This Union: The Ghost Kingdoms of England
Mercia - Where Is Mercia?
Ian Hislop explores the story and legacy of four great Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms of England.
- 28 mins
- 16 Aug 2021
Mercia - Where Is Mercia?
Ian Hislop explores the story and legacy of four great Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms of England.
The Road to Nineteen Eighty-Four
What led avowed socialist George Orwell to write a novel that is beloved of the Right?
The Secret Knowledge
Phil Tinline continues his series exploring what conspiracy stories tell us about power.
16. Big Head
Matthew Syed ponders how he can stop himself from becoming self-entitled.
Episode 2
Featuring despatches from the British diplomats hunting for bison with Hermann Goering.
New Enemies
Exploring the role of MI6 in the 21st century.
1. Gold
Team captain Ray is genuinely disabled - and going to Sydney is beyond his wildest dreams
Part Five - The Industrial Age and Beyond
First broadcast in 2002. How the changes of the 18th century affected Islam
A Lungful
Simon Watt wonders if we could upgrade the human body, with help from the animal kingdom.
Episode 9: Doubt and Wonder
Danny takes one last deep dive into the case and puts your questions to Shirley
T Cells
Kimberley Wilson and Xand van Tulleken find out how our immune system can be reprogrammed.
Narcs and narcissists
Jolyon Jenkins investigates whether we're really in the grip of a narcissism epidemic.
Death
Should we change the way we think about the end of our lives?
Episode 2
Historian and broadcaster Dan Cruickshank goes off the beaten track in London.
Louis Armstrong Remembered by Gregory Porter
Gregory Porter celebrates Louis Armstrong's incredible musical achievements.
Robin Hood
Jill Lepore traces Silicon Valley's cryptocurrency craze to dystopian science fiction
The Golf Club
David Mitchell ends his look at modern manners in a golf club bar. Has it all gone wrong?
Death Can Make You Happy
Oliver Burkeman explores how thinking more about death can help make us happier.
Episode 5
An examination of the way manners, mores and etiquette have evolved over the centuries.
Frederick Kelly
The story of Frederick 'Clegg' Kelly, Olympic rowing champion and First World War hero.