The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.
Victoria Coren presents the quiz show where connections must be made between random subjects. Three Oxford postgrads take on Douglas Adams fans. Show more
Professor Jim Al-Khalili looks at how the early scientists' bid to decode the order of the elements was driven by false starts and bitter disputes. Show more
What might it be like to be a horse? Not just any horse, but a top-end racehorse in Ireland? We follow three promising horses over the course of one rather difficult racing year. Show more
Bakhtay is a girl living in a cave in Bamiyan, the town in Afghanistan where the Taliban destroyed the giant Buddha statues in 2001. She wants to go to school to learn some jokes. Show more
Actress and writer Maureen Lipman talks to Mark Lawson about life after the death of her husband Jack Rosenthal, working with Roman Polanski and being the face of a BT ad campaign. Show more
Documentary, made by her great niece, about the British Jewish baroness Pannonica Rothschild, whose life was changed when she fell in love with the jazz genius Thelonious Monk. Show more
What might it be like to be a horse? Not just any horse, but a top-end racehorse in Ireland? We follow three promising horses over the course of one rather difficult racing year. Show more
Professor Jim Al-Khalili looks at how the early scientists' bid to decode the order of the elements was driven by false starts and bitter disputes. Show more
