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- Today16:00GMTBBC Radio 4
The final journey of Chief Long Wolf
In 1997, the remains of a Lakota leader were returned from London to South Dakota
- Tomorrow07:50GMTBBC World Service
The first monkeys to survive space travel
On 28 May 1959, the USA sent two monkeys into space and brought them back alive.
- Tomorrow11:50GMTBBC World Service
The first monkeys to survive space travel
On 28 May 1959, the USA sent two monkeys into space and brought them back alive.(R)
- Tomorrow17:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
The first monkeys to survive space travel
On 28 May 1959, the USA sent two monkeys into space and brought them back alive.(R)
- Tomorrow21:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
The first monkeys to survive space travel
On 28 May 1959, the USA sent two monkeys into space and brought them back alive.(R)
- Tuesday02:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
The first monkeys to survive space travel
On 28 May 1959, the USA sent two monkeys into space and brought them back alive.(R)
- Tuesday07:50GMTBBC World Service
Harry Harlow's monkey attachment studies
Harry Harlow's controversial monkey tests in the 1950s transformed ideas on attachment
- Tuesday11:50GMTBBC World Service
Harry Harlow's monkey attachment studies
Harry Harlow's controversial monkey tests in the 1950s transformed ideas on attachment(R)
- Tuesday17:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
Harry Harlow's monkey attachment studies
Harry Harlow's controversial monkey tests in the 1950s transformed ideas on attachment(R)
- Tuesday21:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
Harry Harlow's monkey attachment studies
Harry Harlow's controversial monkey tests in the 1950s transformed ideas on attachment(R)
- Wednesday02:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
Harry Harlow's monkey attachment studies
Harry Harlow's controversial monkey tests in the 1950s transformed ideas on attachment(R)
- Wednesday07:50GMTBBC World Service
Washoe: The chimp who learnt to sign
By 1970 Washoe the chimp was thought to be the first non-human to learn a human language
- Wednesday11:50GMTBBC World Service
Washoe: The chimp who learnt to sign
By 1970 Washoe the chimp was thought to be the first non-human to learn a human language(R)
- Wednesday17:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
Washoe: The chimp who learnt to sign
By 1970 Washoe the chimp was thought to be the first non-human to learn a human language(R)
- Wednesday21:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
Washoe: The chimp who learnt to sign
By 1970 Washoe the chimp was thought to be the first non-human to learn a human language(R)
- Thursday02:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
Washoe: The chimp who learnt to sign
By 1970 Washoe the chimp was thought to be the first non-human to learn a human language(R)
- Thursday07:50GMTBBC World Service
When Dian Fossey was murdered
American gorilla expert Dian Fossey was murdered in 1985 in the mountains of Rwanda
- Thursday11:50GMTBBC World Service
When Dian Fossey was murdered
American gorilla expert Dian Fossey was murdered in 1985 in the mountains of Rwanda(R)
- Thursday17:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
When Dian Fossey was murdered
American gorilla expert Dian Fossey was murdered in 1985 in the mountains of Rwanda(R)
- Thursday21:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
When Dian Fossey was murdered
American gorilla expert Dian Fossey was murdered in 1985 in the mountains of Rwanda(R)
- Friday02:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
When Dian Fossey was murdered
American gorilla expert Dian Fossey was murdered in 1985 in the mountains of Rwanda(R)
- Friday07:50GMTBBC World Service
Declaring chimpanzees an endangered species
In 1990, human’s closest living relatives were declared endangered for the first time
- Friday11:50GMTBBC World Service
Declaring chimpanzees an endangered species
In 1990, human’s closest living relatives were declared endangered for the first time(R)
- Friday17:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
Declaring chimpanzees an endangered species
In 1990, human’s closest living relatives were declared endangered for the first time(R)
- Friday21:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
Declaring chimpanzees an endangered species
In 1990, human’s closest living relatives were declared endangered for the first time(R)
- Next Saturday02:50GMTBBC World Service Online, Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview, News Internet & Europe and the Middle East only
Declaring chimpanzees an endangered species
In 1990, human’s closest living relatives were declared endangered for the first time(R)
- Next Sunday07:48GMTBBC Radio 4
The final journey of Chief Long Wolf
In 1997, the remains of a Lakota leader were returned from London to South Dakota
- Next Sunday16:00GMTBBC Radio 4
Usonia: Frank Lloyd Wright’s ‘utopian’ town
In 1948, a “utopian” town of houses was designed by America’s greatest architect.
