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Summer Specials 2026
Summer Special 3. Little Biter
Danny Robins hits the seaside for a spine-tingling new investigation.
21 Jul 2026,·36 mins
Shania Twain, musician
Shania Twain, musician, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
19 Jul 2026,·58 mins
Lady on Trial
Connie Bolam - Conscientious Objector
Lucy meets defiant protestor Connie Bolam, a World War II conscientious objector.
28 Jul 2026,·28 mins
Electrocuted in a Hot Air Balloon
A perfect spring morning in the English countryside becomes something else entirely...
23 Jul 2026,·40 mins
Rapist police officer, Women in Iran, Extreme cleans, Golfer Georgia Hall
A police officer has been uncovered as a violent rapist.
23 Jul 2026,·57 mins
Stick to the Script
Throwing away the script to unlock the brain’s creative potential.
22 Jul 2026,·28 mins
Dead Rabbit
10. Catch Me
A verdict. Dan and Lucy ask: is violence winning? Turns out, dead animals are everywhere.
20 Jul 2026,·18 mins
Art That Conquered the World
Guernica
James Fox asks how Picasso's Guernica became so famous.
23 Jul 2026,·28 mins
Joe Lycett Can't Escape the Chaos
Joe Marler digs into why Joe Lycett has always been drawn to chaos.
21 Jul 2026,·41 mins
Engineering the Climate: Can Injecting Chemicals in the Sky Help Save the Planet? (Professor David Keith)
Gabriel Gatehouse explores the world of geoengineering.
23 Jul 2026,·62 mins
Keeper of secrets: The Chinese sociologist turned confidante
Jieyu’s research into Chinese families meant people told her their most intimate secrets
Tao Huabi: Crispy chilli godmother
Tao Huabi went from childhood poverty in China to building a chilli oil empire
20 Jul 2026,·35 mins
Cartoonist Naji al-Ali
Mona Chalabi chooses Naji al-Ali, Palestinian cartoonist shot in London in 1987.
01 Jun 2026,·28 mins
"What a mess we're in" - Britain's [REDACTED] Accident
Britain's nuclear dream becomes a deadly nightmare at Windscale.
17 Jul 2026,·39 mins
A School Teacher Affair and "Fart Tennis"
YIKES. Two teachers are copping off - and one of them is married!
20 Jul 2026,·31 mins
Haunted Houghton House (And Some Creepy Castles)
How a Bedfordshire ruin sparked ghost stories and legends.
20 Jul 2026,·50 mins
6. Black Mirror
A disturbing TV episode helps Ruth see her own life differently.
16 Jun 2026,·25 mins
Why I don't hate the person who tried to kill me
Bjorn Ihler survived Norway's worst terror attack from a far-right extremist
20 Jul 2026,·41 mins
Into The Dirt
6. The Whole Truth
A final meeting between Ceri and Rob becomes heated
01 Jul 2026,·46 mins
Adam Kay: Eleven Enormous Memory Boxes
Dilly helps Adam unpack renovation chaos, memory boxes and Post-it note plot walls.
21 Jul 2026,·26 mins
The first solar-powered flight around the world
In 2016, two pilots attempted to fly around the globe without any fuel
23 Jul 2026,·10 mins
Sam Neill: the silent child with a stutter who became a movie star
Matthew Bannister on two actors, a musician and a chef.
17 Jul 2026,·28 mins
Nautical Castaways
Matthew Pinsent
Olympic Gold rower Matthew Pinsent is castaway by Sue Lawley.
19 Jul 2026,·45 mins
Reflections: Series 4
Caroline Lucas
The former Green Party leader discusses power, getting arrested and listening to opponents
20 Jul 2026,·28 mins
Community connections
How one charity is welcoming refugees and pairing them with local buddies in the community
18 May 2026,·13 mins
Alan Davies, Trainspotting the Musical, Life After a Ruptured Brain, and the Inheritance Tracks of Adrian Lester
Alan Davies joins Adrian for extraordinary stories from remarkable people.
18 Jul 2026,·56 mins
Tania Bruguera
Cuban performance and conceptual artist Tania Bruguera reveals her cultural influences.
02 Jul 2026,·43 mins
5. MF DOOM in Leeds
AFRODEUTSCHE and Adam Batty examine the surprising final years of MF DOOM.
10 Feb 2026,·26 mins
John Inman
The actor shares his love of panto plus backstage TV tales of Are You Being Served?
25 Dec 2001,·30 mins
Series 3
6. Deleted
Jenny decides if she wants to continue to belong to the global DNA database.
09 Jun 2026,·28 mins
