Brilliant stories told using archive from the BBC and beyond.
Radio 4,·699 episodes
The BBC's veteran Rome correspondent David Willey looks back at his 50-year career.
07 Apr 2012,·58 mins
Writer Maria Margaronis asks if the spectre of Greece's past haunts its current nightmares
31 Mar 2012,·58 mins
Christine Finn explores the world of recorded natural sound and those who relax to it.
24 Mar 2012,·58 mins
Mark Lawson on the rich history of medical programmes, fact and fiction, on radio and TV.
03 Mar 2012,·57 mins
Tim Marlow looks at how the BBC TV series Ways of Seeing shook up the art world.
25 Feb 2012,·58 mins
Peter Jefferson presents an elegy to the Shipping Forecast he used to read.
18 Feb 2012,·58 mins
Dan Snow delves into a huge library of tapes of suffragettes recalling their experiences.
11 Feb 2012,·60 mins
Kirsty Young tells the story of the long-running radio programme.
28 Jan 2012,·58 mins
Lisa Appignanesi explores the intense relationship between Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung.
21 Jan 2012,·58 mins
Robin Ince listens back to some of the BBC archive of philosopher Bertrand Russell.
14 Jan 2012,·60 mins
Mark Whitaker investigates the life of the cricket commentator and political campaigner.
07 Jan 2012,·60 mins
Maxwell Hutchinson on the architects who rebuilt Britain after the Second World War.
26 Nov 2011,·60 mins
Denys Blakeway tells the story of the Act of Remembrance.
12 Nov 2011,·58 mins
Dominic Sandbrook questions the political importance of Prime Minister's Questions.
22 Oct 2011,·58 mins
David Cannadine explores the teaching of history in English schools over the past century.
15 Oct 2011,·60 mins
Jim Riordan uncovers the life and fate of Soviet writer Vasily Grossman, hero and heretic.
17 Sep 2011,·43 mins
Journalist John Lloyd looks back at the Clydeside work-in of 1971.
27 Aug 2011,·60 mins
Laurie Taylor takes a look at the life and work of one of Britain's broadcasting legends.
20 Aug 2011,·50 mins
Arthur Smith searches for the best and worst after-dinner speeches in history.
13 Aug 2011,·60 mins
Melvyn Bragg observes the decline of RP alongside an increasing pride in regional accents.
06 Aug 2011,·60 mins
Mike Brearley tells the story of one of the most remarkable summers of cricket ever seen.
23 Jul 2011,·60 mins
Did EF Schumacher's landmark book Small is Beautiful inspire David Cameron's big idea?
25 Jun 2011,·60 mins
Paul Morley explores the rise and mysterious fall of light orchestral music.
18 Jun 2011,·60 mins
A cast of musicians, writers and poets reflect as Bob Dylan turns 70.
21 May 2011,·60 mins
Through the life of Julian Huxley Jim Al-Khalili explores the idea of the public scientist
07 May 2011,·60 mins
Sean Street on how our sound archive is being saved and opened up by the British Library.
26 Mar 2011,·57 mins
As Rupert Murdoch turns 80, Steve Hewlett assesses his impact.
05 Mar 2011,·60 mins
Colin Shindler looks back at what's been won and lost when sport hits the big screen.
20 Nov 2010,·60 mins,·
An acoustic journey by train across Mexico recreated with archive recordings.
30 Oct 2010,·60 mins
In anticipation of his own Hamlet in 2011, Michael Sheen explores every actor's dream role
23 Oct 2010,·60 mins
