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Something Understood Episodes

  1. Serendipity

    Irma Kurtz considers how serendipity moulds our lives and influences our lives

  2. 19/03/2011

    Exploring the idea that "the earth is but one country and we are all its citizens"

  3. Abraham

    Mark Tully considers Abraham's legacy for Judaism, Islam and Christianity

  4. The Disguise

    Sarah Cuddon explores how taking on an assumed name becomes an experiment in identity

  5. Time Has Told Me

    Fergal Keane reflects on the importance of real life experience

  6. Spiritual Energy

    Mark Tully asks if spiritual energy exists, where it might be, and how we can tap into it

  7. Blunt Speaking

    Alastair Campbell tells Mark Tully his blunt speaking reputation isn't entirely accurate

  8. The Midst of Life

    Teresa Morgan explores ways of thinking about middle age

  9. Freedom From Control

    Mark Tully considers that, for some, creativity is only possible when control is abandoned

  10. Freedom and Control

    The paradox that imposed controls can create a sense of freedom and creativity

  11. Laugh and the World Laughs With You

    What does laughter reveal about you?

  12. Place of Safety

    Mark Tully contemplates our need for security, and the places of safety we yearn for

  13. Childhood Innocence

    Jonathan Charles considers the innocence of children

  14. Stories of the Nativity

    Mark Tully considers the significance of traditional nativity stories

  15. On Walking

    Melissa Viney reflects on the physical and spiritual benefits of walking

  16. 12/12/2010

    Spiritual themes explored through music, prose and poetry

  17. I Don't Believe in Being Lost

    Broadcaster Anita Rani explores the significance of being lost, physically and spiritually

  18. Living in the Mind

    Mark Tully examines the skill of Living in the Mind, with readings from Lawrence and Keats

  19. Voices of Brass

    A programme for Remembrance Sunday on the power of the military band

  20. The Wandering Minstrel

    Writer Irma Kurtz reflects on the medieval troubadours and how they have evolved

  21. The Exercise of Conscience

    Mike Wooldridge explores the decision of the conscientious objector

  22. 30/10/2010

    Writer Vesna Goldsworthy asks how emigres and exiles find a voice in a foreign country

  23. Sleeping on it

    How is real problem solving best achieved: by the unconscious or by rational thought?

  24. 16/10/2010

    Mark Tully looks at the art of parables and fables

  25. Snakes and Ladders

    The writer Sarah Cuddon explores the ancient notion of Snakes and Ladders

  26. The New Age of the Engineer

    Is it true that the contribution of Britain's engineers has gone unrecognised?

  27. Blame it on the Universe

    Mark Tully wonders why so many people now talk about The Universe rather than God

  28. Tiny Survivals

    Classicist Llewelyn Morgan reflects on the importance of fragments of the past.

  29. Who To Trust?

    Spiritual themes explored through music, prose and poetry

  30. 04/09/2010

    Mark Tully asks whether India still needs aid when its economy is booming

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