Archive on 4 Episodes Available now
Inquiries - Facing Our Failures
Chris Bowlby reveals a rich history of public inquiries from rail crashes to treachery.
Grayson Perry: En Garde
Grayson Perry goes in search of the moment the avant-garde died.
The Myth of Homosexual Decriminalisation
Peter Tatchell on how the 1967 Sexual Offences Act failed to provide equality for gay men.
Roy Jenkins - Father of the Permissive Society?
Richard Weight explores the key role of Roy Jenkins in the liberal reforms of the 1960s.
A Brief History of the Truth
The truth is like a vegetable your mother makes you eat, nourishing but it tastes terrible
The Real Summer of Love
Historian and writer Dominic Sandbrook looks beyond the flower power, 50 years on.
Apocalypse Nigh
Broadcaster Robin Ince explores our longstanding obsession with the end of days.
The Thirty Year Itch
Phil Tinline explores what the turmoil of the 1970s tells us about British politics today.
999 - Which Service Do You Require?
Ian Sansom dials up the story of the 999 service, launched in 1937.
Father's Day
Mark Thomas peels off the labels of fatherhood - from breadwinner to stay-at-home dad.
