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View Series page for Colin Murray’s Gold Run: Extra

Colin Murray’s Gold Run: Extra

  • Sport

Extended interviews from Colin Murray's Gold Run – one man’s quest to meet every living GB gold medallist from the summer Olympics.

Sun, 27 May 12

25 minutes

View Series page for The Digital Human

The Digital Human

  • Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media

Aleks Krotoski charts how digital culture is moulding modern living. Each week join technology journalist Aleks Krotoski as she goes beyond the latest gadget or web innovation to understand what sort

8 hours ago

27 minutes

View Series page for Time To Move (BBC Learning)

Time To Move (BBC Learning)

  • Children's > Music
  • Learning > 5-11

Dance resources for children aged 6 to 8 covering popular cross-curricular topics, primarily for school use. Presented by Diane Louise Jordan and featuring music specially-composed for the series.

Wed, 23 May 12

19 minutes

View Series page for Daily Mayo

Daily Mayo

  • News
  • Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media

The best bits of Simon Mayo Drivetime on BBC Radio 2, with star guests, audience interactivity, intelligent conversation and much more.

22 hours ago

21 minutes

View Series page for Desi Download

Desi Download

  • Factual
  • News

Talat-Farooq Awan presents a pick of the week from BBC Local Radio Asian community programmes. News, views and a celebration of the cultural life of Asian people across England, all told in their own

Wed, 23 May 12

29 minutes

View Series page for Documentaries

Documentaries

  • News
  • Factual > History

Throughout the week BBC World Service offers a wide range of documentaries and other factual programmes. This podcast offers you the chance to access landmark series from our archive.

8 hours ago

23 minutes

View Series page for Colin Murray’s Gold Run: Extra

Colin Murray’s Gold Run: Extra

  • Sport

Extended interviews from Colin Murray's Gold Run – one man’s quest to meet every living GB gold medallist from the summer Olympics.

Sun, 27 May 12

25 minutes

View Series page for Inheritance Tracks

Inheritance Tracks

  • Music
  • Entertainment

Celebrating the music that special guests cherish and would like to bestow to future generations.

Sat, 26 May 12

7 minutes

View Series page for Inheritance Tracks 2008-2011

Inheritance Tracks 2008-2011

  • Entertainment
  • Music

Celebrating the music that special guests cherish and would like to bestow to future generations.

Sat, 31 Dec 11

7 minutes

View Series page for Geoffrey Smith’s Jazz

Geoffrey Smith’s Jazz

Geoffrey Smith with his weekly selection of jazz. Each Saturday at midnight, Geoffrey Smith introduces his personal sequence of jazz tracks, inimitably presented and covering the whole history of

Sun, 27 May 12

23 minutes

UK only

View Series page for The Digital Human

The Digital Human

  • Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media

Aleks Krotoski charts how digital culture is moulding modern living. Each week join technology journalist Aleks Krotoski as she goes beyond the latest gadget or web innovation to understand what sort

8 hours ago

27 minutes

View Series page for Sunday Supplement

Sunday Supplement

  • News

Vaughan Roderick presents a review of the week in Welsh politics with interviews, news, views and gossip. Broadcast weekly on BBC Radio Wales, Sundays from 0800–0900.

Mon, 30 Apr 12

50 minutes

  • 100% Homegrown with Target

    100% Homegrown with Target

    Last Updated:
    Sun, 27 May 12

    Average Duration:
    6 minutes

    100% Homegrown with Target

    • Music > Hip Hop, RnB & Dancehall > Experimental & New
    • Music > Soul & Reggae > Experimental & New

    The 100% Homegrown Download features Target's selection for 'Unsigned Track Of The Week'. Brand new black British music delivered to you for free every Sunday courtesy of BBC Radio 1Xtra.

    Updated weekly

    Programme Highlights

    5 Episodes

  • 1Xtra Dubstep Download

    1Xtra Dubstep Download

    Last Updated:
    Thu, 24 May 12

    Average Duration:
    7 minutes

    UK only

    1Xtra Dubstep Download

    • Music > Hip Hop, RnB & Dancehall
    • Music > Dance & Electronica

    A monthly dubstep mash up from big names in the scene. Check out MistaJam on BBC Radio 1Xtra, Monday to Thursday from 7 - 10pm for more beats from across a broad spectrum of new & underground music.

