The Reunion

Series which reunites a group of people intimately involved in a moment of modern history

Radio 4,227 episodes

Episodes

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The Challenger Disaster
Sue MacGregor's guests discuss the Challenger space shuttle disaster of 1986.
23 Apr 2017,45 mins
Women of Punk
Sue MacGregor reunites five musicians who embraced the anarchy of punk.
16 Apr 2017,45 mins
Libyan Embassy Siege
Sue MacGregor's guests recall the Libyan embassy siege of 1984.
09 Apr 2017,45 mins
The Vietnamese Boat People
Sue MacGregor reunites four of the Vietnamese Boat People with one of their rescuers.
02 Apr 2017,45 mins
Tate Modern
Sue MacGregor reunites founders of Britain's first national museum of modern art.
23 Sep 2016,45 mins
Contaminated Blood
Sue MacGregor meets haemophiliacs and others affected by the contaminated blood disaster.
11 Sep 2016,45 mins
The Launch of Private Eye
Sue MacGregor brings together the satirists who launched Private Eye magazine in 1961.
04 Sep 2016,45 mins
The Glastonbury Festival
Sue MacGregor reunites key players from the early days of the Glastonbury Festival.
28 Aug 2016,45 mins
The Yorkshire Ripper Investigation
Former detectives remember the five-year hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper.
21 Aug 2016,45 mins
Pinochet
Sue MacGregor's guests reflect on the rise and fall of Chilean dictator General Pinochet.
01 May 2016,45 mins
Maastricht Treaty
Sue MacGregor's guests reflect on the dramas of the Maastricht Treaty negotiations.
24 Apr 2016,45 mins
Euro 96
Sue MacGregor and guests look back on the Euro 96 football tournament.
17 Apr 2016,43 mins
Disability Campaigners
Sue MacGregor reunites five people involved in the fight for historic disability rights.
10 Apr 2016,43 mins
The Nuclear Submarines
Sue MacGregor meets the pioneers of Britain's first nuclear submarines.
03 Apr 2016,43 mins
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Sue MacGregor gathers key players from Alan Bennett's groundbreaking TV monologue series.
13 Sep 2015,45 mins
Birmingham Six
Sue MacGregor's guests remember the campaign to free the Birmingham Six.
06 Sep 2015,45 mins
Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Sue MacGregor looks back at the foot-and-mouth epidemic of 2001.
30 Aug 2015,45 mins
The Food Writers
Sue MacGregor gathers influential food writers, including Mary Berry and Prue Leith.
23 Aug 2015,45 mins
Guantanamo Bay
Sue MacGregor speaks to former detainees and the head of the guard force at Guantanamo Bay
16 Aug 2015,45 mins
Peter Brook's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Sue MacGregor remembers Peter Brook's iconic Shakespearean production from 1970.
03 May 2015,45 mins
Far East Prisoners of War
Sue MacGregor's guests remember their time as Far East POWs during the Second World War.
26 Apr 2015,42 mins
The Hit Factory
Sue MacGregor reunites the pop hitmakers of the 1980s.
19 Apr 2015,45 mins
The Fastnet Race Disaster
Sue MacGregor looks back at the deadliest disaster in the history of ocean racing.
12 Apr 2015,45 mins
Spycatcher
Sue MacGregor's guests remember the epic battle to ban the MI5 memoir Spycatcher.
05 Apr 2015,45 mins
Wallace and Gromit
Sue MacGregor reunites the creative team behind Wallace and Gromit.
25 Dec 2014,57 mins
New Labour
Sue MacGregor reunites some of the key people behind the creation of New Labour.
14 Sep 2014,45 mins
James Bond
Sue MacGregor reunites the key figures from the Roger Moore James Bond years.
07 Sep 2014,45 mins
Zimbabwe
Sue MacGregor gathers five people who helped to bring independence to Zimbabwe in 1980.
31 Aug 2014,45 mins
The Sun Newspaper
Sue MacGregor looks back at the phenomenal rise of the Sun newspaper in the 1980s.
24 Aug 2014,45 mins
The Berlin Airlift
Sue MacGregor reunites British military personnel involved in the historic Berlin Airlift.
04 May 2014,45 mins