Click - Season 20 / Year 2022

Click is in the Netherlands to look at a solar-powered car and in Sweden to hop aboard an amazing electric boat, which could shake up nautical design forever.

Click travels to Washington to look at the latest tech being used to take drones down, and to Shetland to find out how 5G is being used to make things safer and smarter on a remote construction site. Plus, we explore if tech can make you a better rapper, and with the help of virtual reality we take a trip back in time to experience a rave in 1989.

Click meets the Asteroid Mining Corporation and sees space homes built by robot. Back on earth, it's man versus machine as we put a bricklaying droid to work. And we check out the very latest in cycling tech, including a self-riding bicycle from MIT.

Click dives underwater to meet the robots designed to look after offshore wind farms, and explores the latest tech being used to protect marine life. And we take a trip to a new virtual experience show being staged by the National Theatre in London.

Click talks to Olympian and tech founder Jess Ennis-Hill about her period tracking app, which gives women exercises based on their menstrual cycle. We also go behind the scenes of Crossrail, before the Elizabeth Line opens to the public, to discover the tech keeping it on the tracks, and we go to Norway to test out some software which could allow lost dogs to be found via crowdsourcing.

Click is at the Hay literary festival celebrating the 100 years of the BBC. We look back at the tech the corporation has developed and what might be coming next.

Click investigates the new therapies being developed to help with brain repair. We also explore the future of air travel and catch up with astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti about her mission to the International Space Station.

Click explores the latest technologies aimed at tackling the issue of food waste, and investigates if lab-grown meat is the solution to feeding our growing population. Plus, news from the gaming world - for people and pets.

Click finds out how artificial intelligence is being used to catch people illegally dumping rubbish, and heads out to sea to check out the latest tech tracking puffins off the coast of Scotland. The team also go behind the scenes in Vancouver with Oscar-nominated director Neill Blomkamp, who is using his film-making skills to develop a new video game.

Click meets the people and businesses trying to clean up big tech. The team finds out about the robot that recycles our electronic waste and explores how data centres can use their waste heat to warm homes. Plus, the team chats with Tony Fadell, the creator of some of Apple's iconic devices.

We try out tennis apps in London, meet a team training for RoboCup, and test the latest wearables and training tools as Click serves up a sports tech special.

Click looks at how technology is helping one sport to monitor the effects of concussion and how another - football - is using technology to enhance fans' experiences. Plus the challenge of recruiting tech workers in the UK.

Click investigates the science behind cacao-free chocolate and speaks to dating app Tinder's CEO, who reveals her plans to improve safety for people looking for love, or lust, online. Plus, the team takes a trip to a psychedelic world powered by the 'dream machine'.

Click looks at how new technologies can help us navigate and explore the world around us. Paul Carter is in Italy seeing how connected public transport could make journeys simpler, while Laura Goodwin visits an exhibition using LiDAR on smartphones to document the untold stories and histories of 15 locations around the UK.

Click joins a rehearsal for a special BBC Prom celebrating music in video games. The team looks at ways of making the manufacture of vinyl records more green, and we try out the latest summer gadgets.

Click looks at agriculture and the technology that might be helping to make it more sustainable, from AI-powered imaging sensors that can read the minds of plants, to satellite imagery to monitor how vineyards are reacting to climate change. The team also heads to the USA to see how agricultural waste can be used to capture carbon, and to Scotland to talk to farmers who are replacing their physical fences with virtual ones.

Click meets the comedians who are making the leap from being social media stars to the live stage at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The team also takes to the seas to see how tech is being used to make the Sail GP more eco-friendly, and we find out how artificial intelligence is helping to cut hospital waiting lists.

Click highlights the latest weird and wonderful technologies on display at the IFA exhibition in Berlin. The team also looks at how 5G is being harnessed to make Dorset's coast safer for visitors, and pits a number of robot vacuums against each other to see which one cleans up.

Click is taken for a ride in one of the first-fare paying driverless cabs in San Francisco. Also, the augmented reality experience that uses the sense of smell to help museum visitors solve a historical mystery, how artificial intelligence is helping the perfume industry sniff out tomorrow's fragrances, and the teams test out the iPhone 14.

Click takes to the catwalk. The team look at how AI is helping fashion retailers give customers a more personalised shopping experience. Click also checks out the augmented reality software that allows you to dress up on your live social media feed from a virtual wardrobe. Plus, the technology that is helping to preserve Ukraine's historic monuments and artefacts.

Click celebrates the 100 years anniversary of the BBC by looking at some of the technology pioneered by the BBC, which has transformed the world of broadcast. The team return to the birthplace of the BBC - Alexandra Palace in London, and look at the stories behind this innovation - from the BBC microphone to the famous "pips" - and look forward to some of the latest technology being developed which could shape the next 100 years.

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Could transplant organs one day be created in the lab and produced on a 3D printer? Click goes to Sweden to find out. The team also meet the man who's been chronicling the biggest ever global cryptocurrency scandal. And they test the technology that claims it can create an ultra-realistic human face avatar in just five minutes.

Click travels to Sweden to meet the first ever crash test dummy based on a female body. The team test out the latest tech to make swimming in the sea and the pool safer. Plus the latest early detection system to spot wildfires as soon as they start.

Click investigates the latest developments being made in the so-called metaverse - immersive, connected virtual worlds, where people can live, work and play.

Yasmin Morgan-Griffiths looks at a new form of ultrasound that could change the way tumours are treated. Shiona McCallum hits the dance floor to test new tech powering a nightclub through body heat, while Lara Lewington and Spencer Kelly chat to Niklas Zennstrom, co-founder of Skype.

To coincide with the UN's climate change summit in Egypt, Click explores some of the latest climate-friendly innovations.

Click travels to Edinburgh to visit the UK's new National Robotarium and catches up with some old robotic friends at one of the world's leading robot labs in Boston, USA.

Click explores the cutting-edge gene therapy helping patients with serious diseases, and the artificial intelligence being used to assess the risk of breast cancer returning. Plus a device that transforms the everyday lives of blind people.

Click catches up with tennis legend Billie Jean King about the latest tech helping tennis players and their coaches collaborate during matches. The team travels to Paris to hear from female innovators at the world's biggest start-up campus. Plus the female-led tech shaping the future of surgery.

Spencer Kelly explores how tech is shaking up the art world, with the rise of images generated by artificial intelligence. Zoe Kleinman delves into the world of chatbots. And Lara Lewington meets a giant.

In the last episode of 2022, Click looks back on some of the year's biggest stories. Also in the programme, a flying deck chair and technology to keep your cat entertained.