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How is AI going to change science?
What role will humans play in the future of scientific research?
04 Jun 2026,·28 mins
Toast - EasyCinema
Stelios, the EasyJet founder, tells Sean why his low-cost movie theatres didn't take off.
04 Jun 2026,·30 mins
Anglesey/Ynys Môn
Clare explores the south side of Anglesey/Ynys Môn with Emily Coates and Nic Parry.
04 Jun 2026,·24 mins
Is a male contraceptive pill closer than you think?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore why male contraception is still so limited.
02 Jun 2026,·28 mins
05/06/26 Dartmoor ponies, upland economics, Open Farm Sunday
Fears that Dartmoor may lose its iconic ponies.
05 Jun 2026,·14 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
Microsoft's big quantum bet
The tech company announces its new Majorana 2 chip.
02 Jun 2026,·26 mins
AI: War Machine?
2. What's driving the military AI policy?
Aleks and Kevin explore the decisions driving military AI adoption in the US and elsewhere
03 Jun 2026,·28 mins
Leaving Fossil Fuels Behind
Tom Heap and Helen Czerski ask whether war is accelerating the shift from fossil fuels
29 May 2026,·52 mins
What's the deal with tongues?
Why do different animals have such different tongues?
29 May 2026,·26 mins
Health at the football World Cup
Monitoring risks from heat exhaustion to dengue fever at a major sporting event
03 Jun 2026,·26 mins
What goes on in TikTok's Farlands?
TikTok’s Farlands turns doomscrolling into horror; and AI detectors changing how we write
04 Jun 2026,·42 mins
Siccar Point, Parakeets, and Sea Shanties
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.
30 May 2026,·91 mins
Bluebird returns to Coniston
Donald Campbell's restored Bluebird returns to Coniston Water in Cumbria.
14 May 2026,·24 mins
Series 3
Simon Munnery
Garments made of human dust fragments? More of the public's loopy inventions.
15 Oct 2007,·30 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
Episode 5
In the Norwegian Arctic life is all about the border.
29 May 2026,·14 mins
Exploring the rocks of Fife with the Scottish Geologist
Rachel Stewart meets Luisa Hendry, better known as the Scottish Geologist on social media
03 Jun 2026,·23 mins
Ethics in sociological research
Laurie Taylor discusses the importance of research ethics from prisoners' letters to vlogs
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
Series 5
6: Climate Change
Ponds, Poo and Seaweed wow the guests.
12 May 2026,·28 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
Farming with Artificial Intelligence
New tenant farmers putting artificial intelligence at the heart of their business.
31 May 2026,·22 mins
Life Without North America
What would happen to the world if the USA disappears?
17 Apr 2026,·14 mins
The Life Scientific: Seth Berkley
Epidemiologist Seth Berkley on a career trying to get vaccines to those in need.
01 Jun 2026,·26 mins
Slow down!
How slowing down could offer a more meaningful way to live
02 Jun 2026,·23 mins
Science bears fruit
A shortage of India’s prized ‘king of mangoes’ has us exploring some fruity science.
05 Jun 2026,·51 mins
The Intertidal Zone
Adam Walton explores life in the intertidal zone.
02 Jun 2026,·29 mins
Series 24
Frosty Fractals
Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain investigate nature's most intricate patterns
02 Jan 2026,·29 mins