    Updated monthly

    Programme Highlights

    11 Episodes

  • 4 O’clock Show Mel’s Mix

    4 O’clock Show Mel’s Mix

    Last Updated:
    Sun, 27 May 12

    Average Duration:
    28 minutes

    4 O’clock Show Mel’s Mix

    • Children's
    • Factual
    • Entertainment

    Mel Giedroyc introduces highlights from her family magazine show. The programme airs Mon-Fri at 4pm on BBC Radio 4 Extra and includes interviews and packages on a wide range of subjects including

    Updated weekly

    Programme Highlights

    4 Episodes

  • 5 live Consumer Team with Martin Lewis

    5 live Consumer Team with Martin Lewis

    Last Updated:
    Thu, 24 May 12

    Average Duration:
    28 minutes

    5 live Consumer Team with Martin Lewis

    • News
    • Factual > Consumer

    Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis joins Shelagh Fogarty for lively debate and tips on how to make the most of your money. Alongside other guests from the business world, the team responds to the

    Updated weekly

    Programme Highlights

    4 Episodes

  • 5 live Football Daily

    5 live Football Daily

    Last Updated:
    19 hours ago

    Average Duration:
    44 minutes

    5 live Football Daily

    • Sport > Football

    Football results, analysis, debate & exclusive interviews featuring the Monday Night Club, the best of Kicking Off & Sports Report. Mark Chapman, Mark Pougatch, Colin Murray, Eleanor Oldroyd & Ian

    Updated daily

    Programme Highlights

    7 Episodes

  • 5 live Investigates

    5 live Investigates

    Last Updated:
    Sun, 22 Apr 12

    Average Duration:
    47 minutes

    5 live Investigates

    • News
    • Factual > Consumer

    Adrian Goldberg presents an entertaining mix of dirt-digging, debunking, and intriguing interviews revealing unreported issues. Investigative news report from Adrian Goldberg’s BBC Radio 5 live

    Updated weekly

    Whole Programme

    48 Episodes

  • 5 live Sport Specials

    5 live Sport Specials

    Last Updated:
    Thu, 24 May 12

    Average Duration:
    67 minutes

    5 live Sport Specials

    • Sport

    Showcasing 5 live Sport’s one-off specials, featuring in-depth interviews and coverage with the biggest names from the world of sport.

    Updated occasionally

    Whole Programme

    70 Episodes

  • 5 live's World Football Phone-in

    5 live's World Football Phone-in

    Last Updated:
    Sat, 26 May 12

    Average Duration:
    96 minutes

    5 live's World Football Phone-in

    • Sport > Football

    Expert answers to your questions in World Football: The Phone-in from BBC Radio 5 live's Up All Night programme.

    Updated weekly

    Whole Programme

    1 Episode

  • 6 Minute English

    6 Minute English

    Last Updated:
    Fri, 25 May 12

    Average Duration:
    6 minutes

    6 Minute English

    • Factual
    • Learning > Adults

    Learn and practise useful English language for everyday situations with the BBC. Your weekly instruction manual for saying or doing something in English is published every Friday. Each programme is

    Updated weekly

    Whole Programme

    4 Episodes

  • 6 Music News: Daily Download

    6 Music News: Daily Download

    Last Updated:
    No episodes available

    Average Duration:
    10 minutes

    UK only

    6 Music News: Daily Download

    • Music
    • News

    Your daily news fix from the world of music, including exclusive interviews with all the big names, breaking talent and legendary artists, plus the very latest gig news, behind the scenes insights, as

    Updated daily

    Programme Highlights

    0 Episodes

  • 60 Second Idea to Improve the World

    60 Second Idea to Improve the World

    Last Updated:
    Sat, 26 May 12

    Average Duration:
    6 minutes

    60 Second Idea to Improve the World

    • Religion & Ethics
    • Factual
    • Entertainment

    A radical, inspiring, controversial idea from a global thinker from the world of philosophy, science, psychology and arts. bbcworldservice.com/forum

    Updated weekly

    Programme Highlights

    4 Episodes

  • 606 Football Phone-in

    606 Football Phone-in

    Last Updated:
    Sun, 27 May 12

    Average Duration:
    40 minutes

    606 Football Phone-in

    • Sport > Football

    The UK's biggest football phone-in, broadcast on Saturdays, Sundays and midweek on BBC Radio 5 live. Fans take part in a lively debate about the latest matches and talking points.

