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Our Obsession With Weather
Iain Sinclair finds out why the weather forecast has always been a national obsession.
06 Oct 2010,60 mins
Barbara
An appraisal of Barbara Castle in the centenary of her birth
04 Sep 2010,60 mins
Sellers in the Attic
Glenn Mitchell examines rare recordings that reveal the lighter side of Peter Sellers.
24 Jul 2010,60 mins
Monsieur Non
Julian Jackson on the inscrutable General de Gaulle and his fraught relations with Britain
12 Jun 2010,60 mins
Priestley's Postscripts
An exploration of JB Priestley's hugely popular Second World War radio broadcasts.
22 May 2010,60 mins
The Split Up (and the almost inevitable reunion)
Do rock bands always split up acrimoniously? Richard Coles trawls the archive to find out.
24 Apr 2010,60 mins
Ask the Fellows That Cut the Hay
Alan Dein celebrates the centenary of George Ewart Evans and his tales of Suffolk.
10 Apr 2010,60 mins
Sculptress of Sound: The Lost Works of Delia Derbyshire
Matthew Sweet celebrates the life and work of composer Delia Derbyshire.
60 mins
Leaders Under the Lights
Reeta Chakrabarti unearths some memorable moments in presidential TV debates.
13 Mar 2010,60 mins
Open Sesame
Konnie Huq looks back at 40 years of Sesame Street, the experimental children's TV show.
06 Feb 2010,60 mins
Doctor Who - The Lost Episodes
Shaun Ley investigates what happened to 108 missing episodes of Doctor Who from the 1960s.
26 Dec 2009,60 mins
This Is the Army, Mr Jones
John Barrowman tells the story of the morale-boosting US army show that toured the world.
07 Nov 2009,60 mins
The Anniversary Anniversary
Dominic Sandbrook ponders the compelling appeal of anniversaries.
17 Oct 2009,58 mins
In the Beginning Was the Nerd
Stephen Fry recalls the unnecessary panic that surrounded the so-called Millennium Bug.
03 Oct 2009,60 mins
George Blake: The Confession
A remarkable interview with the notorious double agent, first broadcast in 2009
01 Aug 2009,57 mins
Soho!
Suggs returns to Soho to find out how this unique community functions today.
18 Jul 2009,60 mins
Walking on the Moon
Buzz Aldrin relives the dramatic moments of the final descent to the moon in 1969.
11 Jul 2009,60 mins
An Unofficial Iris
Author Iris Murdoch has a complex reputation thanks to her husband's memoirs.
27 Jun 2009,60 mins
When Courtney Met Chris
Courtney Pine talks to trombonist Chris Barber about his life's work
20 Jun 2009,60 mins
Lynne Truss - Did I Really Ask That?
Lynne Truss shares her personal treasure trove of interviews with world famous writers.
30 May 2009,60 mins
The Many Lives of Roald Dahl
Sophie Dahl looks at the life of her grandfather, the children's author Roald Dahl.
23 May 2009,60 mins
Working for Margaret
Using archive material, Matthew Parris finds out what Margaret Thatcher was like as a boss
25 Apr 2009,60 mins
Carl Sagan: A Personal Voyage
Brian Cox looks at the work of his science hero Carl Sagan and his epic TV series COSMOS.
11 Apr 2009,60 mins
Beat Mining with the Vinyl Hoover
Broadcaster Toby Amies digs into the archives to discover the significance of old vinyl.
28 Mar 2009,45 mins,
Tell Me a Storycorps
StoryCorps asks Americans to "Tell me about your life". Simon Garfield listens in.
21 Mar 2009,45 mins
A Tibetan Odyssey: 50 Years in Exile
Isabel Hilton hears the stories of Tibetan communities in exile.
07 Mar 2009,60 mins
Island Dreams
Gwyneth Lewis explores the idea of the island, and its appeal to the British imagination.
14 Feb 2009,60 mins
Stella Rimington & The Cambridge Spies
Ex-head of MI5, Stella Rimmington on the long-term impact of Cambridge spies.
08 Nov 2008,60 mins
The Ballad of the Radio Feature
A close listen to the history and evolution of the radio documentary feature.
28 Jun 2008,57 mins
Sir Anthony Eden
Douglas Hurd uses the BBC Archives to explore the life of his predecessor Anthony Eden.
03 May 2008,60 mins