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Poetry For Sale?
Poet and copywriter Rishi Dastidar on the relationship between poetry and advertising.
Apollo 13: The Rescue
Houston, we've had a problem. How the mission of Apollo 13 was saved
Summer with Greta
Campaigner Greta Thunberg describes the remarkable and tumultuous past year of her life.
The Crunch Convention
A US election like no other, presented by Alistair Cooke
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David Walliams re the comedy albums which inspired him to write and perform.
The End of Coming Out?
Dustin Lance Black asks whether LGBTQ+ people still need to come out publicly.
Spitfire: From the Ashes
How an icon was made, piece by piece, against all odds.
Raise Your Game
Jay-Ann Lopez asks if toxic gaming culture can change.
A Broadcasting Life - Sue MacGregor
Sue MacGregor looks back on five decades of broadcasting in this final goodbye to Radio 4.
The Day Brexit Hit Boiling Point
Carolyn Quinn recalls the intense and bitter Parliamentary confrontations over Brexit
The Quebec Emergency
Margaret Macmillan recalls the 1970 crisis when kidnappings threw Canada into turmoil.
A Media Divided
The end of the Fairness Doctrine and the rise of political polarisation in US broadcasting
Play for Today
Alison Stean celebrates 50 years since BBC TV's seminal drama series began.
Trump: Backwards
Scrolling backwards through the archive to tell the Trump story in reverse.
Our Sacred Story
Alec Ryrie argues that the Second World War is our modern sacred narrative.
14/11/2020
Steve Fielding explores how political parties have recovered from big election defeats.
All Things Must at 50
Composer Nitin Sawhney tells the story of George Harrison’s most famous album.
Da da da DAAAAA!
Rachel Parris leads us on an irreverent tour of Beethoven's 5th Symphony
Disorienting: Asians on Screen
Phil Wang investigates the representation of East and South East Asians in western media.
It's Behind You! The weird and wonderful story of British pantomime
Cultural historian Christopher Frayling explores the rich and surprising history of panto.
The Alliance
How close were Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan at the end of the Cold War?
Easier Than Curing a Toothache? The Story of Lobotomy
Claire Prentice looks at the history of a notorious medical procedure - lobotomy.
A Backwards Catastrophe
Travelling in reverse through the archives to trace the roots of the environmental crisis.
Search for a Common Culture
Did a common culture ever exist in the UK, what did it mean and is it needed now?
The Forgotten Referendum
Bust-ups, bums and Brexit's beginning? - Chris Mason tells the story of the AV referendum.
A Year on the NHS Frontline
Dr John Wright shares recordings made over the last year on the covid wards in Bradford.
A Writer and His Country - John le Carré Across Six Decades
Who was the real John le Carré and what was his relationship with Britain?
Gagarin and the Lost Moon
Kevin Fong tells the story of Yuri Gagarin's historic 1961 Earth orbit
A Night with Prince
Music critic Ann Powers reflects on time spent with Prince in his Hollywood mansion.
Our Bodies, Ourselves
Five decades on, Laura Barton looks back at a revolutionary text for women's liberation.
The Hunger Strikes
Peter Taylor revisits the 1981 IRA hunger strikes and assesses their legacy.
