Deepwater Horizon oil spill

The Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that caused the largest environmental disaster

• 50 mins

The life of Kenneth Kaunda

Celebrating the life and legacy of Kenneth Kaunda, the first President of Zambia

• 26 mins

Guru: A dark legacy

Ishleen Kaur investigates abuse allegations at a yoga organisation she once called home

• 26 mins

Nigeria’s kidnapped children

How armed gangs are inflicting terror upon schools in northern Nigeria

• 26 mins

Coronavirus: Survivor's guilt

We hear how some Covid-19 survivors are struggling with guilt

• 23 mins

A right to health

What will be the biggest healthcare issue in the next decade?

• 50 mins

Marvellous medicine

Have we learned how to permanently accelerate drug development?

• 23 mins

Guru: Who knew what and when?

Ishleen Kaur investigates abuse allegations at a yoga organisation she once called home

• 26 mins

The runaway maids of Oman

Tricked, abused and trapped in a foreign land. Who will rescue the African maids of Oman?

• 26 mins

Coronavirus: Face masks

We hear from Israel, Italy and Russia as the debate around mask-wearing continues

• 23 mins

Two Smiley Faces

How emojis have come to define us, and what they tell us about global communication.

• 23 mins

Bats: Friend or foe?

They are both feared and revered but what can we learn about bats?

• 27 mins

Missing from Manhattan

As America’s biggest city emerges from the pandemic, Lucy Ash asks what’s changed

• 27 mins

Coronavirus: Refusing the vaccine

We hear from countries struggle with vaccine hesitancy among their populations

• 23 mins

The mixed beat

Nora Fakim takes a look at mixed identity and how it’s evolving over generations

• 50 mins

Two smiley faces - part two

How emojis have come to define us, and what they tell us about global communication

• 23 mins

Sporting heroines of history

Paralympian Tanni-Grey Thompson explores the role of women in sport through history

• 27 mins

Finding Grace

James Clayton on a new technique for solving cold case murders using ancestry websites

• 27 mins

Coronavirus: England Unlocking

Reflecting the conversations ahead of the lifting of legal Covid restrictions

• 23 mins

Breaking through

How breaking went from the inner city streets of New York City to the Olympic Games

• 49 mins

China in slogans

How Communist Party slogans reveal a turbulent century of Chinese history

• 58 mins

Two smiley faces: Episode three

How do the Unicode Consortium decide what is included in the official emoji keyboard?

• 23 mins

Lex Gillette: A leap in the dark

Paralympian Lex Gillette and guide coach Wesley go for Gold in 2021

• 27 mins

Dangerous liaisons in Sinaloa

The impact of Mexican 'narco cultura' on the women of Sinaloa...

• 26 mins

The Tokyo Olympics

The Tokyo Olympics are underway, a year late than planned

• 23 mins

The road to rock'n'roll

How a network of black performance venues in a segregated USA shaped music history

• 49 mins

Two smiley faces: Episode four

How emojis have come to define us, and what they tell us about global communication

• 23 mins

A tale of two Tokyos

Ken Nishikawa and Nick Luscombe take inspiration and hope from the Tokyo Olympics of 1964

• 27 mins

Rebuilding Beirut’s village in a city

Can Beirut’s unique Karantina district survive after the blast that rocked the city?

• 26 mins

Extreme weather

We hear from people affected by floods and wildfires

• 23 mins