Nomsa Maseko asks where democracy is headed across the world's fastest growing continent.
Robert Chelsea was hit by a drunk driver sustaining third-degree burns on over half of his body. In 2019 he became the first African American recipient of a full-face transplant.
Chef Rick Stein celebrates John Betjeman's long love affair with the English seaside holiday and his deep affection for Cornwall. He travels around the area, speaking to people who remember the poet's visits, including...
New research in India suggests heat can double the risk of stillbirth and miscarriage.
Kenneth Clark looks at the beginnings of revolutionary politics in the 18th century. His theme takes him from great palaces like Blenheim and Versailles, to Edinburgh, and to the hills of Virginia where Thomas Jefferson...
Deeply moving and laugh-out-loud funny, Mission: Joy gives unprecedented access to the friendship between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the late Archbishop Tutu. The self-described "mischievous brothers" were filmed...
When a mutant gene causing Alzheimer's is discovered in the Jennings family, it leads scientists on a journey to develop a cure and leaves family members with a terrible dilemma. The Jennings are the first family in the...
Joe Wicks became a national hero during the first lockdown with his hugely successful "PE with Joe" workouts. But in the wake of the pandemic, it's not just the nation's physical health that concerns him — it's our...
A profile of crime writer Ian Rankin, following him as he researches his latest book. From sources in pubs frequented by off-duty policemen, to lawyers with the background on cases that never reach the papers, to...
A documentary on assisted suicide, authored by actor and disability rights activist Liz Carr. We may be used to seeing Liz in dramas such as Silent Witness, Good Omens or The Witcher, but now she's stepping away from the...
Kenneth Clark examines a new force — the belief in the divinity of nature. This takes him to Tintern Abbey and the Lake District of Wordsworth, to the Swiss Alps and the ideas of Rousseau, and to the landscapes of Turner...
