Ageing
Dr Rangan Chatterjee: Out of Hours. Helen Russell: Global concepts of happiness and how to be sad, better. Audio, 24 minutes
Why would Danes work for free? Who believes 'age' is 'beauty'? Why is being sad good?
- AttributionBBC Radio 2
- Available for over a year
Lost for Words. Audio, 28 minutes
David Shariatmadari explores the science of language, dementia and ageing.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Conversation. Living through menopause. Audio, 27 minutes
Dr Nighat Arif and writer Barbara Hannah Grufferman think the menopause needs rebranding
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted10 June 2021
Why Time Flies (and how to slow it down) Audio, 28 minutes
Armando Iannucci explores why time appears to speed up alarmingly as we age.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Empty Stages. Put My Name in Lights. Audio, 14 minutes
An elderly actress is due to make her West End comeback, but the pandemic prevents that.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted29 March 2021
Dr Rangan Chatterjee: Out of Hours. Nadiya Hussain: Finding your voice, Ramadan and bedtime routines. Audio, 21 minutes
Celebrity baker Nadiya Hussain on understanding yourself better later in life.
- AttributionBBC Radio 2
- Available for over a year
Conversations from a Long Marriage. Series 2, I've Been Loving You Too Long to Stop Now. Audio, 28 minutes
When Joanna tells Roger that they’re ‘in a rut’, he plans a spontaneous day out.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for 9 months
Conversations from a Long Marriage. Series 2, Should I Stay or Should I Go? Audio, 28 minutes
Roger’s pursued by an ex-student and Joanna admits a former attraction.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for 9 months
Conversations from a Long Marriage. Series 2, If You Go Away. Audio, 28 minutes
Joanna has a health scare and then she and Roger receive sad news
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for 9 months
Conversations from a Long Marriage. Series 2, Heartbreak Hotel. Audio, 28 minutes
Joanna and Roger book into a country hotel, for their friend’s second wedding.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for 9 months
Conversations from a Long Marriage. Series 2, It's Just Work. Audio, 28 minutes
Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam’s marriage is tested when another man comes between them.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for 8 months
Conversations from a Long Marriage. Series 2, Just the Way You Are. Audio, 28 minutes
Joanna’s making Roger’s New Year resolutions, including a marriage reboot.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for 8 months
Sex, Drugs & Lullabies. S2 EP10 Are you ever too old to have a baby? Audio, 45 minutes
Veteran BBC news presenter Harry Gration was 68 when Hamilton was born & Helen was 51.
- AttributionBBC Radio Humberside
- Available for over a year
Poems at Dusk. Audio, 28 minutes
Poet Theresa Lola explores the relationship between poetry, old age and mortality.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Drama on 4. Meltdown. Audio, 44 minutes
Comedy about a famous actress reaching the end of her tether.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for 6 months
BBC Inside Science. COVID-19 in Winter, Acoustics of Stonehenge and Dog years. Audio, 31 minutes
COVID-19 in winter; acoustics of Stonehenge; dog years.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Four Thought. Ending Ageism. Audio, 26 minutes
Carl Honoré thinks we're all missing out by stereotyping older people as 'over the hill'.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Rethink. Aaron Bastani: Rethinking An Ageing Population. Audio, 8 minutes
Writer Bastani investigates the change in demographics and how it will affect us.
- AttributionBBC Sounds
- Available for over a year
One to One. Karen Darke talks to Diana Davies. Audio, 14 minutes
Does getting old mean you have to lose control of your life? With Diana Davies.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Deep, Down & Desi. Fresh To Death, Who Really Cares? Audio, 41 minutes
Saima and Maleena are joined by Kamalpreet to chat about end of life care.
- AttributionBBC Asian Network
- Available for over a year
Conversations from a Long Marriage. Series 1, 4. Let's Spend the Night Together. Audio, 28 minutes
Playing a long-married couple, Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam reminisce about their past.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Conversations from a Long Marriage. Series 1, 3. Lean on Me. Audio, 28 minutes
Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam play a long-married couple, trying to cope with his knee op.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
