Fothermather

Poet Gail McConnell explores what it means to be a parent in a same-sex relationship.

• 29 mins

Taking on Trump

Jim Naughtie examines Joe Biden's election chances as he takes on Donald Trump.

• 37 mins

Led by the Science

How does scientific advice lead to government policy at the best of times, and the worst?

• 37 mins

Code-Switching

Lucrece Grehoua reveals the cost of hiding who we really are in the workplace.

• 37 mins

Universities in Crisis

Sam Gyimah investigates if Britain's universities can survive the crisis they now face.

• 38 mins

Broad Spectrum

Helen Keen had a diagnosis of autism as an adult: she explores how it appears in women.

• 29 mins

Blood Lands: Blood on the Wall – Episode 1

Two men arrive at a South African farmhouse triggering a violent series of events.

• 17 mins

Blood Lands: Say Nothing – Episode 2

A white farming family falls silent following the brutal deaths of two black workers.

• 17 mins

Blood Lands: Shaking the Tree – Episode 3

South African police investigating a suspected double murder find explosive new evidence.

• 18 mins

Blood Lands: Betrayal – Episode 4

A family betrayal opens the door to a murder trial in a South African farming community.

• 16 mins

Blood Lands: Common Purpose – Episode 5

As a trial ends will anyone be convicted of killing two black South African farmworkers?

• 19 mins

False Hope? Alternative Cancer Cures - Episode 1

A young musician believes he can cure his cancer without the help of the hospital.

• 24 mins

False Hope? Alternative Cancer Cures - Episode 2

Sean is rushed to hospital and Layla makes an appointment at the thermography clinic.

• 17 mins

False Hope? Alternative Cancer Cures - Episode 3

Layla finds another family with a similar story and goes inside the thermography clinic.

• 21 mins

A History of Ghosts: Ancient Ghosts

Kirsty Logan explores the evolution of Ghost Lore.

• 15 mins

The Karen Meme

Is the Karen meme being misused?

• 30 mins

The Year the Music Stopped

Arlo Parks reflects on a year without live music with artists including Yannis from Foals

• 29 mins

Playing With The Dead

Jordan Erica Webber sees how video games can let us play with people after their death.

• 28 mins

East Meets West

The UK has a north and south divide but how about east and west? Chris Mason investigates

• 28 mins

Can I Still Read Harry Potter?

A fan of the boy wizard explores what it means to stop reading a beloved book.

• 28 mins

Losing It

Caleb Femi explores the pressures on teenage boys around virginity and sex.

• 28 mins

The Corrections:Trojan Horse

Revisiting the Birmingham Trojan Horse Affair to see what was really behind the headlines

• 29 mins

Living with the Dragon

Nick Robinson examines the recent history of the UK's relationship with China.

• 38 mins

Inside the Brain of Jeff Bezos

The ideas making Jeff Bezos the richest man on earth and Amazon 2020's business success.

• 38 mins

Generation Covid

How has the mental health of young people been affected by the pandemic and lockdown?

• 38 mins

Apocalypse How

Jolyon Jenkins asks whether civilisation could be ended by a electromagnetic pulse bomb

• 29 mins

Scientists in the Spotlight

Jim Al-Khalili finds out how The Life Scientific has changed during the pandemic.

• 39 mins

Can I Talk About Heroes?

Poet Vicky Foster looks at how ideas of heroism have impacted on society and her own life

• 37 mins

Sci-Fi Blindness

Peter White explores science fiction's enduring interest in blindness.

• 28 mins

I Am Robert Chelsea

The first African-American to have a face transplant tells his own story.

• 29 mins