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Hendrix: Everything but the Guitar
When you think of Jimi, you think guitar. But there are so many other layers to consider.
FDR's Four Freedoms
Professor David Reynolds on what Roosevelt's Four Freedoms speech means today.
Liz Truss’s Big Gamble
Nick Robinson discovers the inside story of the UK's shortest ever premiership.
Richard Rogers, Catalyst
Tom Dyckhoff looks back through the archive at the life and work of Richard Rogers.
'Twas the Night Before Christmas: The poem that changed the world
A celebration of 'A Visit from St Nicholas' with the poet Luke Wright
#TheQueue
Mark Thomas explores why the British believe they’re born to queue.
Annie Nightingale's Age of Irreverence
Annie Nightingale explores the links between new music and comedy during the 1960s.
What Has Media Training Done to Politics?
Matthew Parris explores the rise of media training in politics and the political interview
Knock Knock: 200 Years of Sound Effects
Crash! bang! wallop! Composer Sarah Angliss celebrates the power of sound effects.
My Sylvia Plath
Emily Berry presents a personal meditation on the life and afterlife of Sylvia Plath.
Oh Yoko!
To mark her 90th birthday, this is Yoko Ono on her own , in her own words.
Dramatic Beats
Michael Symmons Roberts celebrates a century of BBC Radio Drama.
The Wheeler Century
Shirin Wheeler reflects on the legacy of her father, BBC journalist Charles Wheeler.
Writing Our Mothers
A journey into the ways women writers have written the mother.
The Funny Old World of Victor Lewis Smith
Dom Joly on the brilliant, bonkers, contrary, groundbreaking iconoclast Victor Lewis-Smith
What Kind of Scotland?
Allan Little recalls the impact of a radical drama on Scottish society and politics.
The British Bhangra Explosion
Anita Rani delves into the archives to tell the story of the British bhangra explosion.
The Other F Word
Jonathan Freedland asks what the word fascism means in the 2020s.
Tanni Grey-Thompson: Still Not Equal
Tanni Grey-Thompson looks at how attitudes to disabled people have changed over 50 years.
Charles: The Making of a King
Sarah Montague looks at the events and experiences shaping the life of King Charles III.
Whatever Happened to JB Priestley?
Stuart Maconie asks why JB Priestley has all but disappeared from our cultural life.
The Socrates of San Francisco
The story of Howard Gossage, a remarkable ad man who tried to change the world.
Marvel vs DC: Contest of the Champions
Exploring the decades long, cosmic culture war between Marvel and DC comics.
The Great Outdoors
Matthew Sweet investigates the history of the Great Outdoors.
The Rocky Horror Radio Show
Rocky Horror is 50... but where did Rocky come from, and where's he going next?
A Brief History of Boomers
American satirist Joe Queenan (b1950) addresses the faults and failings of a generation.
Last Man Standing
In the near future, Paul Farley finds that he is the last person on the planet.
How I Ruined Medicine
Dr Phil Hammond asks if his satire and journalism have undermined the NHS.
A Most Consequential Death
Exploring the inside story of the death of Dr David Kelly 20 years on.
Shticks and Stones: Jewish Comedy and Anti-Semitism
David Schneider explores how Jewish humour is impacted by anti-Semitism.
Live and Let Diet
Fern Britton charts the history of diets undertaken by British slimmers over the decades.
