Battle for the Capitol

With Trump out of office, Leah Sottile on what’s next for America’s far-right.

• 28 mins

Sideways: Siding with the Enemy

Matthew Syed reexamines the origin of a peculiar psychiatric disorder.

• 29 mins

The Battersea Poltergeist – Ep1: 63 Wycliffe Road

Strange events start at an ordinary house in South London. Is it a poltergeist?

• 31 mins

Made of Stronger Stuff: The Heart

Kimberley Wilson and Xand van Tulleken talk artificial hearts and broken heart syndrome.

• 35 mins

The Price of Song

John Wilson investigates the value of the songs that provide the soundtracks to our lives

• 29 mins

Faith, Lies and Conversion Therapy

Will banning conversion therapy end the practice of trying to change people's sexuality?

• 28 mins

The Jump: Covid-19

Chris van Tulleken on the human behaviours that make viruses jump from animals to people.

• 29 mins

Mitchell on Meetings: The Thing

David Mitchell investigates meetings from the ancient 'thing' to zoom.

• 29 mins

Making Demille

Recorded over five years, the story of a young courier navigating London's gig economy.

• 28 mins

The Nazi Next Door

Meet ‘Mr Stan’, the Shropshire pensioner hiding the darkest of secrets.

• 36 mins

Where is Jack Ma?

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma is missing. So where is Jack Ma? Celia Hatton investigates.

• 29 mins

Iran’s Secret Art Collection

Alastair Sooke tells the story of Iran's billion pound collection of modern western art.

• 29 mins

A Pyrotechnic History of Humanity: Fire

How the mastery of fire and the energy it released gave our ancestors intelligence

• 29 mins

The Northern Bank Job: Episode One

Writer Glenn Patterson has unfinished business with the 2004 Northern Bank robbery.

• 15 mins

After a Death

Sarah O'Connell examines the ripple effects of the killing of Russell 'Barty' Brown.

• 38 mins

Life On Hold

Personal stories from people fighting for access to mental health support during lockdown.

• 29 mins

Thinking In Colour

Gary Younge explores stories of racial passing, through the prism of Nella Larsen's book.

• 28 mins

One Night in March

Anthony Grainger was shot dead by police. Why is his family still fighting for justice?

• 38 mins

Daft Punk Is Staying at My House, My House

Combine Disneyland Paris, a 4-track demo and three guys from Glasgow. Et voila, Daft Punk!

• 29 mins

Descendants: Episode One

How close is each of our lives to the legacy of British slavery?

• 28 mins

A Sense of Music

What happens when music meets the animal mind?

• 29 mins

Adults, Almost

Teenagers tell their lockdown tales. Stories, music, jokes and thoughts on growing up.

• 29 mins

Return to the Homeless Hotel

What's happened to rough sleepers a year after they were given emergency accommodation?

• 28 mins

Lost for Words

David Shariatmadari explores the science of language, dementia and ageing.

• 29 mins

My Cat, The Judge

But is she? Meet Velma: a cat with attitude. And Suzi Ruffell, her owner.

• 29 mins

Waiting for the Van

The story of one man's attempt to challenge fifty years of UK drug policy.

• 37 mins

China in Slogans

How Communist Party slogans reveal the turbulent story of modern China.

• 58 mins

Speak Up

Women may be caricatured as babbling chatterboxes, but in public women speak a lot less.

• 29 mins

Breaking Through

How breaking went from the inner city streets of New York City to the Olympic Games.

• 29 mins

Trading Blows?

Mark Mardell looks at how British business is faring seven months on from Brexit.

• 37 mins

Genetics and the longer arm of the law

Genetic fingerprints to genetic witnesses - the explosion of DNA in crime fighting.

• 38 mins

Write Her Story

Double Oscar-winning actress Glenda Jackson asks, where are the strong stories for women?

• 29 mins

Behind the Crime

Two forensic psychologists interview Courtney about her life and the crime she committed.

• 44 mins

The Nuclear Priesthood

Poet Paul Farley considers how we warn future generations about our buried nuclear waste.

