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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.
What’s Going On Now?
Emeli Sande marks the 50th anniversary of Marvin Gaye's classic album What's Going On.
A Spy in Every Embassy
The Swiss spy machine company secretly owned by the CIA and German BND.
Bob Dylan: Verbatim
The many variations of Bob Dylan’s life and music told in his own words.
The Tulsa Tragedy that Shamed America
Alvin Hall tells the story of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
Covering Edward Said: 40 years of Islam, Media and the West
Exploring the legacy of Edward Said's Covering Islam, published forty years ago.
Stewart Lee: Unreliable Narrator
Comedian Stewart Lee considers the problems and possibilities of unreliable narrators.
The Woman-Machine
Elizabeth Alker celebrates women composers at the forefront of electronic music.
Millions Like Us
We're told Covid is our Second World War. If so, what does that mean for our politics?
Thank You & Goodbye
Jim Waterson tells the inside story of the collapse of the News of the World.
China in Slogans
How Communist Party slogans reveal the turbulent story of modern China.
Singled Out
A cultural history of the 'single' with Zoe Strimpel - old maids, Bridget Jones and more.
Well Hello: The Release of John McCarthy
30 years on, ex-hostage John McCarthy reflects on the day of his release.
Jonathan Miller: Lost Memories
William Miller goes in search of answers to his famous father’s death from Alzheimer’s.
The Greenham Effect
How the women's peace camp at Greenham Common changed the world.
Escaping 9/11
A look back at programmes and recordings from the BBC archives.
