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Two years since the start of the pandemic, the NHS is facing a new Covid crisis. The latest coronavirus variant, Omicron, is producing the biggest wave of infection yet, adding to the normal winter pressures and a waiting list that now stands at nearly six million in England.

We explore the construction of the American Dream and uncover the reality of exclusion and denial. The election of Donald Trump in November 2016 exposed a deep vein of distrust across the US, where millions became disillusioned with a political and corporate elite out of touch with the sentiments of ordinary Americans. The institutions that serve US citizens are increasingly regarded as self-serving while the people are increasingly divided and polarised along racial and economic lines.

Set in a post-Troubles Northern Ireland, The Truth Commissioner follows the fictional story of Henry Stanfield, played by Roger Allam, a career diplomat who has just been appointed as Truth Commissioner to Northern Ireland. Eager to make good as a …

A closer look at one of Britain's most heart-breaking crimes.

As the Children's Commissioner releases the results of the most comprehensive study of child sexual abuse ever conducted in the UK, Professor Tanya Byron and Tazeen Ahmad investigate its shocking findings. How much do we really understand about this horrific crime? How common is child sex abuse and how much remains hidden? Who are the offenders and how many paedophiles are there in a typical town? They uncover the devastating reality behind the statistics, meeting the young victims, and the offenders themselves, to lay bare the truth about child sex abuse.

The Codex Gigas, also known as the Devil's Bible, is famous for two reasons: it is believed to be the world's largest preserved medieval manuscript (Codex Gigas means "giant book") and it contains a large, full-page portrait of the Devil. At 165 pounds, and allegedly made from the skins of 160 donkeys, the Codex Gigas is the world's largest and most mysterious medieval manuscript.

Acquitted in life, back on trial after death. "Michael Jackson: Chase The Truth" takes an investigative look into the legal battles of the global superstar. Close friends, former staff and researchers paint an intimate portrait of Jackson's complicated world and put allegations of sexual abuse under the microscope.

Acquitted in life, back on trial after death. "Michael Jackson: Chase The Truth" takes an investigative look into the legal battles of the global superstar.

In the UK over £9 billion a year are spent on beauty products that promise to improve and transform us. But how much of what these products promise is based in scientific evidence, and how much is simply marketing manipulation? Cherry Healey teams up with independent scientists to put everyday cosmetics to the test like never before. In a groundbreaking study carried out by the University of Sheffield, and with the help of 25 volunteers, she discovers that moisturisers might not have the benefits people think they do.

Michael Mosley explores the latest science about how our personalities are created - and whether they can be changed. Despite appearances, Mosley is a pessimist who constantly frets about the future. He wants to worry less and become more of an optimist. He tries out two techniques to change this aspect of his personality - with surprising results. And he travels to the frontiers of genetics and neuroscience to find out about the forces that shape all our personalities.