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Cold Cases
Case 4: The Cock Lane Poltergeist
What happens when a ghost accuses someone of murder? Danny Robins investigates.
28 Apr 2026,·31 mins
Primary school suspensions, Chess, Female birdsong
Why are primary schools reporting a big rise in child suspensions?
01 May 2026,·56 mins
From gym workout to world champion
Approaching 50, Anna Bailey tried out the gym - and discovered a world-beating talent.
29 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Xia De-hong, Lord Hunt of Chesterton, Joan Burstein, Bill Leader
Matthew Bannister on a mother, a meteorologist, a retail pioneer and a recording engineer.
01 May 2026,·28 mins
Beware Tech Tycoons with Piranha Tanks - with Katie Prescott
Mike Lynch was often lauded as Britain's answer to Bill Gates...
01 May 2026,·39 mins
5. The Music Room and the Attic
Joanna Lumley's autobiography revealing how she met her husband, and future resolutions.
15 Oct 2004,·15 mins
South Africa Cave Dive: Recovery Mission
This is the story of the deepest underwater recovery mission ever attempted.
30 Apr 2026,·49 mins
Series 3
6. Deleted
Jenny decides if she wants to continue to belong to the global DNA database
09 Jun 2026,·28 mins
Going for Growth: Can We Make Britain Wealthy Again? (Matt Clifford)
The former AI advisor to No 10 argues that technology is essential for Britain’s future.
30 Apr 2026,·76 mins
01/05/2026
Adrian Chiles gets you set for the weekend, with news, sport and entertainment.
01 May 2026,·120 mins
The day's main news stories, topical debate and interviews.
01 May 2026,·180 mins
The Podcast Scam
An elaborate hoax that all sounds so real.
30 Apr 2026,·28 mins
The Big Issue
Kirsty Wark reunites the team behind The Big Issue - a magazine to help the homeless.
26 Apr 2026,·57 mins
Classic Desert Island Discs - Arsène Wenger
Laurene Laverne talks to former football manager Arsène Wenger in a programme from 2020.
26 Apr 2026,·48 mins
I Was My Hero Husband’s Carer with Lindsey Burrow
Lindsey Burrow’s husband Rob was a rugby star struck down with motor neurone disease.
24 Apr 2026,·54 mins
Lubaina Himid
Artist Lubaina Himid reveals her formative influences.
30 Apr 2026,·43 mins
Episode 4
1856: At just 19 years old, Mary Ann Patten captains a merchant clipper ship.
30 Apr 2026,·14 mins
Down for me.
Miquita and Zawe discuss friendships of all varieties, code-switching and cartoon crushes
30 Apr 2026,·38 mins
Dani Dyer: Fears, Family & Facing the Unknown
Dani Dyer faces her fears of snakes, motherhood and everything in between.
30 Apr 2026,·37 mins
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Lucy Shepherd, Jonathan Shalit and the Inheritance Tracks of Liz Earle
Adrian Chiles with extraordinary stories and remarkable people.
02 May 2026,·56 mins
Dean Lomax on discovering ichthyosaurs and defying nay-sayers
Dean Lomax on his unconventional route into palaeontology and making BIG discoveries.
28 Apr 2026,·28 mins
My Paranormal Sleepover
Nat spends the night in the most haunted pub in Biggleswade
27 Apr 2026,·71 mins
The origins of World Press Freedom Day
In 1991, journalists created the Windhoek declaration leading to World Press Freedom Day
01 May 2026,·10 mins
The Lee family (from Inheritance: Samsung): Part three
Simon and Zing bring you the third episode of Inheritance: Samsung
29 Apr 2026,·20 mins
The Lab Detective
4. Myths and Monsters
Rachel investigates a new case where genetic science could change the story.
25 Mar 2026,·34 mins
Make You Feel My Love
A huge hit for Adele, the song was written by Bob Dylan and has rapidly become a standard.
24 Jan 2026,·28 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Six degrees of... Kevin
From Kevin Bacon to an interstellar musical, we share stories linked by one name - Kevin
01 May 2026,·44 mins
Samsung
10. The good son
Samsung faces an uncertain future when its chairman is jailed
23 Mar 2026,·27 mins
Emily Thornberry
Dame Emily Thornberry, Labour MP and chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.
02 May 2026,·14 mins
Taught to kill – my childhood under the Khmer Rouge
Loung Ung was forced to be a child soldier in Cambodia under Pol Pot’s regime
27 Apr 2026,·49 mins
