Seriously... Episodes Episode guide
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A Cello in the Desert
Nina Plapp takes her cello Cuthbert to Rajasthan in search of the roots of gypsy music.
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A Casual Clearance
Clare Jenkins explores the emotional challenges faced clearing out her parents' home.
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A Career in Music with Harmony Samuels
Musician and producer Harmony Samuels reveals how to have a successful career in music.
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A Call to Art
Protest art in Latin America. A journey into the memorial art of Guatemala and Chile.
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A Brief History of TIM
Lynne Truss celebrates the 80th birthday of the Speaking Clock.
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A Brief History of the Truth
The truth is like a vegetable your mother makes you eat, nourishing but it tastes terrible
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A Brief History of Lust
American satirist Joe Queenan presents a new history of lust.
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A Brief History of Failure
Joe Queenan on the romance of failure, or the dreaded 'failure chic'.
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A Brief History of Disobedience
American satirist Joe Queenan explores the importance of not doing what one is told.
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A Brief History of Cunning
American satirist Joe Queenan explores cunning.
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A Bleeding Shame
Jane Garvey examines the topic of menstruation and asks if attitudes are changing.
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A Bad Guy with a Gun
America's relationship with guns - told through archive.
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999 - Which Service Do You Require?
Ian Sansom dials up the story of the 999 service, 80 years after it was introduced.
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5. The Lowball Tapes – Hunting the Truth
Were the banks telling the truth about their role in the financial crash of 2008?
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4. The Lowball Tapes – The Overseers
Who is in charge of Libor?
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39 Ways to Save the Planet: Wood for Good
Tom Heap introduces an episode of Radio 4's new environmental podcast.
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3. The Lowball Tapes – The Whistleblower
It is too much for one trader?
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24 Hours in Snapchat
Living your life in Snapchat
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21st Century Relaxation Tape
A hypnotic half-hour of aural bliss taking you inside the world of 'wellness sound'.
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2. The Low Ball Tapes - The Trails
Did the right people go to jail in the Libor scandal?
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1917: Eyewitness in Petrograd
Emily Dicks visits St Petersburg to trace her grandfather's memories of 1917's revolutions
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16 5 66
The story of how two of the greatest albums of all time were released on the same day.
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1. The Low Ball Tapes - Arrested
The secret tapes the authorities, on both sides of the Atlantic, wouldn’t want you to hear
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#OurBoysAsWell
Does talk of 'toxic masculinity' mean we are now seeing boys as potential perpetrators?
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'Am I Home?' - Life in a Dementia Village
How a pioneering dementia village and its constructed 'fake' reality comforts sufferers.
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...And Please Can I Have A Unicorn And World Peace?
Miles Jupp joins the team of elves at Santa's post office in the Arctic Circle.
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