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Bright Spark Megawati

The rise of Indonesian politician Megawati Sukarnoputri

• 28 mins

The Bald and the Beautiful

Why genes, age and testosterone are to blame for male baldness

• 29 mins

The Killer Thriller

James Hadley Chase’s son, Harvey Raymond, on how to write a thriller

• 28 mins

A History of Prostitution

From brothels that funded armies to prostitution in places of worship

• 29 mins

Gravity Getting You Down?

Gravity explained: why it happens, how it works and who discovered it

• 28 mins

Society Ties

How neck ties changed from status symbols to fashion statements

• 28 mins

Bold Gestures

How our gestures show what we’re really thinking

• 28 mins

Is The Truth Out There?

Extraterrestrial visitations and more highlights from the show in 1999

• 28 mins

Is Eden in Africa?

All modern humans are descended from two African ancestors

• 29 mins

The Real Robin Hood

Searching for the man behind the legend, who died in 1247

• 28 mins

Buddhism in Tibet

The roles of the Dalai Lama and Karmapa Lama within Tibetan Buddhism

• 28 mins

Africa’s Second Class Citizens

Women’s restricted access to education, health care and economic empowerment

• 29 mins

Soccer or Football?

How American sports evolved from their European counterparts

• 30 mins

Africa’s First Coup

When did the proliferation of military coups in Africa begin?

• 29 mins

Arming Africa’s Rebels

The fight to promote responsible arms export regimes in the West

• 29 mins

Illegal Abortion in Botswana

How to stop unsafe back street abortions in Botswana

• 29 mins

Cyclones, Hurricanes and Typhoons

Why some areas are prone to extreme weather events

• 29 mins

Pilgrimages to Mecca

The difference between Hajj and Umrah

• 29 mins

Doomsday Cults

On average, it only takes four days to brainwash a person into joining a cult

• 29 mins

Who’s Winning the Space Race?

Why Russia’s sneaking ahead in the modern day space race

• 29 mins

Defining War Crimes

The established rules of war and what constitutes a war crime

• 29 mins

Mali’s Musical Historians

Why Mali’s oral historians – the griot - are much more than storytellers

• 29 mins

The Music of Apartheid

Nelson Mandela thanks musicians who contributed to the liberation struggle

• 29 mins

How Old is Earth?

Why scientists and creationists disagree on Earth’s age by over 4 billion years.

• 28 mins

Cycling and Infertility

Can cycling reduce a man’s sperm count and cause infertility?

• 30 mins

The Beginning of Time

Why all time is measured from Greenwich in London

• 30 mins

The Roma’s Forgotten Holocaust

Half a million Roma are estimated to have died in the holocaust

• 30 mins

The World’s Most Democratic Country

Exploring the ‘unique experiment’ of Indian democracy

• 28 mins

Explosive Nuclear Families

Marital breakdown compared in nuclear and extended family homes

• 29 mins

Internationally Unrecognised

Why The Republic of Somaliland’s sovereignty isn’t recognised internationally

• 28 mins