1917: Eyewitness in Petrograd

Emily Dicks visits St Petersburg to trace her grandfather's memories of 1917's revolutions

• 60 mins

Moving to the Red Planet

Why go to Mars? Claudia Hammond examines the space-farer's drive to occupy the red planet

• 30 mins

The Mind in the Media

How stories of mental illness are told in fiction and news.

• 59 mins

Rock Transition

A look at how musicians have defied gender boundaries to create era-defining art and music

• 30 mins

A Woman Half in Shadow

Poet Jackie Kay tells the story of Zora Neale Hurston's literary rebirth.

• 36 mins

Trump at Studio 54

Frances Stonor Saunders on Trump's disco years and mentorship to McCarthy's henchman.

• 38 mins

The Organ Beauty Pageant

Is it fair to find your own living organ donor on Facebook? Lesley Curwen investigates.

• 39 mins

The Invention of the USA: Borderlands

The USA is an invention. So how do you build the most powerful country in the world?

• 33 mins

Miss Simpson's Children

The story of how one woman offered refuge to leading intellectuals fleeing from the Nazis.

• 29 mins

When Women Wore the Trousers

Laura Barton presents a brief history of trousers from function to fashion.

• 30 mins

Butterbeer and Grootcakes

Aleks Krotoski explores the amazing world of fictional food made real.

• 30 mins

Port Talbot Paradiso

Actor Michael Sheen's tells the story of Port Talbot's famous art deco Plaza cinema.

• 31 mins

999 - Which Service Do You Require?

Ian Sansom dials up the story of the 999 service, 80 years after it was introduced.

• 58 mins

And Then There Were Nun

A glimpse into the cloistered world of religious communities.

• 30 mins

The Pigeon Whistles

Imagine the sound of music that flies around your head - the magic art of pigeon whistles.

• 30 mins

A Brief History of the Truth

The truth is like a vegetable your mother makes you eat, nourishing but it tastes terrible

• 59 mins

Driving Bill Drummond

Bill Drummond is driving to every county in Ireland in five days. But what's driving Bill?

• 30 mins

Grayson Perry: En Garde

Grayson Perry goes in search of the moment the avant-garde died.

• 59 mins

The Edge of Life

We follow the healthcare authority aiming to reduce lives lost to suicide to 0% by 2020.

• 39 mins

Queens of Chapeltown

Colin Grant reports on the 50th anniversary of the Leeds West Indian Carnival.

• 29 mins

PowerPointless

30 years on from its launch, Ian Sansom asks: what's the real point of PowerPoint?

• 31 mins

My Secret Wig

Brian Kernohan explores the hidden world of wigs to solve his own not-so-secret hair loss.

• 30 mins

Art in Miniature

Art so small you have to avoid inhaling it. Dr Lance Dann explores miniature art.

• 31 mins

My Muse: Lynne Truss on Joni Mitchell

Journalist and author Lynne Truss on why Joni Mitchell is her Muse.

• 29 mins

Passing Dreams

A portrait of singer, songwriter and truck driver Will Beeley.

• 30 mins

It's Just a Joke, Comrade: 100 Years of Russian Satire

Comedian and Russophile Viv Groskop explores a century of revolutionary comedy.

• 30 mins

Dads and Daughters

Lauren Laverne and her dad Les explore the relationship between fathers and daughters.

• 31 mins

Who's Looking At You?

Novelist Nick Harkaway says we need to talk about surveillance before it is too late.

• 58 mins

Political Violence in America

Inside the world of the anti-fascists known as 'antifa' and their far-right opponents.

• 30 mins

The Trainspotter's Guide to Dracula

Miles Jupp boards the train to Transylvania on the trail of Count Dracula.

• 29 mins