United in space: How we built the ISS
Celebrating 25 unbroken years of humans living in space, former international director of the UK Space Agency Dr Alice Bunn charts how nations put aside differences to create the ultimate symbol of hu...
21 Dec 202549min
Living in fear on South Africa's farms
In February, American President Donald Trump signed an executive order which said that South African Afrikaners - descendants of mainly Dutch settlers who arrived in the 17th Century - could be admitt...
20 Dec 202526min
Jewish Australians on the Bondi Beach attacks
The Australian government says it will crack down on hate speech following the deadly shooting that targeted a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach. People had come together to celebrate Hanukkah when two g...
20 Dec 202523min
Prayers through the checkpoints
Imagine being able to see your place of worship, but not be able to reach it. For many Palestinian Muslims in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, stricter Israeli security measures, rising tens...
19 Dec 202526min
Elephant conservation in Botswana
Botswana is home to about a third of Africa’s remaining savanna elephants, over 130,000. But it is a burden as well as a blessing. It puts pressure on local communities, and the cost of conservation i...
18 Dec 202526min
Introducing The Bomb: Kennedy and Khrushchev
As the USA and Soviet Union race for supremacy in the 1960s, Premier Khrushchev sizes up his rival, President John F Kennedy. Presenters Max Kennedy and Nina Khrushcheva, relatives of the superpower l...
17 Dec 202538min
Stolen brides of Kazakhstan: The fightback
In plain sight, in a modern city, a colleague offers to drive you home after work. How would you respond? One woman in Kazakhstan accepted the lift only to find herself kidnapped or ‘stolen’ as a brid...
16 Dec 202527min
Jim Henson's Creature Shop: Back to Fraggle Rock
Sean Allsop goes behind the scenes inside the legendary Jim Henson's Creature Shop in New York, where fabric and materials bring life to characters beloved around the world. Sean joins the team as the...
15 Dec 202529min
