Currently Podcast
Reactive features from Radio 4, exploring what's really happening behind the headlines and unearthing untold stories, both at home and abroad.
Episodes to download
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Crossing the Line
Last Sunday
Are the actions of a climate campaigner heroic self-sacrifice or reckless fanaticism?
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One Week in Gaza
Sun 22 Jun 2025
The daily realities and private thoughts of a young woman living through war.
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Ireland's Pot of Gold
Sun 15 Jun 2025
Spend now or save – a dilemma for the Irish government, enriched by huge tax revenues.
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Excluded
Sun 8 Jun 2025
Why are school exclusions rising, and what happens to children who are excluded?
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Madeira's Drugs Crisis
Sun 1 Jun 2025
Madeira has a chronic drug problem the authorities are struggling to cope with.
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The Three Babies Mystery
Sun 25 May 2025
The search for the parents of three babies abandoned in shopping bags in East London.
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NHS: Painful Decisions
Sun 18 May 2025
Dominic Hughes explores the decisions facing NHS leaders as they try to balance the books.
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The Big Mortgage Time Bomb
Sun 11 May 2025
Vicky Spratt investigates the thousands of people trapped in high interest mortgages.
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The Landscape Revolution
Sun 4 May 2025
Charlotte Smith on the current reform of agricultural policy and spending across the UK.
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Russia's New War Elite
Sun 27 Apr 2025
How huge payouts to soldiers and their families are creating a new middle class in Russia.
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The Choice: How Assisted Dying Works
Sun 6 Apr 2025
Fergus Walsh goes to Canada and California to see two different models for assisted dying.
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The Price of Equality
Sun 30 Mar 2025
Anushka Asthana investigates why illegal pay discrimination is still happening in Britain.
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Britain’s Shrinking Army
Sun 23 Mar 2025
Ash Bhardwaj finds out why the British Army is shrinking.
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Welcome to Currently
Fri 14 Mar 2025
Reactive features from Radio 4, exploring what's really happening behind the headlines.