Seriously... Episodes Episode guide
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Schools Apart
How schools can help students from minority backgrounds feel integrated in modern Britain
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School for Communists
Alexei Sayle shares his memories of being a young communist with Michael Rosen and others.
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Savitri Devi: From the Aryans to the Alt-right
Maria Margaronis explores the life and legacy of right-wing thinker Savitri Devi.
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Salam to Queen and Country
Zubeida Malik speaks to Muslim soldiers in the British army.
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Safe Space
Exploring the idea and history of ‘safe space’ as it has crossed over into the arts.
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Rwanda Thirty Years On
Rwanda's journey towards healing and reconciliation after the 1994 genocide.
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Russell Kane's Right to Buy
Russell Kane wrestles with the impact of his dad’s purchase of their council house.
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Room 5 - Episode 1
Bex is at university when she starts feeling anxious and overwhelmed.
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Rock, Paper, Scissors
There is far more to this simple children's game than meets the eye, says Jolyon Jenkins
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Rock Transition
A look at how musicians have defied gender boundaries to create era-defining art and music
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Roald Dahl: In His Own Words
Roald Dahl tells his own story in his own words.
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Right Click: The New Online Culture Wars
Gavin Haynes explores the rebirth of classical liberalism online.
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Rewinder
Greg James digs into the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s archives, using current stories as a portal to the past.
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Return to the Homeless Hotel
What's happened to rough sleepers a year after they were given emergency accommodation?
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Return to Subtopia
A timely retracing of the passionate Subtopia campaign against postwar town planning.
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Reimagining the City: Reykjavik
Musician John Grant on Reykjavik, a city he fell in love with on tour.
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Reflections on Hi-Vis
Safety essential, petty authority, fashion? Steph McGovern on the many ways to see hi-vis.
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Redeeming Ricky
Ex-offender Ricky has a deeply troubled past. And now he's set to help others like him.
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Recalculating Art
Why does art go up in value when a man signs it, but when a woman signs it, it goes down?
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Reading the Water
Writer Chris Yates explores the spirit of carp fishing at a Wiltshire lake in midsummer.
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Reading the Air
Writer Chris Yates looks to the skies in search of the wintering hen harrier.
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Reaction Time
Stories about love straight from the smartphones of Radio 4 listeners.
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Rape Trials: Is the Jury Out?
Dr Nina Burrowes asks whether we should scrap the use of juries in rape trials.
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Rap Gets Real
Rap is changing and high profile UK artists are shunning the genre's dominant tropes.
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Raising the Dead
Composer Adam Gorb goes on a journey to listen to the lost music of concentration camps
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Raiders of the Lost Archive
Keith Wickham hunts for lost ´óÏó´«Ã½ radio shows and finds some true classics.
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Radioactive Art
How might artists choose to mark a nuclear waste site for future generations?
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Radio 4 at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival with Elis James
A look back at the first six years of the festival with Josh Widdicombe and Tim Key.
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Queens of Chapeltown
Colin Grant reports on the 50th anniversary of the Leeds West Indian Carnival.
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Quake
Drama in 12 short parts. Inspired by the digital transformation in disaster response.