Weekend Break Episodes Episode guide
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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Swimmer.
The first man to swim the English Channel and city life in ancient Athens and Rome.
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The Life and Photos of Lee Miller
A new exhibition on war-time photographer Lee Miller, and brewing beer in the Andes.
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The Last of the Red Hot Mamas
The career of Sophie Tucker, vaudeville legend. And a taste of deep fried Mars bars.
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The Joy of Spinsterhood
Why more women are making a life of their own. And should shops open all day on Sundays?
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The Israeli Leader Cast In Gold
A fleeting statue arouses passions in Tel Aviv. And how Americans speak Midwestern.
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The International Man Booker Prize
Interviews with two shortlisted authors and their translators
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The Guantanamo Detainee and the Avant Garde Artist
How a Guantanamo detainee inspired Laurie Anderson's latest work. Also, the rise of Uber.
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The Game That Tracks Our Brains
A smartphone app to help our understanding of dementia. And jazz for younger listeners.
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The Funny Side of Brain Cancer
A brain tumour patient sees the bright side of cancer. And beautiful, brutal buildings.
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The Ethical Carnivore
One woman's year killing to eat; and a ten-year-old talks about being gender non-binary.
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The Duke of Wellington's Daughter Relives Waterloo
Mary Wellesley goes back to the battlefield, and revisiting the LA riots.
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The Downsides of San Francisco's Gentrification
Erin McElroy on San Francisco's gentrification, and Bosnia's unifying music
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The Dangers of Sugar
Filmmaker Damon Gameau on eating a high sugar diet, and the Hollywood Brats' music.
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The Call of the Wild
Is Antarctica at risk from over-exploitation? And the importance of writing thank you.
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The Blind Photographer
Why being partially sighted is no barrier to becoming a photographer.
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The Blind Musician Showing Others the Way
Baluji Shrivastav on helping other blind musicians. And walking Ireland's border.
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The Arab Girl Wrestler Who is Breaking Taboos
Gheeda Chamseddine on the attractions of wrestling, and music inspired by science.
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The 3km-long Belgian Beer Pipeline
Beer pipeline to cut down traffic congestion, and from Big Issue seller to lead singer
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Tales of Woodstock
How Bob Dylan led a rock鈥檔鈥檙oll takeover of rural Woodstock in the 1960s.
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Syrian barricades in Germany
Aleppo barricades in Dresden and Thomas Telford one of Britain's greatest engineers.
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Sweden's internet priest
The priest who will be available online all day at Christmas; and those we lost in 2016.
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Stella Parton on being Dolly's little sister
Stella Parton on being Dolly's little sister; Hercule Poirot returns
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Spaceman
The extraordinary and inspirational story of US astronaut Mike Massimino.
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Songs On The Brain
Why we fall in love with songs for life. And a guide to space travel for dreamers.
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Slave Route Jazz
How the slave trade inspired a jazz composer's new album. And Playboy covers up.
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Singing at Dawn and Running up Towers
Singing at Dawn and Running up Towers
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Should We Pay For A Nap?
The sleep centre charging fifteen dollars for a nap. And Katie Melua's new winter album.
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Should Shakespeare's Plays Be Translated into Modern English?
Shakespeare Festival's Lue Douthit on updating the Bard, and The Prison Book Club.
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Should News Be Good?
Trouble in Charlotte, and should news be good
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Should films promote girl power?
Promoting films that are gender positive; and music from Benin.
