A perfect match

The inequalities in US healthcare exposed through a deeply personal story

• 26 mins

Fighting together in Korea

How the Korean War forced the US military to desegregate

• 49 mins

China's rocket man

What does a pioneering scientist's story reveal about China and America?

• 26 mins

Missing and murdered: America’s forgotten native girls

The shocking violence against Native American women

• 26 mins

America decides: How it happened

Philippa Thomas introduces a rapid-fire round-up of the US presidential election

• 26 mins

India's missing children

Rajini Vaidyanathan searches for one of the many Indian children trafficked into slavery.

• 26 mins

Blood lands

The frenzied attack in a farmhouse that left two dead and a South African town divided

• 49 mins

Obesity crisis in Thai temples

Why are Buddhist monks in Thailand more obese than the population at large?

• 26 mins

The five-day election

Voters talk about waiting for results of the unusually protracted US presidential election

• 26 mins

Barack Obama talks to David Olusoga

Ahead of the release of his memoirs, the former President talks to David Olusoga

• 26 mins

100 Women: Rebel girls soundtrack

The ways in which real events are reflected in the lyrics of popular songs

• 49 mins

100 Women: The mushroom woman

How Chido Govera's curiosity with mushrooms helped feed her family and other growers

• 26 mins

Don't Log Off: Resilience

Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic

• 26 mins

100 Women: Women in power

Mary Ann Sieghart hears the inspiring stories of women in power

• 49 mins

Belarus across the barricades - part one

Day 115 of the astonishing protests in Belarus

• 26 mins

Don't Log Off: Searching for hope

Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic

• 26 mins

Back down to Earth

Is it time to abandon dreams of human space travel?

• 49 mins

Belarus across the barricades - part two

Dazzling poet Valzhyna Mort explores a hundred days of protest in Belarus

• 26 mins

Don't log off: Grounded

Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic

• 26 mins

Coping with grief

The Archbishop of Canterbury and the UK’s Chief Rabbi discuss coping with losing a child

• 26 mins

Disunion

Edward Stourton asks whether Covid-19 could hasten the breakup of the United Kingdom?

• 26 mins

Don't log off: Opportunity

Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic

• 26 mins

Dissecting Beethoven

A look at theories that health problems may explain Beethoven’s suffering and his music.

• 49 mins

Warrior elephant guardians

Former Samburu warriors turn their skills to caring for baby elephants in Kenya

• 26 mins

Revolution of the senses

Has Covid-19 changed the way we hear, see, smell, taste and touch?

• 49 mins

The Hindu bard

In 1914 an Indian student caused a sensation when she won a top Welsh cultural prize

• 26 mins

Breakthrough: The race for the Covid vaccine

Dr Kevin Fong talks to the people who have created a coronavirus vaccine in record time

• 49 mins

Donald Trump: The man

The businessman and TV show host who became the 45th President of the United States

• 23 mins

Donald Trump: The political record

The impact of the Trump presidency on US policy convention and political discourse

• 26 mins

The Digital Human: Ghoul

Aleks Krotoski explores how violent content is viewed and why

• 26 mins

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris

Mark Coles presents a profile of Kamala Harris, Vice President-elect

• 23 mins

The digital human: Sacred

Aleks Krotoski explores how the digital world influences the way we live.

• 26 mins

My viral video and me

Colm Flynn tracks down the internet’s original viral video superstars

• 49 mins

President Joe Biden

James Naughtie charts the life of the soon-to-be 46th president of the USA, Joe Biden.

• 26 mins

Donald Trump and me

Republican voters in Idaho reflect on President Trump’s legacy and their country’s future

• 23 mins

Compassion fatigue

Are people in the medical and humanitarian professions suffering from emotional burnout?

• 49 mins

The Coronavirus Front Line

Coronavirus Front Line: The search for a vaccine - part one

Winifred Robinson reports on the global race to create a vaccine for Covid-19

• 26 mins

The Coronavirus Front Line

Coronavirus Front Line: The search for a vaccine - part two

Winifred Robinson reports on the global race to create a vaccine for Covid-19

• 23 mins

World Wide Waves: The sounds of community radio

For World Radio Day, we visit community radio stations around the globe.

• 49 mins

Inside the brain of Jeff Bezos

The ideas that made Jeff Bezos the richest man on Earth

• 23 mins

How the Irish shaped Britain

Fergal Keane explores the profound influence the Irish have had on Britain

• 49 mins

I am Robert Chelsea

The remarkable story of the first African-American to have a full face transplant.

