Cities
I Love This Dirty Town. Video, 50 minutes
Margaret Drabble investigates the problems of town planning and traffic. (1969)
- AttributionBBC
- Available for over a year
The Climate Question. What will it take for cities to go carbon neutral? Audio, 27 minutes
Cities emit a lot of greenhouse gasses, but many have plans to make drastic reductions
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Analysis. The Zoomshock Metropolis. Audio, 1 minute
How remote working and online shopping could reshape our towns and cities.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- AttributionBBC Two
A Point of View. Sacred Cows and Sushi Rolls. Audio, 9 minutes
John Connell reflects on how the pandemic is breaking the spell of cities.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Between the Ears. Concrete Paris. Audio, 30 minutes
A radiophonic sound journey around the alternative concrete Paris beyond the inner city.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Compass. My Perfect City, My Perfect City: Women entrepreneurs in Kochi. Audio, 27 minutes
An Indian city making female entrepreneurship a priority
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Compass. My Perfect City, My Perfect City: Integration in Rotterdam. Audio, 27 minutes
A Dutch city lauded for its policies on integrating immigrant populations
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted7 January 2021
The Compass. My Perfect City, My Perfect City: Employment in Toronto. Audio, 27 minutes
Is a Canadian city's approach to unemployment one that other cities should consider?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Big Idea. Big ideas: The city. Audio, 50 minutes
Five big ideas that could change the way we think about cities
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Moral Maze. The Death of the City? Audio, 43 minutes
Engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Big Idea. Do cities need rules? Audio, 9 minutes
How does the way a city is run change its inhabitants' lives?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted18 November 2020
Arts & Ideas. The post-Covid city. Audio, 45 minutes
How the pandemic has transformed our use and experience of urban space
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Rob Newman. Rob Newman's Half-Full Philosophy Hour, What Is A City For? Audio, 28 minutes
Rob unearths the hidden philosophies that shape our towns and cities.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for 11 months
Egypt's New Capital. Audio, 28 minutes
Jonathan Glancey reports on Egypt’s mega-project to build a brand new Cairo in the desert.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Big Idea. Why living in the city could make you happier. Audio, 9 minutes
What makes some cities more successful than others?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted14 October 2020
- Comments
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- Posted7 October 2020
- Comments
The Food Programme. Sitopia - a land with food at its centre. Audio, 30 minutes
This special edition of The Food Programme comes from the year 2030.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Rethink. Cities. Audio, 42 minutes
Amol Rajan and guests discuss how urban environments should change post-coronavirus
- AttributionBBC Sounds
- Available for over a year
