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Do our lymphatic systems need a detox?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore the lymphatic system.
26 May 2026,·28 mins
Toast - Wilko
What went wrong at Wilko? Sean Farrington hears how the retail chain ended up toast.
28 May 2026,·24 mins
El Niño is nigh, but so what?
El Niño is stirring in the Pacific Ocean and may well be one of the strongest yet.
21 May 2026,·28 mins
AI: War Machine?
2. What's driving the military AI policy?
Aleks and Kevin explore the decisions driving military AI adoption in the US and elsewhere
03 Jun 2026,·28 mins
Episode 5
In the Norwegian Arctic life is all about the border.
29 May 2026,·14 mins
The dogs that bring hope
Rescued street dogs in Uganda help survivors find comfort, healing and renewed hope
26 May 2026,·24 mins
Introducing a new TV series of Just One Thing
Zoe Ball has news of a new 12-part TV series of Just One Thing, available from 23 March.
20 Mar 2026,·1 min
World of Flowers
Tom Heap and Helen Czerski discover how flowers changed our planet.
22 May 2026,·52 mins
Body Clock
Tick, tock! What is your body clock and is it possible to change it?
11 Aug 2021,·18 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
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
Dean Lomax on discovering ichthyosaurs and defying nay-sayers
Dean Lomax on his unconventional route into palaeontology and making BIG discoveries.
28 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Life Without North America
What would happen to the world if the USA disappears?
17 Apr 2026,·14 mins
National Garden Wildlife Week 2026
Adam Walton highlights National Garden Wildlife Week 2026.
26 May 2026,·29 mins
Are we entering a world without screens?
Is the future screen free? clippers in politics, and pollsters ask AI rather than voters
21 May 2026,·42 mins
Rescued street dogs in Uganda help survivors find comfort, healing and renewed hope.
26 May 2026,·23 mins
Episode 5 : Deep Time
Marine microbiologist Professor Jeffrey Marlow explores the deep ocean.
08 May 2026,·14 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
Plants and the Mystery of Consciousness
Are plants intelligent? Could they help us unravel the mystery of consciousness?
Series 2
Perfectionists: Martha Graham
Martha Graham was to modern dance what Picasso was to painting.
16 Jan 2026,·14 mins
13. Legacy
India considers how witches today are a powerful way of resisting and addressing the past.
30 May 2023,·28 mins
Series 3: Exercise
S3. Ep 8 - Activity Revolution
The Van Tulleken twins explore the science of exercise and the dangers of inactivity.
06 Feb 2024,·28 mins
5: The Future
The final part of a thought-provoking book questioning overdiagnosis in medicine.
21 Mar 2025,·14 mins
Episode 5: The Flickering
Five original essays on how the mysterious is woven into the ordinary and the everyday.
18 Jul 2025,·14 mins
8. The Terminator
Musk fears a 'Terminator future', where robots destroy humans. So why is he creating AI?
08 Apr 2025,·28 mins
6. The Microdoctrine
Final episode of the LSD saga about an attempt to spark a revolution of the mind.
23 Nov 2022,·25 mins
Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean takes Martha Kearney to visit her favourite island.
01 Jan 2026,·24 mins
How Music Can Hold and Heal Us
We explore how music—especially lullabies—heals like medicine.
13 Mar 2025,·25 mins
Titans of Science: Marc Abrahams
The latest science news, plus Titans of Science returns with Marc Abrahams.
12 Jan 2025,·51 mins
