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The Quebec Emergency
Margaret Macmillan recalls the 1970 crisis when kidnappings threw Canada into turmoil.
03 Oct 2020,57 mins
The Day Brexit Hit Boiling Point
Carolyn Quinn recalls the intense and bitter Parliamentary confrontations over Brexit
26 Sep 2020,57 mins
A Broadcasting Life - Sue MacGregor
Sue MacGregor looks back on five decades of broadcasting in this final goodbye to Radio 4.
19 Sep 2020,57 mins
Raise Your Game
Jay-Ann Lopez asks if toxic gaming culture can change.
12 Sep 2020,57 mins
Spitfire: From the Ashes
How an icon was made, piece by piece, against all odds.
05 Sep 2020,57 mins
The End of Coming Out?
Dustin Lance Black asks whether LGBTQ+ people still need to come out publicly.
15 Aug 2020,57 mins
LOLs on LPs
David Walliams remembers the comedy albums which inspired him to write and perform.
08 Aug 2020,57 mins,
The Crunch Convention
A US election like no other, presented by Alistair Cooke
01 Aug 2020,57 mins
Summer with Greta
Campaigner Greta Thunberg describes the remarkable and tumultuous past year of her life.
11 Jul 2020,80 mins
Apollo 13: The Rescue
Houston, we've had a problem. How the mission of Apollo 13 was saved
04 Jul 2020,57 mins
Poetry For Sale?
Poet and copywriter Rishi Dastidar on the relationship between poetry and advertising.
27 Jun 2020,57 mins
Girl Power RIP
Journalist and author Ella Whelan asks if contemporary feminism is - well - dead.
20 Jun 2020,57 mins
Anthony Blunt: A Question of Retribution?
The controversy caused over the unmasking of Anthony Blunt as a spy.
06 Jun 2020,57 mins
The Wellness Phenomenon
An exploration of the wellness phenomenon, from its start in California to today.
30 May 2020,57 mins
So Bad It's Good?
Steve Punt and guests share the joy of films, songs and books that are so bad they're good
23 May 2020,57 mins
The Empire Strikes Back
40 years ago George Lucas risked everything on making The Empire Strikes Back. Here's how.
16 May 2020,57 mins
Four Dead in Ohio
Michael Goldfarb explores America at the time of the Kent State massacre, 50 years ago.
02 May 2020,57 mins,
Malcolm McLaren: Spectacular Failure
Paul Gorman assesses the exceptional achievement of Malcolm McLaren who died 10 years ago.
25 Apr 2020,57 mins
The Phoney War
The story of the BBC in the strange period of 1939-1940 and the echoes of Covid-19 today
18 Apr 2020,57 mins
The Hubble Legacy
Astronaut Nicole Stott celebrates the cultural legacy of the Hubble Space Telescope.
11 Apr 2020,57 mins
I'm Terry Gross and this is Fresh Air
Dolly Alderton turns the tables on the master of the radio interview, Terry Gross.
04 Apr 2020,57 mins
Riot Remembered
The St Paul's Riots in Bristol in 1980 remembered by those who took part.
04 Apr 2020,57 mins
The End of the Thirty Year Itch
Phil Tinline explores whether we are seeing the emergence of a new political orthodoxy.
28 Mar 2020,57 mins
Lights, Camera, Inaction: An Existential Guide to the Movies
Matthew Sweet looks at why mainstream cinema and existentialism seem fond of each other.
21 Mar 2020,57 mins
After The Fallout
The human fall out from the Pacific Nuclear tests - dramatically revisited.
14 Mar 2020,57 mins
Call Up: The Story of National Service
60 years after the call-up ended, Richard Vinen looks back at National Service.
07 Mar 2020,57 mins
The Decade of Distrust
Laura Kuenssberg explores the foundations of the scandals that shook faith in elites.
29 Feb 2020,57 mins
Everyone's A Star
Chris Stokel-Walker assesses how YouTube has shaped and changed the society we live in.
22 Feb 2020,57 mins
Andrea Levy: In Her Own Words
Andrea Levy speaks candidly about her writing life and her impending death.
08 Feb 2020,57 mins
I Think I’ve Been Here Before
Repetition is everywhere. Repetition is persuasive. Has Ross Sutherland been here before?
01 Feb 2020,57 mins