• 23 mins

Biden's world

Meet the team devising President Biden’s foreign policy

• 23 mins

The empty desk: Covid, women and the US economy

Nada Tawfik explores economic empowerment, opportunity and pay for women in the US economy

• 23 mins

What does the future hold? Covid, women and the US economy

Nada Tawfik explores economic empowerment, opportunity and pay for women in the US

• 26 mins

A constitutional conversation

Is it time the US Constitution got a 21st Century makeover?

• 23 mins

Women dying for work

Yoshie Matsumoto examines how the overwork culture affects women in Japan

• 26 mins

Don't log off: My life, my world

Margaret in Uganda cares for nine children orphaned by Aids and has HIV herself

• 26 mins

The life of Prince Philip

Remembering the life of Prince Philip, who has died aged 99

• 49 mins

HRH Prince Philip: His work with charity

The global impact of Prince Philip's work with charities

• 26 mins

HRH Prince Philip: Links with the armed forces

Jonny Dymond looks back at Prince Philip's links with the armed forces

• 26 mins

HRH Prince Philip: A celebration of a life

Remembering the projects and causes to which the Duke of Edinburgh dedicated his life

• 49 mins

The other caliphate

The Philippines’ fight to contain Islamist extremism in the wake of the Marawi siege

• 49 mins

Don't log off: My life, my world

Alan Dein follows 25-year-old entrepreneur Fahad in Dhaka, who has over 200 employees

• 26 mins

Dance divas: 1978-1988

Meet the pioneering women of New York’s underground dance music

• 49 mins

The day I met Prince Philip

People around the world remember their meetings with Prince Philip .

• 49 mins

Don't log off: My life, my world

Alan Dein follows 19-year-old Mursalina in Kabul as she strives to promote education

• 26 mins

The Changing Worlds Of Formula One

Episode 1

From Italy to India, David Goldblatt examines how Formula One is changing

• 25 mins

The Changing Worlds Of Formula One

Episode 2

From Italy to India, David Goldblatt examines how Formula One is changing

• 25 mins

Dance Divas: 1988-1998

The pioneering women of NYC dance music Gladys Pizarro, Gail Sky King, Carla Bandini-Lory

• 49 mins

Don't log off: My life, my world

Meet Rohan, a young Jamaican farmer, who faces the challenges of drought and the pandemic

• 26 mins

Our story - Part 1

How to be a girl

• 49 mins

Where is Jack Ma?

Days before his company embarked on a share listing, billionaire Jack Ma went missing

• 26 mins

Our story - Part 2

How to be a girl

• 49 mins

Bob Marley: An extraordinary day

Memories of when Jamaica came to a standstill for Bob Marley’s funeral

• 26 mins

Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On now

The 50th anniversary of the release of Marvin Gaye’s landmark album What’s Going On

• 49 mins

Speaking out

Ed Adoo and DJ T Storm examine the global impact of “Stop and Search” policies

• 26 mins

Vaccinating the world

Behind the scenes of the Covid vaccine rollout

• 49 mins

Gagarin and the lost Moon

How Yuri Gagarin's first human flight into space launched a new chapter in exploration

• 49 mins

Reaching back to Hands Across America

Can a human chain between New York and LA ever form again?

• 26 mins

Hip-hop and healing: Commemorating Tulsa

How the local community is using art and music to commemorate the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

• 49 mins

The Tulsa tragedy that shamed America

Alvin Hall tells the story of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

• 49 mins

Globalisation in reverse

Karishma Vaswani in conversation with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong

• 26 mins

Being mum

Ateira Griffin challenges assumptions about black single motherhood

• 26 mins

When Kissinger went to China

How Henry Kissinger's secret to trip China 50 years ago changed the Cold War

• 49 mins

Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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

• 49 mins

The life of Kenneth Kaunda

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

• 26 mins

A right to health

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

• 49 mins

Marvellous medicine

Have we learned how to permanently accelerate drug development?

• 23 mins

Guru

Guru: Living a lie

Allegations of abuse at a yoga organisation she once called home

• 26 mins

Guru

Guru: A dark legacy

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

• 26 mins

Guru

Guru: Who knew what and when?

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

• 26 mins

Two smiley faces: Episode one

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 from bats?

• 26 mins

The mixed beat

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

• 49 mins

Two smiley faces: Episode 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

• 26 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

• 49 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

• 26 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

• 26 mins

Beijing: Beyond the masks

Liyang Liu explores her home city Beijing in the wake of the pandemic

• 49 mins

Two smiley faces: Episode five

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

• 23 mins

Africa’s vaccine ambitions

What efforts are underway in Africa to build a home grown vaccine manufacturing industry?

• 26 mins

Two smiley faces: Episode six

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

• 23 mins

Hiroshima successors

As memories of the atomic bomb fade, an unusual practice keeps survivors’ stories alive

• 26 mins