• 28 mins

The Delirium Wards

David Aaronovitch speaks to people struggling with delirium as cases are on the rise.

• 28 mins

Poison: Episode 1 - The Chuckling Pensioner

South Africa's Jacob Zuma - liberation hero and ex-president believes he's being poisoned.

• 14 mins

Poison: Episode 2 - A Pinch of Paranoia

From poisoned underpants to Cold War paranoia – South Africa’s murky liberation story

• 13 mins

Poison: Episode 3 - How Do You Like Your Tea?

The wife of South Africa’s former President is arrested for trying to poison him - why?

• 14 mins

Poison: Episode 4 - The Russian Antidote

Why would a South African president seek a cure for poisoning at a clinic in Moscow?

• 14 mins

Poison: Episode 5 - A Toxic Aftertaste

Jacob Zuma’s conspiracy theories have taken on a dangerous life of their own.

• 15 mins

The Ballad of the Bet

Poetry, music and oral history from the inner life of gambling.

• 29 mins

The Nuremberg Legacy

Philippe Sands explores the legacy of the Nuremberg Trials, 75 years after the judgement.

• 38 mins

Plastic: The Biography

Laura Barton outlines the dramatic rise and fall from grace of industrial titan, Plastic.

• 58 mins

The Hack That Changed the World: Ep 1 - The Cold Case

Who was behind the 2009 hack and leak of emails that fuelled climate change sceptics?

• 14 mins

The Hack That Changed the World: Ep 2 - On the Trail

On the trail of a cyber cold case about global warming, but who are the main suspects?

• 14 mins

The Hack That Changed the World: Ep 3 - The Russia Mystery

Following an evidence trail pointing towards Russian involvement in the Climategate hack.

• 14 mins

The Hack That Changed the World: Ep 4 - Dark Money

Who had most to gain from the ‘Climategate’ hack and the doubt about science it created?

• 15 mins

The Hack That Changed the World: Ep 5 - The Sceptics

Who was behind the 2009 hack and leak of emails that fuelled climate change sceptics?

• 15 mins

How America Learned to Laugh Again

How soon is too soon to start making jokes?

• 58 mins

Jan Morris: Writing a Life

Horatio Clare examines how the pioneering writer Jan Morris authored her own life.

• 57 mins

Could I Regenerate My Farm To Save The Planet?

Can the shepherd and writer James Rebanks use his farm to save the planet?

• 29 mins

Will-of-the-Dump

The story of a black bin bag... told through essay, sound and music.

• 29 mins

The River Man

Fergal Keane investigates the fate of James Kane, executed by the IRA a century ago.

• 38 mins

A Line in the Water

Aboard the Belfast-Birkenhead ferry Neil McCarthy looks for the border down the Irish Sea

• 37 mins

The Army Girls

80 years after female conscription, the final few tell their extraordinary WW2 stories.

• 28 mins

A Family of Strangers

How a simple DNA test turned worlds upside down, leading to profound questions of identity

• 38 mins

The Lullaby Project

Orchestral musicians help prisoners compose and record lullabies for their children.

• 29 mins

Night Watch

Stories of everyday street harassment from women across Britain.

• 29 mins

Bloody Sunday: 50 Years On

Fifty years on, Peter Taylor assesses the legacy of 'Bloody Sunday' in Northern Ireland.

• 57 mins

Room 5 - Episode 1

Bex is at university when she starts feeling anxious and overwhelmed.

• 30 mins

Paris-Zurich-Trieste: Joyce l'European

The profound influence the many years he spent in Europe had on the work of James Joyce.

• 59 mins

Episode 1

A birth amid a revolution, and an unpaid arms deal debt having ramifications decades on.

• 14 mins

Episode 2

The story of the government owned company that may hold the key to Nazanin’s release.

• 15 mins

Episode 3

The debt issue and Nazanin finally collide.

• 15 mins

Episode 4

Richard Ratcliffe goes public as the UK government explore back channels for a deal.

• 14 mins

Episode 5

One more throw of the dice from the UK, and a new obstacle from America.

