Ageing

The Why Factor. Retirement. Audio, 18 minutes
Why do we retire?
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
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
Available for over a year
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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The Monday Documentary. The new Third Age - part one. Audio, 23 minutes
Jane Little meets older people whose lifestyle would have amazed previous generations
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BBC World Service
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Life's Soundtrack. Audio, 30 minutes
Trevor Cox explores how our voice and our hearing develop and change through our lives.
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BBC Radio 4
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Agenda. Living in an Ageing World. Audio, 26 minutes
The world's population is getting older. How will this effect everyone's lives?
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BBC World Service
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True Lives. Growing Old. Audio, 29 minutes
Ageing has no prejudice, it happens to us all
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BBC World Service
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Speaking Lives. Old Age. Audio, 14 minutes
Finding activities and remaining energetic is key as you grow older
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BBC World Service
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Visionaries. Health and Ageing. Audio, 4 minutes
Predictions that a new value will be placed on the emotional resources of older people
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BBC World Service
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Omnibus. Getting Old. Audio, 29 minutes
A look at aging and life in old age
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BBC World Service
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Agenda. Ageing and Living Longer Is Changing the Way We Live. Audio, 30 minutes
Who will look after us when we're old and how will societies make the most of old people?
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BBC World Service
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African Perspective. Growing Old in Africa - Part Four. Audio, 29 minutes
A tour of Zimbabwe's established care homes for the elderly
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BBC World Service
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African Perspective. Growing Old in Africa - Part Three. Audio, 28 minutes
Drought, war, AIDS and economic migration have left the elderly vulnerable and isolated
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BBC World Service
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African Perspective. Growing Old in Africa - Part Two. Audio, 28 minutes
What happens to the elderly in rural areas when younger people have gone to the cities?
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year