Beauty standards
Mind the Gap. Audio, 30 minutes
As a reluctantly gap-toothed woman, Patricia Cumper explores their cultural significance.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
5 Live Investigates. Police pursuits and illegal teeth whitening. Audio, 46 minutes
Police pursuits and illegal teeth whitening.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. The Evolution of Beards. Audio, 18 minutes
How did beards evolve and what is their purpose?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Snow White and the Seven Signs of Ageing. Audio, 28 minutes
Cathy FitzGerald tries to rescue the Wicked Queen from the mirror's spell.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Perfume. Audio, 18 minutes
Why do we use perfume and what does it say about us?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Symmetry. Audio, 18 minutes
Why does symmetry exist and why do we see such beauty in it?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Female Body Hair. Audio, 18 minutes
The history of hair removal and what it tells us about notions of female beauty
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Make-up. Audio, 18 minutes
Why millions of women - and some men - paint their faces
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Disability: A New History. Beauty and Deformity. Audio, 14 minutes
Peter White on the impact that ideas about beauty and deformity had on people's lives.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. The Heel. Audio, 18 minutes
Where did the fascination with elevated footwear come from and what do they tell us?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Four Thought. Series 3, Sara Ziff: The Problem with Fashion. Audio, 15 minutes
Model and activist Sara Ziff discusses the problems with fashion and modelling.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. Tracing Beauty. Audio, 45 minutes
Ben Quash considers what we mean when we talk about beauty.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
After I Was Gorgeous. Audio, 28 minutes
Some of the world's most beautiful women discuss the ageing process.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
Louis Theroux. Under the Knife. Video, 58 minutes
Louis Theroux gets under the skin of the plastic surgery patients of Beverly Hills.
- AttributionBBC Two
- Available for over a year
Assignment. Anorexia in South Africa. Audio, 22 minutes
South African women talk about attitudes toward anorexia and weight
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke. Bill Clinton's clothes. Audio, 15 minutes
Why do journalists flock to Washington for the presidential election?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