    Updated daily

    Multi Programme

    3 Episodes

  • 7 Day Sunday

    7 Day Sunday

    Last Updated:
    Sun, 6 May 12

    Average Duration:
    50 minutes

    7 Day Sunday

    • Entertainment
    • Comedy

    A unique take on the week's events. Al Murray is joined by regulars Rebecca Front and Joe Wilkinson to sift through the Sunday papers and offer up their opinions on the week gone by.

    Updated weekly

    Whole Programme

    1 Episode

  • A Brief  History of  Mathematics

    A Brief History of Mathematics

    Last Updated:
    Fri, 1 Oct 10

    Average Duration:
    14 minutes

    A Brief History of Mathematics

    • Factual > Science & Nature
    • Learning > Adults

    Professor Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science. Ten fifteen minute podcasts that reveal the personalities behind the calculations from Newton to the

    Updated daily

    Whole Programme

    11 Episodes

  • A History of Mozart in a Dozen Objects

    A History of Mozart in a Dozen Objects

    Last Updated:
    Wed, 12 Jan 11

    Average Duration:
    10 minutes

    A History of Mozart in a Dozen Objects

    • Music > Classical
    • Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media

    Mozart’s world rediscovered in objects of his time. Professor Cliff Eisen, a leading expert on Mozart’s life, looks at Mozart’s eighteenth century world through objects that were close to him.

    Updated daily

    Whole Programme

    11 Episodes

  • A History of the World in 100 Objects

    A History of the World in 100 Objects

    Last Updated:
    Thu, 12 Apr 12

    Average Duration:
    14 minutes

    A History of the World in 100 Objects

    • Learning
    • Factual > History

    Welcome to A History of the World. Below you can find all 100 episodes in the series. Although the series has ended, you can continue to listen to the episodes on this page or download them to keep on

    Updated daily

    Whole Programme

    103 Episodes

  • A Point of View

    A Point of View

    Last Updated:
    Fri, 25 May 12

    Average Duration:
    9 minutes

    A Point of View

    • News
    • Factual

    Weekly reflections on topical issues from a range of contributors including historian Lisa Jardine, novelist Sarah Dunant and writer Alain de Botton.

    Updated weekly

    Whole Programme

    59 Episodes

  • A Point of View: Clive James

    A Point of View: Clive James

    Last Updated:
    Fri, 25 Dec 09

    Average Duration:
    10 minutes

    A Point of View: Clive James

    • Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
    • Factual > Life Stories

    Clive James presents reflections on topical issues ranging from politics to pop culture in this award-winning series of BBC Radio 4's A Point of View. These programmes were first broadcast between

    Updated occasionally

    Whole Programme

    60 Episodes

  • A Week of You and Yours

    A Week of You and Yours

    Last Updated:
    Fri, 25 May 12

    Average Duration:
    34 minutes

    A Week of You and Yours

    • Factual > Consumer

    BBC Radio 4's daily consumer programme is presented by Julian Worricker, Winifred Robinson and Peter White. You and Yours brings news, discussion and special investigations on a wide range of

    Updated weekly

    Programme Highlights

    4 Episodes

  • Adam and Joe

    Adam and Joe

    Last Updated:
    Sat, 31 Dec 11

    Average Duration:
    58 minutes

    Adam and Joe

    • Comedy
    • Entertainment

    Highlights from Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish's show at the Big British Castle, as broadcast on BBC 6 Music.

