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Sliced Bread - Series 17
Kitchen Sponges, Cloths and Brushes
Which is the most hygienic for cleaning your kitchen?
16 Jul 2026,·25 mins
Vines in Shropshire
Sarah Swadling meets twin sisters who planted a vineyard on their family’s Shropshire farm
19 Jul 2026,·22 mins
How might we spot nukes in space?
What’s the point of having a treaty banning nukes in space if we can’t spot them?
16 Jul 2026,·28 mins
Doctors' Notes: AI Medicine
Drs Chris and Xand continue their conversation about AI medicine with Dr Emma Karoune.
14 Jul 2026,·20 mins
Are there diseases in space?
Space missions are looking for life, but could that life be dangerous?
17 Jul 2026,·26 mins
Callendar Park, Maud Railway Museum and Ardersier Common
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.
18 Jul 2026,·91 mins
18/07/26 Farming Today This Week: Wildfires, hot harvest, the Great Yorkshire Show
Tinderbox conditions see wildfires across the country.
18 Jul 2026,·25 mins
18 Jul 2026,·83 mins
Peter Lord
The Aardman Animations co-founder takes Martha Kearney to a magical mediaeval deer park.
16 Jul 2026,·23 mins
A scientific odyssey
A new film adaptation of the Greek epic poem sends us on our own unexpected journey
17 Jul 2026,·50 mins
George McGavin on the Hoopoe
Entomologist George McGavin on the largely insectivorous hoopoe, an occasional UK visitor.
19 Jul 2026,·1 min
Series 2
Cuckoo
David Attenborough tells us how cuckoos get their eggs into the nests of other species.
20 May 2011,·10 mins
Frozen Planet II
Frozen Planet II: 6
An immersive audio experience from Frozen Planet II.
17 Oct 2022,·30 mins
Episode 5
Explorer Charlie Walker sets out to walk 600 miles along Siberia’s frozen rivers.
10 Jul 2026,·14 mins
In the Footsteps of Little Nell
Clare joins Alistair MacNichol on a unique hike inspired by The Old Curiosity Shop.
02 Jul 2026,·24 mins
A Celebration of Michael Mosley
On Just One Thing Day (12 July, 2024), we celebrated the life and work of Michael Mosley.
13 Jul 2024,·44 mins
HIV fears due to Niger’s anti-gay laws
Organisations providing HIV services to gay men have had to close in Niger
15 Jul 2026,·26 mins
Series 34
The North Pole Unwrapped - Russell Kane, Felicity Aston and Lloyd Peck
Brian Cox and Robin Ince venture north to unearth (or un-snow) the secrets of the Arctic.
17 Dec 2025,·42 mins
Could climate change fuel an epidemic?
Are rising temperatures and deforestation leading to outbreaks of deadly disease?
19 Jul 2026,·26 mins
Meet the humanoid robots performing surgery
Surgeons remotely control two human-like robots in an operating theatre.
14 Jul 2026,·26 mins
The Sound of Water
How new technology lets us listen in to the extraordinary sounds of the planet's waterways
26 Jun 2026,·52 mins
Everything Is Fake and Nobody Cares
6. F For Fake
Jamie and Jimmy explore where fakery goes next – but can you tell which is which?
15 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Body Clock
Tick, tock! What is your body clock and is it possible to change it?
11 Aug 2021,·18 mins
Edrych ymlaen at y Sioe Fawr
Terwyn Davies sy'n cyflwyno rhaglen yn edrych ymlaen at wythos y Sioe Fawr yn Llanelwedd.
19 Jul 2026,·27 mins
Bluebird returns to Coniston
Donald Campbell's restored Bluebird returns to Coniston Water in Cumbria.
14 May 2026,·24 mins
Ageing and Society
Can we age well today? Laurie Taylor explores healthy ageing and poverty in later life.
07 Jul 2026,·27 mins
How to reuse and repair
The people finding new ways to keep old things in use
14 Jul 2026,·23 mins
10. Zombie Deer
A new animal madness emerges in North America as history repeats.
23 Oct 2023,·15 mins
Series 24
Frosty Fractals
Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain investigate nature's most intricate patterns
02 Jan 2026,·29 mins
Rutger Bregman - Moral Revolution
4. Fighting for Humanity in the Age of the Machine.
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman gives his fourth and final Reith Lecture.
16 Dec 2025,·57 mins
