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On the surface, the Victorian age is one of propriety, industry, prudishness and piety. But scrat....

Powered flight. Votes for women. Human sexuality. Mass migration. The psychology of dreams. The magic of the movies. Spies and detectives. Welcome to Stephen Fry’s Edwardian Secrets....

Step into iconic relationship therapist Esther Perel's office and listen as 10 anonymous couple....

Days after Richard Dorrough violently takes his own life at a public gun range in Perth, Western Australia, his fiancée receives a parcel from him in the post - a book filled with the former sailor’s handwriting....

Sir Michael Caine knows a thing or two about gangs: whether that’s joining one as a kid, or playing them in movies for over 50 years....

Join best-selling author Jon Ronson as he traces the story of one very strange butterfly effect: ....

On the occasion of the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, respected royal broadcaster Jennie Bo....

World-renowned adventurer and broadcaster, Bear Grylls, presents some of the most incredible near....

Whenever a tragic event happens, our first thoughts are with the victims, their families, and eve....

It started with an anonymous post in 2017. They called themselves 'Q' and left a trail of cryptic messages for an increasing number of followers to obsess over....

John Safran has fallen in with the wrong crowd, again. He has spent months among sorcerers, satan....

Growing older can be daunting. And for many women in particular, it can be downright terrifying....

Crusading knights, Tudor monarchs, the D-Day landings and more. Travel back in time with some of ....

Dermot O’Leary sits down to talk with people from all walks of life who have led extraordinary lives Oscar-winning actors, world-renowned musicians, reformed mobsters, warzone doctors and sporting legends....

In 1970, in one of the most infamous orca round-ups in history, an orca calf named Tokitae was taken from the islands off the coast of Seattle....

Step into iconic relationship therapist Esther Perel's office and listen as 8 anonymous couples....

How Not to F*ck Up Your Marriage Too Bad is the frank, intimate and provocative follow-up to th....

Meet Miranda. She is a cheerful and happy-go-lucky single girl who just happens to be a dominatrix with a dungeon in her flat....

Murdoch is an innovator who has re-shaped a media industry across continents, from Australia to t....

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