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Hotter Than Hell
How can Britain - and the world - prepare itself for extreme heat?
12 Jun 2026,·52 mins
Toast - Paperchase
Sean Farrington examines another succesful business that still ended up 'toast'
06 Jun 2026,·24 mins
How do you build an unbuildable tower?
How engineers fulfilled Gaudi’s once impossible vision for the Sagrada Familia.
11 Jun 2026,·28 mins
Doctors' Notes: Friendship
Chris and Xand dig deeper into the effect of friendships on our health and wellbeing.
09 Jun 2026,·22 mins
Mending Footpaths in Eryri
Clare walks with a group of volunteers who have been working to repair footpaths in Eryri.
11 Jun 2026,·24 mins
Why does paper fold so well?
Origami is the art of folding paper, but what makes paper remember its creases?
12 Jun 2026,·26 mins
13/06/26 Farming Today This Week
Budget revealed for farm environmental payments - but is it enough?
13 Jun 2026,·25 mins
Episode 5
Lea Korsgaard searches for all of Denmark’s butterfly species in a single year.
12 Jun 2026,·14 mins
Birdlife of Boston, Glasgow Tandem Club and Surf Wellbeing
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.
13 Jun 2026,·91 mins
The beautiful game
The Fifa Men’s World Cup has the Unexpected Elements team exploring all things football
12 Jun 2026,·49 mins
Introducing a new TV series of Just One Thing
Zoe Ball has news of a new 12-part TV series of Just One Thing, available from 23 March.
20 Mar 2026,·1 min
Frozen Planet II
Frozen Planet II: 6
An immersive audio experience from Frozen Planet II.
17 Oct 2022,·30 mins
How reading fiction impacts our mental health
What novels do for our minds, our imaginations and our well-being
10 Jun 2026,·26 mins
Why is AI burying my CV?
AI hiring is killing your CV, slow messages, and why tech CEOs want to be game-show stars
11 Jun 2026,·37 mins
3. Can AI help us win the World Cup?
With the World Cup around the corner, could AI help us win it?
10 Jun 2026,·28 mins
Tackling lithium battery fires on planes
Check before check-in. What's behind a new safety campaign about power banks on aircraft?
09 Jun 2026,·26 mins
Glasgow Tandem Club, Boston Nature Centre and Surf Therapy
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
13 Jun 2026,·80 mins
13/06/2026
Gerallt Pennant a'i westeion yn trafod natur, bywyd gwyllt a chadwraeth.
13 Jun 2026,·58 mins
Series 3
Gyles Brandreth
A conveyor duvet for quibbling couples. More of the public's loopy ideas!
22 Oct 2007,·30 mins
Bluebird returns to Coniston
Donald Campbell's restored Bluebird returns to Coniston Water in Cumbria.
14 May 2026,·24 mins
Series 34
The North Pole Unwrapped - Russell Kane, Felicity Aston and Lloyd Peck
Brian Cox and Robin Ince venture north to unearth (or un-snow) the secrets of the Arctic.
17 Dec 2025,·42 mins
In the Norwegian Arctic life is all about the border.
29 May 2026,·14 mins
Everything Is Fake and Nobody Cares
6. F For Fake
Jamie and Jimmy explore where fakery goes next – but can you tell which is which?
15 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Series 5
6: Climate Change
Ponds, Poo and Seaweed wow the guests.
12 May 2026,·28 mins
Football and gambling
From grass roots and community cohesion to the costs of gambling on football games.
09 Jun 2026,·27 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
Series 24
Frosty Fractals
Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain investigate nature's most intricate patterns
02 Jan 2026,·29 mins
Body Clock
Tick, tock! What is your body clock and is it possible to change it?
11 Aug 2021,·18 mins
Rutger Bregman - Moral Revolution
4. Fighting for Humanity in the Age of the Machine.
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman gives his fourth and final Reith Lecture.
16 Dec 2025,·57 mins
Series 1
Sleep Deprivation and Insomnia
If we don't snooze, we lose. How badly does lack of sleep affect our mind and our body?
19 Dec 2017,·28 mins
