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Bring Your Darlings Back To Life
What if the best anecdotes and stories had a programme to themselves?
20 Jun 2015,60 mins
Morning Everyone
Rory Bremner celebrates the life of cricketer and commentator Richie Benaud.
60 mins
The War Game Files
Whitehall files expose how the BBC and government connived to ban 1965 film The War Game.
06 Jun 2015,58 mins
The Tokens and the Foundlings
The story of the UK's first children's charity, The Foundling Hospital.
30 May 2015,60 mins
Adventures in Alienation
Writer Amit Chaudhuri explores the idea of exile and modern, secular homelessness.
23 May 2015,58 mins
The Entomology of Gregor Samsa
David Baddiel asks what kind of insect Gregor Samsa becomes in Kafka's The Metamorphosis.
09 May 2015,58 mins
Black Aquarius
The dawning of the age of Black Aquarius, the second great wave of pop occultism in the UK
25 Apr 2015,57 mins
Who's Your Father, Referee?
Clive Anderson searches for a golden age of respect for the football referee.
25 Apr 2015,58 mins
Epic Fail
Grace Dent presents a field guide to failure.
04 Apr 2015,57 mins
Lern Yerself Scouse
Paul Farley cooks a pot of Scouse as he explores the complex flavours of the Scouse accent
28 Mar 2015,60 mins
Remembering Sue Townsend, Aged 68 3/4
Adrian Mole's creator, Sue Townsend, is remembered by friends, family and in her own words
21 Mar 2015,60 mins
A Brief History of Anger
American satirist Joe Queenan presents spats, tantrums and explosions from the archive.
07 Mar 2015,58 mins
Malled: 60 Years of Undercover Shopping
Will Self explores the appeal of the shopping mall.
21 Feb 2015,58 mins
Read My Lips: Why Politicians Speak the Way They Do
Jonathan Powell explores the secret language of politicians.
14 Feb 2015,58 mins
Coups and Coalitions: The Two Elections of 1974
Steve Richards on the political fears and shocks of 1974, and their lessons for today.
07 Feb 2015,58 mins
Alan Lomax - Songs of Freedom
Billy Bragg explores the politics behind the work of folklorist Alan Lomax.
31 Jan 2015,58 mins
Going to the Flicks
Episode 1
Barry Norman on the changing experience of British cinema going over the last century.
15 Jan 2011,60 mins
Going to the Flicks
Episode 2
Charting the rise from the 1970s low ebb in cinema-going to today's exciting innovations.
22 Jan 2011,60 mins
Mustn't Grumble: The Noble British Art of Complaining
Writer Bidisha explores how complaining has become such an important part of British life.
17 Jan 2015,60 mins
The Art of Filibustering
Ann Trenneman asks whether the filibuster has reached the end of its time.
03 Jan 2015,58 mins
Peter and the Wolf
Christopher Frayling explores the untold story behind the creation of Prokofiev's classic.
20 Dec 2014,58 mins
Gone with the Wind: A Legacy
Diane Roberts examines the impact and legacy of the film classic, 75 years on.
13 Dec 2014,58 mins
Malcolm X in Oxford
Stephen Tuck asks why Malcolm X was so passionate about speaking at an Oxford Union debate
06 Dec 2014,58 mins
Singing Together
Jarvis Cocker remembers the long-running BBC radio programme, "Singing Together."
29 Nov 2014,58 mins
Art School, Smart School
Brian Eno, Grayson Perry and others reflect on the state of the art school.
22 Nov 2014,60 mins
A Girl's Own Story
Ruby Tandoh shows how young women are finding a powerful new voice via the internet.
15 Nov 2014,58 mins
The Mersey Militants
How Militant Tendency dominated Liverpool politics in the 1980s, and its ongoing legacy.
08 Nov 2014,58 mins
Tears of a Clown
Robin Ince looks at the enduring cliche of the sad clown.
01 Nov 2014,60 mins
Cerys Goes Under Milk Wood
Cerys Matthews unlocks her uncle's rare recordings of Dylan Thomas's friends and family.
25 Oct 2014,57 mins
Speaking as a Member of the Public
Danny Wallace's history of the vox pop. Are the opinions of random people of any value?
18 Oct 2014,58 mins