In this well-informed and hard-hitting response to the scaremongering of the climate alarmists, Nigel Lawson, former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for Energy, argues that it...

Following his expedition to Indonesia, as told in 'Zoo Quest for a Dragon', David Attenborough's next animal collecting and filming trip – as part of the successful 'Zoo Quest' television series...

The story of one man's discovery of the global contamination of the environment by man-made lead compounds, presented by environmental scientist Dr Hermione Cockburn. It was largely thanks to...

The BBC Sound Archive contains numerous recordings compiled over many years, and this collection covers a range of sound effects ranging from turn-of-the-century cars right up to the Seventies -...

The male nude in Africa is a vexed, political question. So its perhaps inevitable that the writer and broadcaster, Gabriel Gbadamosi has chosen an olblique, provocative approach to the subject....

Join presenters Brett Westwood and Stephen Moss in this fascinating guide to the songs of our most popular woodland birds, as heard on BBC Radio 4. Woods and forests are full of birds and,...

Hermione Cockburn tells the story of the man who in the 1920s added lead to petrol and a decade later put CFCs into fridges. Both were great advances in their day but ultimately came with great...

When Hollywood comes to the countryside, scandal takes centre stage!‘Carnegie gives Jilly Cooper a run for her money’ – GLAMOUR

The Silent Miaow is the classic instruction book for all cats, based upon first-hand feline experience.Inside it contains all the information that every cat should know, such as: How to win a...

Why can't you light a candle in a spaceship? What books are bad for you? Is nature natural? Every year Oxford and Cambridge's learned professors pose such curious conundrums to potential students...

This programme marks the two hundredth anniversary of the publication of homeopathy's founding text 'Samuel Hahnemann's Organon of Rational Medicine'. It recognises that homeopathy remains deeply...

The BBC Sound Archive contains numerous recordings collected over many years, and this collection covers a range of combat and disaster sound effects from this vast library - ideal for use in your...

Did you know that bats compose their own songs? That mice giggle when tickled? Or that lizards do push-ups to seduce a mate, that elephants ‘hear’ through their feet, or that rats laugh?

The BBC Sound Archive contains numerous recordings compiled over many years, and this collection covers a range of foreign sound effects - ideal for use in your home studio.

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'Born Wild' is a story of passion, adventure and skulduggery on the frontline of African conservation. Following Tony Fitzjohn’s journey from London bad boy to African wildlife warrior, the...