Ageing

Glad to Be Grey. Audio, 30 minutes
Grey-haired Professor Mary Beard investigates why fewer people are now "Glad to be Grey".
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BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Thinking Allowed. Refusing adulthood, How young people feel about being poor. Audio, 28 minutes
Laurie Taylor asks if and why some people refuse to grow up.
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BBC Radio 4
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The Essay. Other People (Hell Is...) My Generation. Audio, 15 minutes
AL Kennedy contemplates the pitfalls of being old, young or something in between.
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BBC Radio 3
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Rave: The Beat Goes On. Audio, 30 minutes
Jolyon Jenkins reports on "Spiral Tribe", the 90s free party sound system, still raving.
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BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Overage Drinkers. Audio, 40 minutes
The growing problem of alcohol abuse among older people, told through personal stories.
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BBC Radio 4
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Snow White and the Seven Signs of Ageing. Audio, 28 minutes
Cathy FitzGerald tries to rescue the Wicked Queen from the mirror's spell.
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BBC Radio 4
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The Design Dimension. Series 2, Ageing Gracefully. Audio, 28 minutes
Tom talks to Sir Kenneth Grange about his ideas on designing furniture for older people.
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BBC Radio 4
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Frontiers. Ageing and the brain. Audio, 28 minutes
Do our mental powers really decline in old age?
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BBC Radio 4
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Ramblings. Series 26, Hopetoun with the Monday Walkers. Audio, 23 minutes
Clare visits the Hopetoun Estate, just west of Edinburgh, to rejoin the Monday Walkers.
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BBC Radio 4
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A History of Britain in Numbers. Old Age. Audio, 15 minutes
Andrew reveals the changing shape of our lives by compressing a whole life into 20 seconds
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BBC Radio 4
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The Why Factor. Ageing. Audio, 18 minutes
Why are attitudes towards older people often so negative?
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BBC World Service
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All in the Mind. Ageless Psychiatry; From DNA to the Brain; Recipe of Life. Audio, 28 minutes
Do older people need specialist mental health services? Claudia Hammond investigates.
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BBC Radio 4
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The Why Factor. Retirement. Audio, 18 minutes
Why do we retire?
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BBC World Service
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The Forum. The Challenge of Ageing. Audio, 41 minutes
Is it time to re-define what we actually mean by Old Age?
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BBC World Service
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Freedom Pass. Audio, 28 minutes
Terry Waite and Christopher Matthew use their Freedom Passes on the buses of London.
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BBC Radio 4
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Frontiers. Why do women live longer than men? Audio, 28 minutes
Dr Yan Wong explores new theories on gender and ageing.
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BBC Radio 4
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After I Was Gorgeous. Audio, 28 minutes
Some of the world's most beautiful women discuss the ageing process.
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BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Frontiers. Ageing and Telomeres. Audio, 30 minutes
Is there a test for how long you will live? Controversies in cutting edge ageing research.
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BBC Radio 4
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Secrets of the Super Old. Audio, 30 minutes
How the oldest people on the planet are helping scientists to unlock the secrets of ageing
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BBC Radio 4
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Costing the Earth. The Environmental Cost of Ageing. Audio, 30 minutes
Tom Heap examines the carbon footprint of older people.
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BBC Radio 4
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The Monday Documentary. The new Third Age - part four. Audio, 22 minutes
What is it really like to be old now? What challenges do people face?
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BBC World Service
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The Monday Documentary. The new Third Age - part three. Audio, 23 minutes
If you were ill, could you imagine being looked after by a robot rather than a human nurse?
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BBC World Service
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The Monday Documentary. The new Third Age - part two. Audio, 23 minutes
What is it really like to be old in this century of ageing?
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BBC World Service
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