Seriously... Episodes Episode guide
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Ziggy Stardust at 50
Celebrating the Golden Jubilee of David Bowie鈥檚 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust.
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Your Call Is Important to Us
New universal credit claimants tell us about their lives on hold.
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You May Now Turn Over Your Papers
Mary Beard tells the intriguing story of the history of exams.
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Yeti - Episode 1
Two yeti enthusiasts search for the mythical creature to find out if it really exists.
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Yangon Renaissance: Punks, Poets and Painters
A revealing insight into Myanmar life as seen through the eyes of Yangon's young artists.
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Writing's on the wall
Lucky socks, pre-match rituals, Nadal鈥檚 water bottles. Sport is teeming with superstition
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Writing a New Caribbean: Under the Surface
A picture of the Caribbean now, as seen by a new generation of writers and poets.
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Write Her Story
Double Oscar-winning actress Glenda Jackson asks, where are the strong stories for women?
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Would You Go To Bed With Me?
What are the social repercussions of biological inequality?
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Work Is a Four Letter Word
Professor Andrew Hussey asks why we should let the toad of work squat on our lives.
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Women in Stitches: The Making of the Bayeux Tapestry
Who stitched the Bayeux Tapestry? Abigail Youngman looks for clues in the margins.
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Wokewash - Episode 1
Satirist Heydon Prowse takes looks at big corporates and LGBTQ+ rights.
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Woke: The Journey of a Word - Episode 1
Matthew Syed traces the history of a term that's synonymous with our era of angry debate.
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Witnessing the Worst
Lyse Doucet reflects on how women reporters have covered war and atrocities.
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Windrush: A Family Divided - Episode 1
Robert and Jennifer Beckford argue the pros and cons of Windrush 75 years on.
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Will-of-the-Dump
The story of a black bin bag... told through essay, sound and music.
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Will the US and China go to war over Taiwan?
How likely is it that the current tensions over Taiwan will end in military conflict?
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Why Time Flies (and how to slow it down)
Armando Iannucci explores why time appears to speed up alarmingly as we age.
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Why the Moon, Luke?
Artist Luke Jerram is obsessed with the moon, so he has made one to take around the world.
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Why Coups Fail
Natalie Haynes explores why overthrowing a government by force is not as easy as it looks.
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Who's Looking At You?
Novelist Nick Harkaway says we need to talk about surveillance before it is too late.
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Who Do You Really Think You Are?
Dr Adam Ruthford thinks he can prove that YOU are descendent from Royalty.
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Who Are the '22?
David Cannadine tells the story of the origins of the 1922 Committee.
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While My Guitar Gently Bleeps
Isy Suttie delves into video game music, attempting to create her own electronic opus.
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Where is Jack Ma?
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma is missing. So where is Jack Ma? Celia Hatton investigates.
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Where Are All the Working Class Writers?
Why are so few novelists from working class backgrounds? Author Kit de Waal investigates.
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Where are all the black women in Grime?
Yomi Adegoke examines the representation of black women in the UK Grime scene.
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When Women Wore the Trousers
Laura Barton presents a brief history of trousers from function to fashion.
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When Will Theatre Come Black?
As the sector rebuilds, Bridget Minamore imagines a new future for Black British theatre.
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When Stockhausen Came to Huddersfield
The poet Ian McMillan on what really happened when Stockhausen came to Huddersfield.
