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A Call from Joybubbles

The story of phone phreaking and how teenagers hacked the US phone system.

• 28 mins

The Ghost Trains of Old England

Ian Marchant travels Britain's least-used, semi-secret trains.

• 28 mins

Save the Moon!

Prof Chris Riley argues that we need to act now to preserve the moon for all mankind.

• 28 mins

How to Dig a Grave

Gravediggers exist in popular imagination as a ghoulish breed. But what is the reality?

• 28 mins

Hole in the Head

Meet the people who think drilling a hole in the head has certain health benefits.

• 28 mins

In Praise of the Lido

Stephen Smith dips his toe in the waters of this great national institution.

• 30 mins

Hippy Internet - The Whole Earth Catalog

The story of a book of hippy philosophy that defined the 1960s.

• 29 mins

What is the Point of... ? Lawns

Quentin Letts examines the British love affair with lawns.

• 28 mins

Oblique Strategies

Simon Armitage explores the creative possibilities opened up by Oblique Strategies cards.

• 30 mins

Malled: 60 Years of Undercover Shopping

Will Self explores the appeal of the shopping centre.

• 58 mins

Hallucination: Through the Doors of Perception

Geoff Watts explores the science of hallucination.

• 28 mins

The Devil's Rope

Ian Marchant traces the story of how barbed wire privatised America.

• 28 mins

The Reluctant Lama

The story of the Spanish toddler chosen by the Dalai Lama as a reincarnated Tibetan lama.

• 28 mins

Cutting Up the Cut-Up

Writer Ken Hollings examines an artistic device called the 'cut-up'.

• 30 mins

Free Energy

Jolyon Jenkins meets the men trying to build free energy machines in their garages.

• 28 mins

Scientists Go To Hollywood

Adam Rutherford talks to scientists who have left the lab for Hollywood.

• 30 mins