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How We Remember Them
Dan Snow looks back at how the First World War has been commemorated over the past century
10 Nov 2018,57 mins
Making Obama
Jenn White tells the story of Barack Obama's rise to power.
03 Nov 2018,57 mins
The Good Old Days: The Politics of Nostalgia
David Aaronovitch examines how politicians have exploited our love affair with the past.
27 Oct 2018,57 mins
Witnessing the Worst
Lyse Doucet reflects on how women reporters have covered war and atrocities.
20 Oct 2018,57 mins
Any Questions? is 70
Jonathan Dimbleby and special guests on 70 years of the famous political debate programme
13 Oct 2018,57 mins
The Bailout
Gordon Brown tells the inside story of the bank bailout.
06 Oct 2018,57 mins
The Cod Wars Revisited
Julia Langdon tells the story of the 'cod wars' between Britain and Iceland.
29 Sep 2018,57 mins
A Question of Character
Toby Young explores the history of the idea that 'character' can be taught.
22 Sep 2018,58 mins
Lehmans - A Backwards Collapse
Tracing the roots of the financial crisis in reverse.
15 Sep 2018,57 mins
The Dream of World Government
David Miliband looks at the ideas behind world government
08 Sep 2018,57 mins
The Ballads of Emmett Till
Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi in 1955. His death still haunts America.
25 Aug 2018,57 mins
Working Class Heroes
What do the working class heroes of 1960s cinema say about class in the Britain of 2018?
18 Aug 2018,57 mins
Pop Star Philosophy
Comedian Steve Punt exhumes the philosophical outpourings of pop stars through the ages.
04 Aug 2018,57 mins
The Story of EH Gombrich
Leonie Gombrich and Rob Newman reveal the man who taught the world how to see art.
28 Jul 2018,57 mins
That's Edutainment!
Matthew Sweet on what links learning and pleasure, education and entertainment.
21 Jul 2018,57 mins
Could the PM Have a Brummie Accent?
Chris Mason examines how politicians' accents - and attitudes towards them - have changed.
14 Jul 2018,57 mins
A Hack's Progress
Jonathan Freedland tells the story of journalism as depicted in fiction.
07 Jul 2018,57 mins
Harold Evans
Harold Evans in pursuit of the truth
23 Jun 2018,57 mins
The American Art Tapes
A unique insight into the vibrant art scene of mid-1960s America.
02 Jun 2018,57 mins
Is That Machine On?
Stuart Maconie celebrates the golden age of the music press interview.
26 May 2018,57 mins
Commuterville
Matthew Sweet looks at how commuting has changed the world.
19 May 2018,57 mins
Listen to Britain
The 1942 film Listen to Britain summed up our nation in sounds. How does it sound today?
12 May 2018,57 mins
Britain and Biafra 50 Years On
Afua Hirsch explores the Nigerian-Biafran War, its famine, and their legacy in Britain.
28 Apr 2018,58 mins
The Long Shadow of Canary Wharf
Jane Martinson meets fellow locals living in the shadow of London's Canary Wharf.
21 Apr 2018,57 mins
50 Years On: Rivers of Blood
Amol Rajan reflects on Enoch Powell's 1968 Rivers of Blood speech and hears it in full.
14 Apr 2018,58 mins
The Ultimate Trip: Stanley Kubrick's Space Odyssey
An exploration of Stanley Kubrick's 1968 masterpiece of sci-fi.
07 Apr 2018,57 mins
Per Ardua Ad Astra: RAF Voices
From top brass to gunners, pilots and ground crew, the voices of a much-respected service.
31 Mar 2018,60 mins
The King and Kennedy Assassinations: If the Dead Could Speak
In 1968, Martin Luther King and Robert F Kennedy were murdered. Michael Goldfarb reports.
24 Mar 2018,57 mins,
Disinformation: A User's Guide
Phil Tinline mines the long history of disinformation to identify techniques in use today.
17 Mar 2018,58 mins
The Advance Guard of the Avant-garde
DJ Taylor tells the story of an influential group of experimental 1960s British writers.
10 Mar 2018,60 mins