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On the surface, the Victorian age is one of propriety, industry, prudishness and piety. But scrat....

Powered flight. Votes for women. Human sexuality. Mass migration. The psychology of dreams. The magic of the movies. Spies and detectives. Welcome to Stephen Fry’s Edwardian Secrets....

Join best-selling author Jon Ronson as he traces the story of one very strange butterfly effect: ....

Days after Richard Dorrough violently takes his own life at a public gun range in Perth, Western Australia, his fiancée receives a parcel from him in the post - a book filled with the former sailor’s handwriting....

Step into iconic relationship therapist Esther Perel's office and listen as 10 anonymous couple....

It started with an anonymous post in 2017. They called themselves 'Q' and left a trail of cryptic messages for an increasing number of followers to obsess over....

Dermot O’Leary sits down to talk with people from all walks of life who have led extraordinary lives Oscar-winning actors, world-renowned musicians, reformed mobsters, warzone doctors and sporting legends....

When the body of a young, gay, Black man, Gemmel Moore, was pulled out of the West Hollywood apartment of Ed Buck — a white, millionaire donor to the Democratic party — the coroner called it an accidental overdose. The police didn’t arrest Buck. And the media refused to report on it....

Crusading knights, Tudor monarchs, the D-Day landings and more. Travel back in time with some of ....

Sir Michael Caine knows a thing or two about gangs: whether that’s joining one as a kid, or playing them in movies for over 50 years....

David Suchet sets out to establish what connects three of the world's major religions - and criti....

Training your body for a marathon is tough. Training your mind is even harder….

World-renowned adventurer and broadcaster, Bear Grylls, presents some of the most incredible near....

Between 1995 and 2002 four young trainee soldiers were found dead at a military training camp outside London, Deepcut....

Meet Miranda. She is a cheerful and happy-go-lucky single girl who just happens to be a dominatrix with a dungeon in her flat....

Ivan Beckley is about to become a fully-qualified doctor in the UK. But he’s not convinced that healthcare works for everyone equally....

What happens when your family tells you one thing, but a DNA test tells you another? Georgina Lawton grew up in a loving family but she didn’t look like anyone else. She has dark eyes, curly hair and brown skin. Both her parents were white. Georgina took a DNA test....

Step into iconic relationship therapist Esther Perel's office and listen as 8 anonymous couples....

In Search Of Black History with Bonnie Greer brings you face-to-face with the people you n....

In this series, Miriam Margolyes meets a new wave of seniors who are ripping up the rulebook when it comes to ageing, to learn what they can teach us about living life to the full, whether you’re 19 or 90....