• 15 mins

A Recipe for Love

Sophie Ward makes a scientifically-accredited love potion. Don't try this at home.

• 29 mins

Art Came in the Night

Artist Kevin Harman explores what happens when public art and communities clash.

• 28 mins

1. The Low Ball Tapes - Arrested

The secret tapes the authorities, on both sides of the Atlantic, wouldn’t want you to hear

• 15 mins

2. The Low Ball Tapes - The Trails

Did the right people go to jail in the Libor scandal?

• 15 mins

3. The Lowball Tapes – The Whistleblower

It is too much for one trader?

• 16 mins

4. The Lowball Tapes – The Overseers

Who is in charge of Libor?

• 15 mins

5. The Lowball Tapes – Hunting the Truth

Were the banks telling the truth about their role in the financial crash of 2008?

• 15 mins

Women in Stitches: The Making of the Bayeux Tapestry

Who stitched the Bayeux Tapestry? Abigail Youngman looks for clues in the margins.

• 28 mins

Cold as a Mountain Top

Robert Macfarlane climbs a wintry Buachaille Etive Mor, guided by the words of WH Murray.

• 28 mins

Sir Alex Ferguson: Made in Govan

Sir Alex joins Mike Sweeney to reflect on the influences that shaped his life and career.

• 58 mins

The Witches' Pardon

Is it time Scotland recognised 'witches' as victims of state-sanctioned violence?

• 29 mins

Am I That Guy?

An exploration of men’s violence against women, with Scottish writer Alistair Heather

• 29 mins

The P Word

Is the use of the ‘P’ word ever acceptable?

• 29 mins

1. The Future Will Be Synthesised

Henry Ajder examines our synthetic future - starting with deepfake origins in pornography

• 15 mins

2. The Future Will Be Synthesised

Deepfakes for disinformation

• 14 mins

3. The Future will be Synthesised

Threat to democracy?

• 15 mins

4. The Future will be Synthesised

Art and business

• 15 mins

5. The Future Will Be Synthesised

Henry Ajder examines our synthetic future - starting with deepfake origins in pornography

• 14 mins

Bound to the Mast

Can ‘no’ mean ‘yes’ in mental health?

• 29 mins

The Dancer and Her Shoe Maker

The story of two people connected by a ballet shoe.

• 29 mins

London on the Line

Ten years after the 2012 Olympics why is London in crisis and what can be done about it?

• 28 mins

Ceausescu's Children

Adopted from an orphanage in Romania, Ionica Adriana returns to discover her past.

• 29 mins

Schools Apart

How schools can help students from minority backgrounds feel integrated in modern Britain

• 28 mins

A Hard Look at Soft Power

Does soft power still wield force in a time of brutal displays of hard power in Ukraine?

• 58 mins

The Long History of Argument - Ep 1

Rory Stewart explores the strange human phenomenon of arguing.

• 27 mins

The Long History of Argument - Ep 2

Rory Stewart explores the strange human phenomenon of arguing.

• 29 mins

The Long History of Argument - Ep 3

Rory Stewart explores the strange human phenomenon of arguing.

• 28 mins

Evacuated to Russia

Has Russia rescued a million Ukrainian refugees? Or deported them in another war crime?

• 29 mins

Welcome to Rwanda

Is Rwanda a devlopment model for the rest of Africa, or an autocratic and ruthless state?

• 38 mins

Limelight Trailer: How to be a Mind Reader

Subscribe to Limelight on BBC Sounds for the best audio drama box sets.

• 12 mins

Generation Games

From Pong to Pokémon, what have video games ever done for us? Keza MacDonald finds out.

• 57 mins

Sideways: A Nuclear Awakening

Matthew Syed explores urgent intellectual questions posed by nuclear weapons.

• 28 mins

The Silent Mind

What’s it like to have a silent mind? Psychologist Charles Fernyhough investigates.

• 28 mins

The Cost of Economic War

Duncan Weldon examines the use of economic sanctions as a tool of statecraft.

• 38 mins