All Episodes

The search for genius and Einstein's brain

Having it all: dispelling the myths about work and motherhood

Patents stop people doing things. So why are they a good thing?

The Great American Novel: how and why?

From Euclid to modern geometry: Do the angles of a triangle really add up to 180˚?

Genetic testing for risk of Heart Disease: fact or fiction?

The metaphysics of concrete

John Bull vs Stinkomalee: Tory opposition in the early days of the University of London

The mystery of Master Humphrey: one of Dickens's most enigmatic characters

Cutting to cure cancer and 'the limits set by nature'

The lure of the Kremlin: Ivan the Terrible

The triumph of Human Rights: dream or nightmare?

Is complex life a freak accident?

What has Facebook done to us?

Exploring the Arctic from Space