Seriously... Episodes Episode guide
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The Puppet Master – Episode 5. Enemies
A fight for survival and a message for the West.
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The Puppet Master – Episode 4. Unravelling
Loyalties are tested as street power grows.
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The Puppet Master – Episode 3. Impresario
All the world – or at least all of Russia – is a stage.
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The Puppet Master – Episode 2. Ascension
The man from nowhere slides up the greasy pole.
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The Puppet Master – Episode 1. Snipers
This is the story of the most powerful man you’ve never heard of.
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The Prototype
Hannah Catherine Jones meets instrument inventors challenging the status quo.
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The Privatisation of British Gas
Phil Tinline explores why the Thatcher government sold British Gas - and the legacy today.
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The Price of Song
John Wilson investigates the value of the songs that provide the soundtracks to our lives
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The Price of Protection: Who Pays for War in Ukraine?
Duncan Weldon explores the risks of economic and military aid to Ukraine.
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The Power of Twitter
The story of how Twitter accidentally became the 21st century forum for political debate.
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The Power of Sloth
Lucy Cooke discovers the joy of sloth and sloths and the benefits of being really slow.
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The Power of Cute
Lucy Cooke explores our seeming obsession with all things cute.
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The Pop Star and the Prophet
Aspiring pop star meets Jacques Attali, who predicted today's music crisis, in 1976.
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The Pop Star and the Prophet
An aspiring pop star meets Jacques Attali, who predicted today's music crisis in 1976.
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The Pleasures of Brecht
A celebration of the simple joys in life, and Brecht’s poem that described them.
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The Placebo Paradox
How could the latest science of placebo change the way we think about medicine?
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The Pigeon Whistles
Imagine the sound of music that flies around your head - the magic art of pigeon whistles.
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The Phoney War
The story of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ in the strange period of 1939-1940 and the echoes of Covid-19 today.
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The Persistence of Analogue
Leigh Alexander explores the growing popularity of analogue culture in a digital world.
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The People's Pyramid
Once they made pop records. Now they're building a pyramid out of dead people.
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The Pebble In Your Pocket
Why do people love pebbles? What do they tell us about the world – and about ourselves?
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The Past is a Foreign Country, with Peter Curran
Secrets from celebrated Northern Ireland iconoclasts, from peace negotiation to pop.
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The P Word
Is the use of the ‘P’ word ever acceptable?
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The Outside World
Audio-makers reflect on the sonic worlds they want to inhabit in this moment in time.
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The Other Black Door
How a group of organisations in one Westminster building affected a decade of UK politics.
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The Origins of War
Is our desire to wage war something uniquely human or can its origins be traced much...
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The Organ Beauty Pageant
Is it fair to find your own living organ donor on Facebook? Lesley Curwen investigates.
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The Opt Out
What will an opt-out organ donation system really mean for the families asked to consent?
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The Online Identity Crisis
Anjana Ahuja believes we should take control of our online identity.
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The Nuremberg Legacy
Philippe Sands explores the legacy of the Nuremberg Trials, 75 years after the judgement.