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Doctors' Notes: Voice
Chris and Xand continue their conversation about the complexities of the voice.
21 Apr 2026,·25 mins
Hair Removal Devices
Can intense pulsed light devices really "zap" away your unwanted hair?
23 Apr 2026,·29 mins
Feeding the Birds, an Electric Boat and Granny Pines
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.
25 Apr 2026,·91 mins
Can we prevent the next pandemic?
Creating and manufacturing a novel vaccine capable of combatting bird flu.
23 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Do animals hold funerals?
Do animals mourn the dead?
24 Apr 2026,·26 mins
Welsh Incident in Criccieth
Jon Gower is in Criccieth to explore the inspiration behind Robert Graves’s 1929 poem.
23 Apr 2026,·24 mins
Farming Today This Week 25/04/26 Bird flu vaccine for people, fertiliser, precision-bred barley, thatching.
Bird flu vaccine for people; fertiliser and fuel prices; gene-edited barley; thatching.
25 Apr 2026,·25 mins
Chernobyl: 40 years later
Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, we look at radiation science.
24 Apr 2026,·49 mins
Series 5
3: Unwise Tawny Owls & Mischievous Mitten Crabs
Mischievous Mitten Crabs wow the guests.
21 Apr 2026,·28 mins
01/04/2022
Gabriella Coleman investigates one of the most misunderstood cultures of the modern world
01 Apr 2022,·57 mins
Helen Hastie on the future of human-robot relations
Professor Helen Hastie on the positive future role for robots in our world.
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
Ancient Atoms
Jim Al-Khalili explores the early thinkers and artists who pondered the atom.
20 Apr 2026,·42 mins
Frozen Planet II
Frozen Planet II: 6
An immersive audio experience from Frozen Planet II.
17 Oct 2022,·30 mins
Body Clock
Tick, tock! What is your body clock and is it possible to change it?
11 Aug 2021,·18 mins
Spring Birds, Granny Pines and an Electric Boat
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
25 Apr 2026,·83 mins
Life Without North America
What would happen to the world if the USA disappears?
17 Apr 2026,·14 mins
Inside Universe 25
What we can learn about the psychology of crowding from one man, and two thousand mice?
20 Apr 2026,·26 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
Making surgery safer for infants
A new injectable microgel to help reduce bleeding in infants who require surgical care
22 Apr 2026,·26 mins
Brockley and Ladywell with Hana Sutch
Clare and Hana Sutch go for a leafy London wander.
12 Feb 2026,·24 mins
25/04/2026
Gerallt Pennant a'i westeion yn trafod natur, bywyd gwyllt a chadwraeth.
25 Apr 2026,·58 mins
Artemis II
13. Splashdown
The Artemis II crew are back on Earth.
11 Apr 2026,·35 mins
Series 2
Armando lannucci
Dave Gorman and Armando Iannucci chew over ridiculous, brilliant but unworkable ideas.
12 Oct 2006,·30 mins
5. The Dark Side of the Moon
From the ruins of Arecibo to the Dark Side of the Moon. Read by Jasmine Hyde.
03 Apr 2026,·14 mins
Is the new AI model really too dangerous to release?
The AI that's “too dangerous” to release; the blue‑light myth; and Amazon’s Kindle cutoff
16 Apr 2026,·41 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 24
Frosty Fractals
Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain investigate nature's most intricate patterns
02 Jan 2026,·29 mins
The Joy of Soil
Beneath your feet is a world wide web that keeps us all alive. Dig the joy of soil.
03 Apr 2026,·52 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
