Forced marriage | Rights Gone Wrong?

1: Brands | Do Black Lives Still Matter?

Following the death of George Floyd, major brands pledged to address racial inequalities across their businesses. Grime artist Saski...

1: Buddha | Genius of the Ancient World

Historian Bettany Hughes travels to India, Greece and China on the trail of three giants of ancient philosophy. To begin, she investi...

1: Execution | Life and Death Row

Series telling the story of capital punishment through the eyes of young people whose lives have been shaped by it. It looks at two of the ...

1: Marx | Genius of the Modern World

Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world. Drawing on expert opinion and new evidence, she looks...

1: The Moral Side to Murder | Justice

Professor Michael Sandel presents the first in a series of lectures from his Harvard undergraduate course in Political Philosophy. He e...

2: Fighting For Survival | The Baby Makers

The technology, ethics and human stories of the assisted fertilization revolution.

2: Football | Do Black Lives Still Matter?

George Floyd's death drew attention to problems with diversity in football. Grime artist Saskilla meets people from across the gam...

2: Judgement | Life and Death Row

Following the trial of Guy Heinze Jr, with access to jury members charged with reaching a verdict on allegations that he beat his father an...

2: Nietzsche | Genius of the Modern World

Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of great modern thinkers. Nietzsche's uncompromising ideas smashed the safe presuppositions and a...

2: Socrates | Genius of the Ancient World

Historian Bettany Hughes is in Greece, on the trail of the hugely influential maverick thinker Socrates, who was executed for his b...

2: The Case for Cannibalism | Justice

Michael Sandel presents a lecture from his Harvard course on justice, exploring Jeremy Bentham's utilitarian philosophy with reference ...

24 week limit | Abortion On Trial

A discussion of the UK's 24 week limit on having an abortion.

3: Confucius | Genius of the Ancient World

In the final episode, Bettany travels to China on the trail of Confucius, a great sage of Chinese history whose ideas have fundame...

3: Crisis Stage | Life and Death Row

Film following students from the Death Penalty Clinic at the University of Houston as they fight last-ditch appeals for two of the young...

3: How to Measure Pleasure | Justice

Michael Sandel's lecture uses Hamlet and The Simpsons to explore John Stuart Mill's theory that utilitarianism can make room for a disti...

3: Music | Do Black Lives Still Matter?

The music industry pledged millions in support of people of colour. But will the money help to fix its own problems with diversity? G...

3: Unnatural Practices | The Baby Makers

The technology, ethics and human stories of the assisted fertilization revolution.

4: A Lesson in Lying | Justice

Harvard professor Michael Sandel examines Immanuel Kant's stringent theory of morality, which says that telling any type of lie is a violation...

5: What's a Fair Start? | Justice

Michael Sandel's lecture looks at John Rawls, who argued that for a fair social system one must start from an imaginary position where ever...

6: Should We Close Our Zoos? | Horizon

Liz Bonnin investigates how and why zoos keep animals and looks at whether they need to change to keep up with modern science.