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Memory
Examination into the condition of Alzheimer's disease
15 May 2000,·24 mins
AIDS Clinics For Young Children
AIDS clinics for children, doctor and nurse shortage, DIY dumbbells, and beer baths
10 May 2006,·26 mins
The Spreading Use of Drugs
First broadcast in 1997. Examination into the social consequences of the misuse of drugs
08 May 1997,·27 mins
Omnibus 2
Alice Roberts with her time travelling tour of anatomical knowledge of the human body.
29 Jan 2021,·57 mins
Us and them
Tim Hayward looks at the potential of fungi to help the human body and mind.
21 Jan 2022,·28 mins
Human Cultural Evolution Versus Genetic Evolution
The effect of globalisation and a greater choice of partners on human genetic evolution.
23 Aug 2011,·30 mins
Series 1
Episode 6: Good or Evil AI, Minecraft Karaoke & Dreamcast Revival
In the last of the series Chipzel meets HyperDuck Soundworks & our AI role play game ends.
09 Jul 2023,·30 mins
Is my dentist scamming me?
Mona visits two different dentists, and they give her two wildly different diagnoses
30 Jun 2022,·24 mins
Omnibus
Henry Ajder examines our synthetic future, starting with deepfake origins in pornography.
10 Jun 2022,·57 mins
Sugar
Three scientists each present their idea for how to reduce sugar intake.
05 Jan 2016,·28 mins
The Heart of Wales
Episode 4
Jamie Owen heads to Llandrindod Wells where he visits the Cycle Museum and Powis Castle.
27 Aug 2016,·28 mins
Synaesthesia: when senses merge
Synaesthesia: We meet the man whose sister tastes of blackcurrant yoghurt
13 Jan 2021,·1 min
Virtual Therapy
Quentin Cooper looks at the therapeutic possibilites of virtual reality.
24 Dec 2014,·28 mins
The Tower of London
The greatest traitors were held and executed in The Tower of London
01 Jun 1998,·13 mins
Johann Hari
Author Johann Hari offers a personal & surprisingly uplifting perspective on depression.
07 Aug 2019,·43 mins
Episode 3
Professor Devi Sridhar investigates the impact of Covid on the practice of science.
22 Jul 2022,·28 mins
GPS
Aleks Krotoski tells the story of how GPS helped navigation in the first Gulf War.
24 Oct 2014,·15 mins
Gene edited babies and gene drives to eradicate pests.
03 Aug 2021,·28 mins
The Reed Bed
Chris Watson captures the sounds from dusk until dawn in a reed bed in Suffolk.
03 Jun 2016,·14 mins
28ish Days Later - Day One: Power
India Rakusen and guests introduce you to anatomy of the womb.
01 Apr 2022,·15 mins
Satish Kumar 2
Satish Kumar shares how he views birds as part of the world that we are all part of.
06 Apr 2019,·25 mins
Living World : My Living World : Woodcock
Hannah Stitfall and Dom Davies review ‘Woodcock’ from the Living World archive
22 Mar 2020,·21 mins
Hooke's Law
Explaining Hooke's Law, which was devised by Robert Hooke in 1660
20 Sep 1995,·8 mins
Bring back the Lynx?
Euan McIlwraith investigates the case for reintroducing the Eurasian lynx to Scotland.
01 Oct 2015,·20 mins
Nanotechnology
Professor Tony Ryan from Sheffield University talks to people about nanotechnology.
05 Dec 2008,·15 mins
Space Travel
What are the effect on the human body when in space?
18 Feb 2000,·12 mins
Isaac Newton and the story of the apple
Did Newton's theory of gravity really come to him after seeing an apple fall?
25 Dec 2019,·28 mins
Neurosis
The essence of neurosis, is an irrational connection between cause and effect
22 Jun 1995,·4 mins
On the Origin of the Species
Geoff Watts looks back on the 150 years since Darwin's Origin of Species was published.
26 Nov 2009,·30 mins
Fossilized Sunshine
First broadcast in 1999. What are oil and gas and where are they found?
27 Feb 1999,·13 mins
