Infrastructure
The Essay. Looking Good, Lavinia Greenlaw. Audio, 14 minutes
Five writers on the pleasures of viewing a phenomenon or social activity closely.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Gordon Goes Forth. Audio, 28 minutes
Gordon Brown shares the story of the three mighty bridges in whose shadow he lives.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy. Concrete. Audio, 9 minutes
It's improved health, school attendance, agricultural productivity and farm worker wages
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Essential. From Our Own Correspondent: A Ghost of Saudi's Future? Audio, 6 minutes
Stephen Sackur ponders the aims (and reality) of the vast KAEC project in Saudi Arabia
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
A History of Britain in Numbers. Series 2, Infrastucture. Audio, 15 minutes
Andrew Dilnot charts the history of the British state through its numbers.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Build and Be Damned. Audio, 28 minutes
The Victorians built grand ambitious railways, sewers and tunnels. Should we do the same?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
File on 4 Investigates. Flooding: Best Laid Plans? Audio, 38 minutes
How well prepared is Britain's transport infrastructure to weather the winter storms?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Assignment. Spain's Runway to Nowhere. Audio, 25 minutes
What can a new but closed airport tell us about Spain's economic crisis?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Bridge. Audio, 30 minutes
The Transporter Bridge on Teesside is 100 years old, but will it survive another 100?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Face the Facts. Northern Ireland Water. Audio, 27 minutes
John Waite investigates what went wrong at Northern Ireland Water.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
World Learning Local Digital. Infrastructure first in Afghanistan. Audio, 25 minutes
In Afghanistan, the first step is to install the infrastructure for computers
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Building Site. Audio, 28 minutes
Jonathan Glancey investigates the development of a megalopolis in one part of China
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Network UK. Bridges. Audio, 13 minutes
The crumbling road bridges of the UK
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