- Next Monday07:50GMTBBC World Service
Gerald Durrell's mission to save species from extinction
In 1959, the writer Gerald Durrell opened the gates to a new kind of zoo
- Next Monday11:50GMTBBC World Service
Gerald Durrell's mission to save species from extinction
In 1959, the writer Gerald Durrell opened the gates to a new kind of zoo(R)
- Next Monday17:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
Gerald Durrell's mission to save species from extinction
In 1959, the writer Gerald Durrell opened the gates to a new kind of zoo(R)
- Next Monday21:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
Gerald Durrell's mission to save species from extinction
In 1959, the writer Gerald Durrell opened the gates to a new kind of zoo(R)
- Tue 20 Oct 202602:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
Gerald Durrell's mission to save species from extinction
In 1959, the writer Gerald Durrell opened the gates to a new kind of zoo(R)
- Tue 20 Oct 202607:50GMTBBC World Service
How Ten Canoes made cinema history
In 2006, Australia's first feature film in Aboriginal languages was created
- Tue 20 Oct 202611:50GMTBBC World Service
How Ten Canoes made cinema history
In 2006, Australia's first feature film in Aboriginal languages was created(R)
- Tue 20 Oct 202617:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
How Ten Canoes made cinema history
In 2006, Australia's first feature film in Aboriginal languages was created(R)
- Tue 20 Oct 202621:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
How Ten Canoes made cinema history
In 2006, Australia's first feature film in Aboriginal languages was created(R)
- Wed 21 Oct 202602:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
How Ten Canoes made cinema history
In 2006, Australia's first feature film in Aboriginal languages was created(R)
- Wed 21 Oct 202607:50GMTBBC World Service
Malta’s divorce referendum
In 2011, Maltese voters went to the polls to decide if divorce should be legalised
- Wed 21 Oct 202611:50GMTBBC World Service
Malta’s divorce referendum
In 2011, Maltese voters went to the polls to decide if divorce should be legalised(R)
- Wed 21 Oct 202617:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
Malta’s divorce referendum
In 2011, Maltese voters went to the polls to decide if divorce should be legalised(R)
- Wed 21 Oct 202621:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
Malta’s divorce referendum
In 2011, Maltese voters went to the polls to decide if divorce should be legalised(R)
- Thu 22 Oct 202602:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
Malta’s divorce referendum
In 2011, Maltese voters went to the polls to decide if divorce should be legalised(R)
- Thu 22 Oct 202607:50GMTBBC World Service
Keith Haring’s Berlin Wall mural
In October 1986, American artist Keith Haring painted a huge mural on the Berlin Wall
- Thu 22 Oct 202611:50GMTBBC World Service
Keith Haring’s Berlin Wall mural
In October 1986, American artist Keith Haring painted a huge mural on the Berlin Wall(R)
- Thu 22 Oct 202617:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
Keith Haring’s Berlin Wall mural
In October 1986, American artist Keith Haring painted a huge mural on the Berlin Wall(R)
- Thu 22 Oct 202621:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
Keith Haring’s Berlin Wall mural
In October 1986, American artist Keith Haring painted a huge mural on the Berlin Wall(R)
- Fri 23 Oct 202602:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
Keith Haring’s Berlin Wall mural
In October 1986, American artist Keith Haring painted a huge mural on the Berlin Wall(R)
- Fri 23 Oct 202607:50GMTBBC World Service
The Hungarian Revolution
In 1956, students and workers took to the streets of Budapest to protest at Soviet rule
- Fri 23 Oct 202611:50GMTBBC World Service
The Hungarian Revolution
In 1956, students and workers took to the streets of Budapest to protest at Soviet rule(R)
- Fri 23 Oct 202617:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
The Hungarian Revolution
In 1956, students and workers took to the streets of Budapest to protest at Soviet rule(R)
- Fri 23 Oct 202621:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
The Hungarian Revolution
In 1956, students and workers took to the streets of Budapest to protest at Soviet rule(R)
- Sat 24 Oct 202602:50GMTBBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview, News Internet, Online & Europe and the Middle East only
The Hungarian Revolution
In 1956, students and workers took to the streets of Budapest to protest at Soviet rule(R)
- Sun 25 Oct 202608:48GMTBBC Radio 4
Usonia: Frank Lloyd Wright’s ‘utopian’ town
In 1948, a “utopian” town of houses was designed by America’s greatest architect.
