 Oct 202602:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
Harry Harlow's monkey tests
Harry Harlow's controversial monkey tests in the 1950s transformed ideas on attachment(R)
- Wed 14 Oct 202607:50GMTBBC World Service
Washoe: The chimp who learnt to sign
By 1970 Washoe the chimp was thought to be the first non-human to learn a human language
- Wed 14 Oct 202611:50GMTBBC World Service
Washoe: The chimp who learnt to sign
By 1970 Washoe the chimp was thought to be the first non-human to learn a human language(R)
- Wed 14 Oct 202617:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
Washoe: The chimp who learnt to sign
By 1970 Washoe the chimp was thought to be the first non-human to learn a human language(R)
- Wed 14 Oct 202621:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
Washoe: The chimp who learnt to sign
By 1970 Washoe the chimp was thought to be the first non-human to learn a human language(R)
- Thu 15 Oct 202602:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
Washoe: The chimp who learnt to sign
By 1970 Washoe the chimp was thought to be the first non-human to learn a human language(R)
- Thu 15 Oct 202607:50GMTBBC World Service
When Dian Fossey was murdered
American gorilla expert Dian Fossey was murdered in 1985 in the mountains of Rwanda
- Thu 15 Oct 202611:50GMTBBC World Service
When Dian Fossey was murdered
American gorilla expert Dian Fossey was murdered in 1985 in the mountains of Rwanda(R)
- Thu 15 Oct 202617:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
When Dian Fossey was murdered
American gorilla expert Dian Fossey was murdered in 1985 in the mountains of Rwanda(R)
- Thu 15 Oct 202621:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
When Dian Fossey was murdered
American gorilla expert Dian Fossey was murdered in 1985 in the mountains of Rwanda(R)
- Fri 16 Oct 202602:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
When Dian Fossey was murdered
American gorilla expert Dian Fossey was murdered in 1985 in the mountains of Rwanda(R)
- Fri 16 Oct 202607:50GMTBBC World Service
Declaring chimpanzees an endangered species
In 1990, human’s closest living relatives were declared endangered for the first time
- Fri 16 Oct 202611:50GMTBBC World Service
Declaring chimpanzees an endangered species
In 1990, human’s closest living relatives were declared endangered for the first time(R)
- Fri 16 Oct 202617:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
Declaring chimpanzees an endangered species
In 1990, human’s closest living relatives were declared endangered for the first time(R)
- Fri 16 Oct 202621:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
Declaring chimpanzees an endangered species
In 1990, human’s closest living relatives were declared endangered for the first time(R)
- Sat 17 Oct 202602:50GMTBBC World Service Online, Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview, News Internet & Europe and the Middle East only
Declaring chimpanzees an endangered species
In 1990, human’s closest living relatives were declared endangered for the first time(R)
- Mon 19 Oct 202607:50GMTBBC World Service
Gerald Durrell's mission to save species from extinction
In 1959, the writer Gerald Durrell opened the gates to a new kind of zoo
- Mon 19 Oct 202611:50GMTBBC World Service
Gerald Durrell's mission to save species from extinction
In 1959, the writer Gerald Durrell opened the gates to a new kind of zoo(R)
- Mon 19 Oct 202617:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
Gerald Durrell's mission to save species from extinction
In 1959, the writer Gerald Durrell opened the gates to a new kind of zoo(R)
- Mon 19 Oct 202621:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
Gerald Durrell's mission to save species from extinction
In 1959, the writer Gerald Durrell opened the gates to a new kind of zoo(R)
- Tue 20 Oct 202602:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
Gerald Durrell's mission to save species from extinction
In 1959, the writer Gerald Durrell opened the gates to a new kind of zoo(R)
- Tue 20 Oct 202607:50GMTBBC World Service
How Ten Canoes made cinema history
In 2006, Australia's first feature film in Aboriginal languages was created
- Tue 20 Oct 202611:50GMTBBC World Service
How Ten Canoes made cinema history
In 2006, Australia's first feature film in Aboriginal languages was created(R)
- Tue 20 Oct 202617:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
How Ten Canoes made cinema history
In 2006, Australia's first feature film in Aboriginal languages was created(R)
- Tue 20 Oct 202621:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
How Ten Canoes made cinema history
In 2006, Australia's first feature film in Aboriginal languages was created(R)
- Wed 21 Oct 202602:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
How Ten Canoes made cinema history
In 2006, Australia's first feature film in Aboriginal languages was created(R)
- Wed 21 Oct 202607:50GMTBBC World Service
Malta’s divorce referendum
In 2011, Maltese voters went to the polls to decide if divorce should be legalised
- Wed 21 Oct 202611:50GMTBBC World Service
Malta’s divorce referendum
In 2011, Maltese voters went to the polls to decide if divorce should be legalised(R)
- Wed 21 Oct 202617:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
Malta’s divorce referendum
In 2011, Maltese voters went to the polls to decide if divorce should be legalised(R)
- Wed 21 Oct 202621:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
Malta’s divorce referendum
In 2011, Maltese voters went to the polls to decide if divorce should be legalised(R)
- Thu 22 Oct 202602:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
Malta’s divorce referendum
In 2011, Maltese voters went to the polls to decide if divorce should be legalised(R)
- Thu 22 Oct 202607:50GMTBBC World Service
22/10/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
- Thu 22 Oct 202611:50GMTBBC World Service
22/10/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Thu 22 Oct 202617:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
22/10/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Thu 22 Oct 202621:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
22/10/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Fri 23 Oct 202602:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
22/10/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Fri 23 Oct 202607:50GMTBBC World Service
23/10/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
- Fri 23 Oct 202611:50GMTBBC World Service
23/10/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Fri 23 Oct 202617:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
23/10/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Fri 23 Oct 202621:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
23/10/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Sat 24 Oct 202602:50GMTBBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview, News Internet, Online & Europe and the Middle East only
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The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Mon 26 Oct 202608:50GMTBBC World Service
26/10/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
- Mon 26 Oct 202612:50GMTBBC World Service
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The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Mon 26 Oct 202618:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
26/10/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Mon 26 Oct 202623:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
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The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Tue 27 Oct 202603:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
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The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Tue 27 Oct 202608:50GMTBBC World Service
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The story of our times told by the people who were there.
- Tue 27 Oct 202612:50GMTBBC World Service
27/10/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Tue 27 Oct 202618:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
27/10/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Tue 27 Oct 202623:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
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The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Wed 28 Oct 202603:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
27/10/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Wed 28 Oct 202608:50GMTBBC World Service
28/10/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
- Wed 28 Oct 202612:50GMTBBC World Service
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The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
