BBC Radio 4’s The Untold returns with offbeat human stories Episodes can be heavy in subject matter or dovetail with broader topical issues – the Windrush scandal, Brexit and Covid-19 – but they never opt for the obvious approach. The columnist Grace Dent has been hosting BBC Radio 4’s documentary series
The Untold for five years. Each episode tells a small human story: a long-distance romance; the dreams of a choirboy; an adult woman’s struggle to learn to ride a bike. They can be heavy in subject matter or dovetail with broader topical issues – such as the Windrush scandal, Brexit and, increasingly, Covid-19 – but they never opt for the obvious approach.