- Sun 25 Oct 202617:00GMTBBC Radio 4
Restoring the Statue of Liberty
In 1984, the Statue of Liberty was rejuvenated ahead of her 100th birthday
- Mon 26 Oct 202608:50GMTBBC World Service
The Siege of Paris
In 1870, the city of Paris was encircled by the Prussian army
- Mon 26 Oct 202612:50GMTBBC World Service
The Siege of Paris
In 1870, the city of Paris was encircled by the Prussian army(R)
- Mon 26 Oct 202618:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
The Siege of Paris
In 1870, the city of Paris was encircled by the Prussian army(R)
- Mon 26 Oct 202623:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
The Siege of Paris
In 1870, the city of Paris was encircled by the Prussian army(R)
- Tue 27 Oct 202603:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
The Siege of Paris
In 1870, the city of Paris was encircled by the Prussian army(R)
- Tue 27 Oct 202608:50GMTBBC World Service
Bonn v Berlin: how Germany chose its capital
In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell and Germany had to choose its new capital
- Tue 27 Oct 202612:50GMTBBC World Service
Bonn v Berlin: how Germany chose its capital
In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell and Germany had to choose its new capital(R)
- Tue 27 Oct 202618:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
Bonn v Berlin: how Germany chose its capital
In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell and Germany had to choose its new capital(R)
- Tue 27 Oct 202623:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
Bonn v Berlin: how Germany chose its capital
In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell and Germany had to choose its new capital(R)
- Wed 28 Oct 202603:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
Bonn v Berlin: how Germany chose its capital
In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell and Germany had to choose its new capital(R)
- Wed 28 Oct 202608:50GMTBBC World Service
Britain's real ale revolution
In 1971 the Campaign for Real Ale was set up becoming a hugely influential movement
- Wed 28 Oct 202612:50GMTBBC World Service
Britain's real ale revolution
In 1971 the Campaign for Real Ale was set up becoming a hugely influential movement(R)
- Wed 28 Oct 202618:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
Britain's real ale revolution
In 1971 the Campaign for Real Ale was set up becoming a hugely influential movement(R)
- Wed 28 Oct 202623:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
Britain's real ale revolution
In 1971 the Campaign for Real Ale was set up becoming a hugely influential movement(R)
- Thu 29 Oct 202603:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
Britain's real ale revolution
In 1971 the Campaign for Real Ale was set up becoming a hugely influential movement(R)
- Thu 29 Oct 202608:50GMTBBC World Service
Witness History
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
- Thu 29 Oct 202612:50GMTBBC World Service
Witness History
The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Thu 29 Oct 202618:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
Witness History
The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Thu 29 Oct 202623:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
Witness History
The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Fri 30 Oct 202603:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
Witness History
The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Fri 30 Oct 202608:50GMTBBC World Service
Witness History
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
- Fri 30 Oct 202612:50GMTBBC World Service
Witness History
The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Fri 30 Oct 202618:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
Witness History
The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Fri 30 Oct 202623:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
Witness History
The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Sat 31 Oct 202603:50GMTBBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview, News Internet, Online & Europe and the Middle East only
Witness History
The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Mon 2 Nov 202608:50GMTBBC World Service
Family's daring steam train escape from East Berlin
On 5 Dec 1961, driver Harry Deterling ploughed through the East German state iron curtain
- Mon 2 Nov 202612:50GMTBBC World Service
Family's daring steam train escape from East Berlin
On 5 Dec 1961, driver Harry Deterling ploughed through the East German state iron curtain(R)
- Mon 2 Nov 202618:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
Family's daring steam train escape from East Berlin
On 5 Dec 1961, driver Harry Deterling ploughed through the East German state iron curtain(R)
- Mon 2 Nov 202623:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
Family's daring steam train escape from East Berlin
On 5 Dec 1961, driver Harry Deterling ploughed through the East German state iron curtain(R)
- Tue 3 Nov 202603:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
Family's daring steam train escape from East Berlin
On 5 Dec 1961, driver Harry Deterling ploughed through the East German state iron curtain(R)
- Tue 3 Nov 202608:50GMTBBC World Service
'I survived Typhoon Haiyan'
In November 2013, Joanna Sustento was hit by a devastating storm in the Philippines
- Tue 3 Nov 202612:50GMTBBC World Service
'I survived Typhoon Haiyan'
In November 2013, Joanna Sustento was hit by a devastating storm in the Philippines(R)
- Tue 3 Nov 202618:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
'I survived Typhoon Haiyan'
In November 2013, Joanna Sustento was hit by a devastating storm in the Philippines(R)
- Tue 3 Nov 202623:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
'I survived Typhoon Haiyan'
In November 2013, Joanna Sustento was hit by a devastating storm in the Philippines(R)
- Wed 4 Nov 202603:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
'I survived Typhoon Haiyan'
In November 2013, Joanna Sustento was hit by a devastating storm in the Philippines(R)
- Wed 4 Nov 202608:50GMTBBC World Service
Brazil's Mariana dam disaster
In 2015, the Fundão dam collapsed near Mariana, causing a major environmental disaster
- Wed 4 Nov 202612:50GMTBBC World Service
Brazil's Mariana dam disaster
In 2015, the Fundão dam collapsed near Mariana, causing a major environmental disaster(R)
- Wed 4 Nov 202618:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
Brazil's Mariana dam disaster
In 2015, the Fundão dam collapsed near Mariana, causing a major environmental disaster(R)
- Wed 4 Nov 202623:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
Brazil's Mariana dam disaster
In 2015, the Fundão dam collapsed near Mariana, causing a major environmental disaster(R)
- Thu 5 Nov 202603:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
Brazil's Mariana dam disaster
In 2015, the Fundão dam collapsed near Mariana, causing a major environmental disaster(R)
- Thu 5 Nov 202608:50GMTBBC World Service
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The story of our times told by the people who were there.
- Thu 5 Nov 202612:50GMTBBC World Service
05/11/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Thu 5 Nov 202618:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
05/11/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Thu 5 Nov 202623:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
05/11/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
- Fri 6 Nov 202603:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
05/11/2026 GMT
The story of our times told by the people who were there.(R)