    Updated weekly

    Programme Highlights

    36 Episodes

  • Africa Today

    Africa Today

    Last Updated:
    Mon, 28 May 12

    Average Duration:
    16 minutes

    Africa Today

    • News

    African news and analysis from the BBC's Focus on Africa and Network Africa programmes; the Africa Today podcast contains the day's top stories from the continent - available to download Monday to

    Updated daily

    Whole Programme

    21 Episodes

  • African Perspective

    African Perspective

    Last Updated:
    No episodes available

    Average Duration:
    26 minutes

    African Perspective

    • News

    A weekly African documentary, which takes an in-depth look at life on the continent. First broadcast on the BBC World Service every Saturday at 0830GMT, the programme is available as a podcast

    Updated weekly

    Whole Programme

    0 Episodes

  • Africana

    Africana

    Last Updated:
    No episodes available

    Average Duration:
    12 minutes

    Africana

    • News

    Africana est un magazine d'actualité et de reportage de BBC Afrique, consacré au continent africain. Ce magazine de douze minutes est produit par l'un de nos correspondants. Il est diffusé entre

    Updated weekly

    Whole Programme

    0 Episodes

  • Aled Jones

    Aled Jones

    Last Updated:
    Sun, 20 May 12

    Average Duration:
    42 minutes

    Aled Jones

    • Entertainment
    • Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media

    Aled Jones in conversation with a special guest. Listen to the programme in full every Sunday on BBC Radio Wales from midday until 1pm, with the podcast available shortly afterwards.

    Updated weekly

    Programme Highlights

    3 Episodes

  • Alex Lester's Oddcast

    Alex Lester's Oddcast

    Last Updated:
    Fri, 18 May 12

    Average Duration:
    9 minutes

    Alex Lester's Oddcast

    • Comedy

    Alex Lester's latest musings on 'Alex World', featuring listener contributions, taken from his Best Time Of The Day show, broadcast weekdays on Radio 2, 2-5am.

    Updated weekly

    Multi Programme

    3 Episodes

  • Americana: inside the USA

    Americana: inside the USA

    Last Updated:
    Mon, 12 Sep 11

    Average Duration:
    31 minutes

    Americana: inside the USA

    • Factual
    • News

    An insider’s guide to the stories and people shaping the USA today. From Washington DC and broadcast every Sunday, at 7.15pm. Discussion and insight from some of the best known names and voices in

    Updated occasionally

    Whole Programme

    53 Episodes

  • Analysis

    Analysis

    Last Updated:
    21 hours ago

    Average Duration:
    28 minutes

    Analysis

    • Factual > Politics
    • Factual > Science & Nature
    • News

    Analysis makes sense of the ideas that change the world. What made Islam political, whether the Government can make us go green, why we think the market in human organs is repugnant are just some of

    Updated weekly

    Whole Programme

    55 Episodes

  • Annie Mac's minimix

    Annie Mac's minimix

    Last Updated:
    Fri, 25 May 12

    Average Duration:
    6 minutes

    UK only

    Annie Mac's minimix

    • Music > Dance & Electronica
    • Music

    Get your hands on a 5 minute mix from the world's hottest DJs and producers. Lots of tunes in a tiny space, as featured on Annie Mac's show on BBC Radio 1. Please note, this download is only available

    Updated weekly

    Programme Highlights

    8 Episodes

  • Any Questions and Any Answers

    Any Questions and Any Answers

    Last Updated:
    Sat, 26 May 12

    Average Duration:
    35 minutes

    Any Questions and Any Answers

    • Factual > Politics
    • Factual
    • News

    Any Questions is the topical discussion programme in which a panel of politicians and key people from business, science, arts and the media answer questions on the week’s news put to them by a live

    Updated weekly

    Whole Programme

    2 Episodes

  • Ar y Marc: Pêl-droed

    Ar y Marc: Pêl-droed

    Last Updated:
    Sat, 26 May 12

    Average Duration:
    30 minutes

    Ar y Marc: Pêl-droed

    • Sport > Football

    Trin a thrafod y byd pêl-droed yng nghwmni Dylan Jones a'r criw, a chefnogwyr ledled y wlad. Hynt a helyntion clybiau Cymru a phêl-droed o bob cwr o'r byd, gan gynnwys y diweddaraf o Wrecsam,

    Updated weekly

    Whole Programme

    4 Episodes

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