The importance of women's literature, a tour of Venus and popularising the bungee jump
Can orangutans learn to deal with money? Plus, why do some tunes stick in your head?
Pat Delaney was a doorman at the Cavern club, Liverpool, UK when "four scruffs turned up"
Christina Alvarez Rodriguez, describes her great aunt Evita as 'A woman of action'
The Finnish city's festival of light is cheering when it's dark for six months of the year
A report on the nomad tribes who live in Morocco's deserts
Maggie Gee, Ursula Owen and Anita Roy discuss the importance of women's literature
The invention of the silicon chip and predictions for its future
Bungee pioneer AJ Hackett on how he made the extreme sport popular around the world.
Czech chemist Otto Wichterle invented the soft contact lens, but preferred to wear glasses
The 20th anniversary of the Iranian revolution
First broadcast in 1999. A tour of Venus
The Indian author talks about his novel An Equal Music
The process of producing soap
A basic explanation of genes
Risks to the World Heritage Area are considered by a range of speakers.
