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Cannadine on Class
Professor David Cannadine argues historians and politicians have overplayed the class card
BBC Radio 4
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Hip-hop’s Laughing Stock
Joe Jacobs is a failing rapper trying to make a career as a stand-up comedian.
BBC Radio 4
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Two Minutes Past Nine
25 years on, journalist Leah Sottile investigates the legacy of the Oklahoma City Bombing.
BBC Radio 4
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The Green Lady in the Toilets
Emmy the Great seeks musical inspiration from the ghosts of the school toilets.
BBC Radio 4
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Blood Lands
A true story of a murder investigation which takes us to the heart of modern South Africa.
BBC Radio 4
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Vaccines, Money and Politics
What will it really take to vaccinate the world against Covid 19?
BBC Radio 4
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Extinction: The Facts
Sir David Attenborough investigates the loss of biodiversity happening around us.
BBC One
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The Austerity Audit
Paul Johnson offers an in-depth analysis of the UK's decade of austerity.
BBC Radio 4
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Six Men
Gary Innes explores why 6 young men from his shinty club have taken their own lives.
BBC Radio Scotland
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Miles Jupp Is Literally Unputdownable
Miles Jupp investigates how to write an unputdownable story.
BBC Radio 4
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Broad Spectrum
Helen Keen had a diagnosis of autism as an adult: she explores how it appears in women.
BBC Radio 4
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Beacons: Short Films from Wales
Short films produced through Ffilm Cymru and BFI Network's Beacons scheme.
BBC Two Wales
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Pause the Plié
Tatum Swithenbank explores the meaning of creativity after a life changing diagnosis.
BBC Radio 4
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Universities in Crisis
Sam Gyimah investigates if Britain's universities can survive the crisis they now face.
BBC Radio 4
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Anatomy of Guilt
Helena Kennedy QC explores guilt as a legal, psychological and political idea.
BBC Radio 4
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Nsukka Is Burning
Inua Ellams on how one town became a centre of writing and resistance in Nigeria.
BBC Radio 4
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My City in Lockdown
Dr Fozia Hayat investigates attitudes to localised lockdowns in Bradford.
BBC Radio 4
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A Short History of Solitude
The historian of emotions, Thomas Dixon, explores the surprising history of being alone.
BBC Radio 4
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From the Mayflower to the Moon (and Back Again)
A 400-year journey into the creation of the United States with the writer Joe Queenan.
BBC Radio 4
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The Empty Cases
Gary Younge looks at how the Black Lives Matter movement may change British museums.
BBC Radio 4
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Code-Switching
Lucrece Grehoua reveals the cost of hiding who we really are in the workplace.
BBC Radio 4
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Scotland’s Uncivil War
Dani Garavelli tells the story of a deep schism at the heart of Scottish politics.
BBC Radio 4
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Laws That Aren't Laws
Comedian Robin Ince explores laws that govern our lives that really aren't, but should be.
BBC Radio 4
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Rethink
Rethink looks at the issues of our time and considers how we can approach them differently
BBC Sounds
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Led by the science
How does scientific advice lead to government policy at the best of times, and the worst?
BBC Radio 4
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You're Dead to Me
The comedy podcast that takes history seriously. Hosted by Greg Jenner.
BBC Radio 4
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Taking on Trump
Jim Naughtie examines Joe Biden's election chances as he takes on Donald Trump in November
BBC Radio 4
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The Death Row Book Club
How starting a book club helped Anthony Ray Hinton survive 28 years on death row.
BBC Radio 4
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The Crisis Of American Democracy
Ben Wright assesses the health of America's increasingly partisan electoral democracy.
BBC Radio 4
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The Homeless Hotel
What happened to rough sleepers during the coronavirus lockdown - and what happens next?
BBC Radio 4
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Life, Death and the Foghorn
Jennifer Lucy Allan presents a eulogy for the disappearance of the foghorn.
BBC Radio 4
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How They Made Us Doubt Everything
Investigating claims there could be asbestos in make-up and the industry's response.
BBC Radio 4
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Nazi sa Ghaeltacht
Kevin Magee investigates the true story behind rumours of a Nazi spy in Donegal in 1937.
BBC Two Northern Ireland
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Miriam Margolyes - Almost Australian
Miriam Margolyes embarks on a two-month journey to discover what it is to be Australian.
BBC Two
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Mohammed and the Market
Does a financial system with roots deep in the past have answers to modern economic woes?
BBC Radio 4
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Archiving Black America
Maya Millett speaks to the archivists amplifying the buried stories of African-Americans.
BBC Radio 4
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The Punch
Aged 19, Jacob Dunne was convicted of manslaughter for killing a man with a single punch.
BBC Radio 4
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The Call Up
Phil Carradice presents the testimonies of the Welsh men affected by National Service.
BBC Radio Wales
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What If Everyone Was Disabled?
Mat Fraser imagines how different our world would be if everybody had a disability.
BBC Radio 4
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The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty
The incredible story of Rupert Murdoch’s influence on world events.
BBC Two
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The Political School
Timandra Harkness examines how we could change our political system for the better.
BBC Radio 4
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A Deadly Trade
Even through lockdown boatloads of refugees made the dangerous crossing by boat to the UK.
BBC Radio 4
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Simon Schama: The Great Gallery Tours
Simon Schama conducts a virtual tour of fourworld-class galleries.
BBC Radio 4
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Granda Harry and the Coathanger Horse
A Belfast writer imagines an artist's life for the grandfather who raised him.
BBC Radio 4