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TEA

Tea: A dark history of Britain's favourite beverage.

• 27 mins

DIRT

DIRT: Its material and symbolic meaning.

• 28 mins

The Meaning of Work

The meaning of work: how has it shifted and evolved over time?

• 27 mins

Disinformation

Laurie Taylor examines the spread of disinformation and how it can be challenged.

• 28 mins

THE BED

The Bed: an exploration of its history and many uses.

• 28 mins

Community & Social Capital

Community & social capital. How connected to each other are we compared to previous eras?

• 29 mins

The Orange Order

The Orange Order: an exploration of its origins, practices and principles.

• 27 mins

Life Imprisonment

Life imprisonment - why are those convicted of murder serving longer sentences than ever?

• 28 mins

The Rural Idyll?

The Rural Idyll? The hidden relationship between the countryside and colonialism.

• 29 mins

Perfume

Perfume: a social history of Chanel No 5 and Red Moscow. Also, the meaning of scents.

• 29 mins

Blackface - Minstrelsy

Blackface and minstrelsy - a troubled history.

• 29 mins

Fitness & fatness

Fitness & fatness: a programme exploring two sides of the same coin.

• 29 mins

Migrants in London

How has London been shaped by the history of immigration?

• 29 mins

COALMINING - LUDDISM

Coalmining & Luddism: What do we mean by progress?

• 28 mins

The Handshake - Social Interaction

The handshake & social interaction

• 29 mins

Tourism - Travel

Tourism & travel. How have they evolved over the years and what is their future?

• 29 mins

The Changing Nature of Crime

The changing nature of crime and the impact of Covid on criminal opportunity.

• 28 mins

Culture and Privilege

Culture and privilege: are the cultural and creative industries meritocratic?

• 28 mins

The Smartphone

The Smartphone: how has it transformed everyday life, from China to Ireland?

• 28 mins

Cool Consumers

Cool Consumers: the construction of 'cool' music tastes & the marketing of menthol smoking

• 28 mins

Office Life

Office life: the evolution and meaning of the filing cabinet. Also, objects at work.

• 28 mins

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Afghan migrants in Britain. Also, the return of the Taliban.

• 28 mins

Love and Romance

Love and romance in changing times.

• 28 mins

Freedom

Freedom: how it came to be equated with limited government and white people.

• 28 mins

Covid

Covid: Crisis or opportunity?

• 28 mins

The Value of Things

The value of things: why do we hang on to objects?

• 28 mins

Food, Identity & Nation

Food, identity and nation - why food matters.

• 28 mins

Strangers

Strangers & Xenophobia: an exploration of a historically rooted phenomenon.

• 29 mins

Why Sociology Matters

Why Sociology matters: an exploration of the meaning and purpose of Public Sociology.

• 28 mins

Extremism

Extremism: going undercover with the far right, Islamists and anti feminists.

• 28 mins