Part 1 | Living Proof

1: Apeman - Spaceman | Human Universe

Professor Brian Cox explores our place in the universe. He charts the story of humans from apes to the birth of civilisation to our asc...

2: Why Are We Here? | Human Universe

Professor Brian Cox explores our place in the universe. He tackles the question that unites the seven billion people sharing this planet...

3: Are We Alone? | Human Universe

Professor Brian Cox explores mankind's place in the universe. He considers the possibility of alien life - could it exist and will humans e...

4: A Place in Space and Time | Human Universe

Professor Brian Cox explores mankind's place in the universe. He looks at how we came to understand that we are not at the cent...

5: What Is Our Future? | Human Universe

Professor Brian Cox examines what lies ahead for humankind. On Svalbard, he gains access to civilisation's greatest treasure, buried ...

6: Community and Politics | Soul of Britain

This week, Michael Buerk questions whether the traditional notion of community is outdated. Panellists include Pat Kane, Anne Atk...

Black Is The New Black

Episode one explores both arriving and growing up in Britain through intimate interviews with prominent black Britons.

Does class still exist, and is social mobility possible? | Prescott: The Class System And Me

Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott explores whether class still exists a...

Episode 1 | Prescott: The Class System And Me

John Prescott embarks on a journey through the British class system to see if class still exists, meeting lords, ladies, ''chav...

Episode 2 | Black Is The New Black

Our cast of extraordinary black Britons talk about school days, 'playing the game' and negotiating the working world.

Episode 3 | Black Is The New Black

Documentary series celebrating Britain's black community. Our cast of black Britons talk about making it, but making it with a difference.

Episode 4 | Black Is The New Black

In the final episode, our cast of extraordinary black Britons are facing today and the future.

Feral Children | Mindshock

The film examines the phenomenon of feral children, brought up by animals, and isolated from all human contact. What are they like in adulthood an...

Home Life 3: Nuclear Household | Thinking Allowed

How are homes changing? In a special series Laurie Taylor and sociologists visit listeners' homes to explore private life. ...

Last Whites Of The East End

Documentary exploring the effect of immigration on the dwindling white community of the East End, from the perspective of those who remain and th...

People of talent, people of vision, people of passion | Black Is the New Black

Inspirational Black Britons describe what it is like to be Black and British today.

Police | Moral Maze

What should police be for - crime fighters or enforcers of social norms? Engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. With Claire Fox, Anne McElvoy, Giles F...

The Boy Who Lived With Monkeys | Living Proof

Sally Magnusson and Prof Doug Candland, an expert in feral children, travel to a remote village in Uganda to meet John who clai...

The Boy Who Lived With Monkeys: Part 2 | Living Proof

A discussion with scientists as to whether the evidence the boy who lived with monkeys gives is plausible.

The Boy Who Lived With Monkeys: Part 3 | Living Proof

The boy reunites with monkeys and further discussion of the plausibility of this story takes place.